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Title: Survive & Beat Annoying Chess Openings by Eric Schiller, John Watson ISBN: 1-58042-073-7 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 17 June, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (1 review)
Rating: 3
Summary: Decent openings guide
Comment: I normally do not like openings manuals, but if you must have one, this is a better choice than MCO. In fact, it is a cross between MCO and a typical Schiller openings encyclopedia. It has very convenient, full-page tables of suggested moves for each opening discussed, and the discussions include ideas, variations, and sample games.
The advice is aimed at club players, which is something I like very much, as opposed to NCO (or even MCO) which contains best lines for masters.
The openings here are not all off-the-wall gambits, although many of those are included. Fairly standard and common open games are here too -- the Spanish Exchange, for example. In fact, the book is mis-titled. It is really about all open games, not just offbeat ones.
The best thing about the book is the use of ! and ? in the tables. They actually list common blunders and refutations, unlike most such tables which list only "best" play. The idea is to suggest lines which you can play with reasonable confidence as a club player, and to point out the likely pitfalls for both sides, in a very easy-to-use format.
If you want to learn to play open games, I suggest reading the open games in Best Lessons of a Chess Coach first, then Unbeatable Chess Lessons for Juniors. But eventually, if you are looking for a simple way around an annoying line favored by an opponent at your local club, this is a good place to look. If the authors produce a volume on closed games too, then I would say that the set is the best openings reference for decent club players.
If this were on CD (in Chessbase or PGN) instead of in a book, I would give it 5 stars.
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Title: Play the French, 3rd by John Watson ISBN: 1857443373 Publisher: Everyman Chess Pub. Date: 01 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Starting Out: The Pirc/Modern by Joe Gallagher ISBN: 1857443365 Publisher: Everyman Chess Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Chess Strategy in Action by John Watson ISBN: 1901983692 Publisher: Gambit Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 1 by Garry Kasparov ISBN: 1857443306 Publisher: Everyman Chess Pub. Date: 01 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Tony Miles: 'It's Only Me' : England's First Chess Grandmaster by Geoff Lawton, Mike Fox, Malcolm Hunt ISBN: 0713488093 Publisher: Batsford Pub. Date: 28 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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