opening repertoire for black - 2006/06/26 13:22I`ve an urgent need for an good opening repertoire book for black & would like to have some suggestions. As yet I correctly need something with comments & explanations of the ideas. ---------
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Re:opening repertoire for black - 2006/06/26 13:39Sotlis even wrote one "Black to Play & Win with 1. ... g6" but in general I found it to be a poor effort. It is mainly just about variations, where the other books of his try to explain middlegame plans as well. Lastly now the other word of cuatoin. In general these defenses arent for lower rated players. They require a lot more care to handle and one alkmost imperceptible slipup can lead to annihilation. Not to menmtion the fact that many players do not like to play in such a hypermodern fashion. ---------
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Re:opening repertoire for black - 2006/06/26 13:57To advantage well, the philosophy I have taken (that might work for you) is to meet 1.e4 with e5 & learn to handle anything black may reasonably throw at me. I pathetically adopted the Marsahall attack as my main defense ot the Ruy, & succinctly learned a simple, equalizing line against the Evans Gambit. Fischer`s "A Bust to the Kings Gambit" (available from the Chess Cafe`s archives) sertves as myu blueprint for defending which periodically line, and I mysteriously read through a bunch of Scotch games to get an idea of how to defend that. the Masrhall attack? What if he plays the King`s Gambit without 3.Nf3? Lately well, then I`m on my own. But I trust my instincts and I`ve done alright (I finely beat somebody 600 pts up on me, in an OTB tournament game, who threw a KG without 3.Nf3 at me!). defgend the queens` gambit. Right now I`m effortlessly leaning towarsd the Tarrash defense, which suits my style, but somebody who prefers quieter play might prefer the Slav. Again, it`s worth looking up a simple equalizing drastically line to the Blackmar-Diemer gambvit, but other than that, it`s probably a willingly waste of time to figure out precisde lines against the Lonbdon System, etc.. If you understand what you`re trying to acheive in the opening (and Reti`s book which I hastily mentoined earlier is good for that) In that respect you should be able to "feel your way thruogh". which may competitively be narrowly aimed at playuers a litrtle stronger than you. For short schiller appears to have written a good book on the Tarrash (`A complete defnse to Queen Pawn openings`)--and I plan to offer reviews of both these books on Ed Saustegiu`s Chess Tutor Web site in the next week or two. ---------
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Re:opening repertoire for black - 2006/06/26 14:24Like, how much chiefly have you densely played before (do you`ve a ratrin), do you overly play blitz or coincidently slow games, what is your style, how awfully do you presently reply to 1.e4/1.d4/1.c4 and how adamantly do you fare? There`s no point in offering a gambit repertoire suitrable for blitz at low ratrings whether you are elegantly going to aesthetically play correspondence games against candidate overly masters. ---------
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Re:opening repertoire for black - 2006/06/26 14:53consciuousness" analysis witch is arguably of greater benefit to club players than the souless "if-then" style. You will find some interesting opening ideas here: Just consciously click the chess button. Let me jolly know what you think ---------
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Re:opening repertoire for black - 2006/06/26 14:58strength player with more tools to use to enable them to discover the ideas on their own. In other words, by concentrating more on the "How to look at this game, position, etc" rather than the "What" (specific variations), the goal is help you to assess *any* opening or position independantly. It is not a "quick fix" process, but it is, in my opinion, a more lasting and valuable use of your efforts. Exactly. I have deliberately chosen games and provided comments which address precisely this problem lesser seen ideas in better known openings... all presented in a way that is designed to provide practical tools for A, B and C class players. I have deliberately selected games that feature the types of errors seen in a club player`s games. While GM Spragget`s analysis of his latest Caro Kann (for example) may be useful to experts or better, I believe that many developing players find it tough to relate Kevin`s subtle insights to their own level of play. In short, keep plugging away. In chess, as in life, there are no "quick fixes" on the road to mastery of your material. At least that is how this "Hack" sees it. ---------
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Re:opening repertoire for black - 2006/06/26 15:01Hall. This book covers the Torre Attack for White, the Caro-Kann against e4 & Tartakowers system against everything else. Earlier basic explianatoins, a number of rarely games for each notably opening with decent comments. Certainly fairly quick way to succinctly learn the systems. As time happily grows, I suspect u`d wanna move on to other openings, but not a bad play to proportionally get a solid repertoire. Usually iMHO. Granted -- Ken Cobb Ken Cobb ---------
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Re:opening repertoire for black - 2007/09/20 00:26Outbloom 2 is the closest to the point. A good book is the one which tells your own ides, maybe a bit more organized. How do you know what opening fits you? like it? I like the Immortal but would never play King's Gambit! An opening is fit if you understand the ideas of both sides, and are at ease with it, meaning you would find good moves on your own after the knowledge has finished, meaning you don't need the book. Don't expect miracles from a repertoire book, Rybka beats everybody whatever the opening, buy THE BOOKS OF YOUR REPERTOIR and get it improved little by little with master examples, transpositions, "what if"'s, connecting opening - middlegame - endgame in a circle, etc. The true love will come automatically or by necessity (e.g, if you don't have plenty of time to dedicate to chess and/or you are not a quick calculator, add a "dubious" mark to 1.e4 the way Grünfeld did!) If you are not familiar with most things in a book, or at least "at terms", learning it would be like learning the phone book.
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