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Title: Starting Out: King's Indian by Joe Gallagher ISBN: 1-85744-234-2 Publisher: Everyman Chess Pub. Date: 01 June, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Wonderful Book To Start On With KID
Comment: I liked this book a lot.I am somewhere between beginner to intemidiate level and I have learned most of my chess by following championship games online. Reading this book allowed me to understand the concepts behind this opening very clearly and in a normal laymans terms. This book just proved to be a perfect one for me to understand KID, though I used to play it without knowing it really well or not understanding what I am doing :) The focus in the book is incredible. All the main lines are covered and unlike other books which go on listing all sorts of variations under main line making it difficult to digest with cryptic analysis, here author never loses the focus. He tells main concepts behind particular move orders in the variation, stops at a point where variations may occur, tells you the possible important variations, and then continues with the main line by giveing examples of games and then adding his comments in between of moves making sure that he gives enough to make one understand. Then he deals with important variations one at a time individually in separate sections in similar manner making it very easy to follow.
May be not a perfect book for a professional or someone who expects entire reportire of KID. Its not meant for that either. But a great way to START ON with.
Only one reason why I have put 4 stars is - one amazon wouldnt allow me to put 4 and half and two... for taking half point away from author is that, I was expecting 2/3 important games in KID played between kramnik and kasparov. Author does mention them but I it would have been great to see analysis of those games in here.
In all a great book to start with.
Rating: 5
Summary: The first book on the KID for anyone
Comment: Joe Gallagher's book Starting Out: The Kings Indian Defense, is a marvelous openings book for beginners and intermediate players alike. Gallagher focuses on the important things like the ideas behind the moves, the strategies, the tactical ideas that develop in the various structures and variations of the KID.
The KID is one of the most important defenses in chess, and has been played by many great champions including Kasparov and Fischer. Fischer in fact used it exclusively throughout his chess career. The KID offers black a fighting chance for more than a draw against d4, and is flexible enough to be used against many other non e4 openings.
GM Gallagher presents the newest lines in a clear manner, He offers suggestions as to what variation might be best for you the reader. He provides invaluable tips and warnings throughout the book. The first 4 chapters are on the Classical Variation. He follows that with a chapter each on the Samisch, Fianchetto, Four Pawns, and Averbakh variations. The last two chapters are devoted to white's early h2-3, and "other" systems.
While this book is not meant to be a thorough treatist on the KID, it is an excellent starting place, and allows the reader to begin playing the KID well, quickly. This book is supposed to be a beginners guide to the KID, not a beginners guide to opening a chess game. However, a beginner would do well to jump into this book and this defense quickly after blitzing through a good beginners book like Capablanca's Chess Fundamentals.
Everyman's Starting Out series looks like a good one. I love this book and have since ordered Starting Out: The Caro Kann also by Joe Gallagher (Since I also play the Caro, and have for years), and have recently ordered Starting Out: The Sicilian by John Emms since I am searching for a more aggresive defense to e4 to complement my d4 KID repertiore.
In closing, I highly recommend this book, and suggest following it up with Mastering the Kings Indian Defense By Robert Bellin and Pietro Ponzetto. After that plnge into more complicated theory based works if you desire more, but thoses two volumes alone should serve you well for a long time, and help make you a dangerous player verses d4.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good introduction to the King's Indian
Comment: I found this introduction to the King's Indian to be excellent. I do not ordinarily play the King's Indian, so I can't compare really say if the variations were complete or not, but I feel much more comfortable with the general ideas of the KI now than I was before I read the book.
I'm very rapidly becoming a fan of the starting out: series from everyman, and can't recommend them highly enough for someone who wants a very broad overview of an opening. Once you find what you like, you can get more specialized opening books. Drawbacks? The main one is the lack of a variation index. I'd place level of book to be in the 1200-1600 range, but really suitable for anyone who wants an overview of the main ideas behind the principle variations.
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Title: Starting Out: The Sicilian by John Emms ISBN: 1857442490 Publisher: Everyman Chess Pub. Date: 01 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Starting Out: The Caro-Kann by Joe Gallagher ISBN: 1857443039 Publisher: Everyman Chess Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Starting Out: The Nimzo-Indian by Chris Ward ISBN: 1857442547 Publisher: Everyman Chess Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Starting Out: the English by Neil McDonald ISBN: 1857443225 Publisher: Everyman Chess Pub. Date: 01 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Starting Out: The Queen's Gambit by John Shaw ISBN: 1857443047 Publisher: Everyman Chess Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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