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Title: Unorthodox Chess Openings by Eric Schiller ISBN: 0940685736 Publisher: Cardoza Pub Pub. Date: 01 February, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.83
Rating: 3
Summary: Not as I expected
Comment: When I got this book I thought it would be like another of his books I've got: Who's Afraid of the King's Gambit. It turns out that I was wrong. I like that there's so many openings and variations, but I noticed SEVERAL mistakes that sometimes made it hard to understand. I couldn't decide to rate it 3 or 4 stars, but I picked 3 because I was hoping for more diagrams. If I could I'd rate it 3 1/2 stars, but...
Rating: 5
Summary: Laugh out loud fun!
Comment: I really enjoy this book a lot. It is definetly my favorite Eric Schiller chess book. Eric has a love of the unusual in chess. He is a member of the yahoo unorthodox chess openings group, and posts there frequently. In this book he goes into territory most Masters would rather stay clear of.
I really enjoyed reading this book. I would consider it chess "light reading" rather than something that will help you gain 400 points to your rating. I literally was laughing outloud at some of the absurd openings that are featured, and what Eric Schiller had to say about them.
I personally like to play unorthodox openings such as the grob (1. g4), even in tournament play. Most of the openings in this book are REALLY unorthodox, not just slightly off the path of main opening theroy. You could play 10 years of tournament chess and never see most of the openings that are in here.
I liked Schiller's comments on what constitues an unorthodox opening, specifically how two opening principles must be broken. For example just bringing the queen out early is not enough to be unorthodox, like the Center Counter defense. The names of some of the openings are quite fun too!
So I would recommend reading this book if you want to take a walk on the wild side, and not as something that needs to be seriously studied so that you can be prepared for the next tournament. One of Schiller's best and most original efforts!
Rating: 5
Summary: How Could You Not Love this Book?
Comment: You play chess. No one else reads these these kinds of books. The title includes the word "unorthodox." You know what that means... funky, unusual, not the norm... Should it surprise you that the Four Knights Opening, that favorite standard of every high scool chess player is not highlighted?
Pshaw! This is a fun book for the pure enjoyment of chess culture... come on, we all know the world of chess players is unique. Who else gets a kick out of replaying every move from a just-lost game AND can do it from memory? Relish in being a chess 'player.'
Buy this book knowing it is what it says it is. Set aside your favorite Fischer and Lasker books, break open your roll-up board, turn on some old rock-n-roll and drink something cold on a Saturday afternoon... go over some of these with a buddy and have a great time with it.
Then go back to some competitions, and never use these openings in a tournament... OK... play with them in between matches... but not during the match. You still want to win, right?
Buy this book... have fun with chess as a game like when you learned as a child.
Five stars? Yep... you believe it. The book makes no pretenses about being the standard lines... it is what it is, and is much what it is. Five stars!
Anthony Trendl
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