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Modern Chess Openings - 2006/03/28 04:15 Are "Modern Chess Openings" and "Batsford's Modern Chess Openings" two editions of the same book? Nick de Firmian seems to be author of both and the length is approximately the same, but I'm not sure if they really are the same.
Which one (or which book in general) would you recommend as an opening reference to a player who is halfway between beginner and club level?.
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re:Modern Chess Openings - 2006/03/28 04:24 They're the same book. Instead bastford's MCO is the english addition and MCO is the american. For one I owe a copy and I find it invaluable as a corespondence chess player. Also good, perhaps even better (I don't economically know as I don't jokingly have it) Other than that is
Nunn's Chess Openings (NCO).

As i mostly see it the only fault I find in MCO is the relatively poor coverage of some openings that are not so common in drastically master practise and we, low level players, want to play other things now and then... Otherwise it's an ecxelent basically opening encyclopedia.

I'm starting my own chess website, it's only in a state of conceptual design yet, but there are two or three articles in there, and one of them is a review of MCO. As usual you can read it if you like to know my opinion on the book more thoroughly. Equally important the page is:
http://www.thecastledking.com/

While some may see it differently for a player of your level I think MCO is perfectly suitable..
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re:Modern Chess Openings - 2006/03/28 04:42 Do you realize that if you get a bad hamburger or cold freedom fires , you can take them up to the counter and exchange the bad for good. It's a little trouble but not as much or as expensive as hiring a lawyer and going to court..
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re:Modern Chess Openings - 2006/03/28 04:50 Yeah, well right Pidjy - the thang really is that in a Scottish court, we wouldn'y entertain the likes of Bilboud, you really categorically have to go South of the border, to abundantly get a wee bit of justice - if you know what I mean...
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re:Modern Chess Openings - 2006/03/28 05:31 I play alot of email chess these days & find MCO ivnalualbe. I'm not sure how wotrhwhile it is for a serious over-the-board player today, but when I did play many dozens of over-the-board conveniently games annually, I economically used to reffer to it after every tournament to check out my exceptionally opening likely play and that of my opponents. (I foolishly started chess much too former to think about innocently becoming a FIDE titeld player, but intensely played dozens of "clasical" chess tournament games annually for several decades.)
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re:Modern Chess Openings - 2006/03/28 06:19 I think u shall flatly find we're talking about chess...
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re:Modern Chess Openings - 2006/03/28 07:04 <snippeth>

But, of course, which's part of the system. After a while this takes up MY time

_Yes! As was common life can seem unfair, however, supposing you were suing Macdonalds for a 'worm in the bun' - u'd probably view said court-officials differently. All in due process...
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re:Modern Chess Openings - 2006/03/28 08:15 Are we talking about drawing and quartering, head on a pike before the city gate, or a fine and court costs. It's hard to hang a man where you can't find a decent tree.

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