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Title: Standard Chess Openings: The Complete and Definitive Standard to All the Major Chess Openings, More Than 3,000 Opening Strategies Inside by Eric Schiller ISBN: 1-58042-048-6 Publisher: Cardoza Pub Pub. Date: 01 May, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.4 (15 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A nice surprise from Eric Schiller
Comment: I am not normally a fan of Mr. Schiller's books (The Big Book of Busts excepted -- it's excellent), but I was pleasantly surprised by SCO. For those of you breathlessly awaiting something, anything, to replace the now ancient BCO2 and MCO13, this is not it. Instead, this more in the spirit of Fine's The Ideas Behind the Chess Openings, but on a colossal scale. Instead of lines or columns of moves ending in an evaluation, Schiller follows benchmark games that illustrate the themes and strategies of the openings. This is probably the best way to learn the openings and SCO has the advantage over Fine's book in being more recent and much more thorough. Those looking for the new MCO or BCO are out of luck, but those looking to learn about the openings could do far worse. Additionally, this is an outstanding value at 2 1/2 cents per page.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great commentary on openings
Comment: I am thoroughly enjoying this book. It has lots of good analysis and illustrative games, but I especially enjoy his commentary on openings. He constantly says whether an opening is used by conservative players, aggeressive players, world champions, etc. He adds helpful editoril comments that are greatly helpful in determining whether I wish to further explore a certain opening. FInally, the book is well-made on excellent papaer and a great binding.
Rating: 1
Summary: A large thorough book of opening analysis-good for fire wood
Comment: A large book thoroughly full of errors. Lots of pages, I have to give him that. There are tons of great opening lines, with very little focus on any of them. Beginners might find some use for this book not so much to study, but to see the different opening structures, however I don't see any other purpose for this book other than to roll it up in a log and make fire. It seemed the author didn't write this book with much care, which defeat the purpose of writing a book. For beginners I recommend Winning Chess Openings by Yasser Seirawan. For stronger players, I suggest Nunn's Chess Opening and Modern Chess Opening-14 which cost about the same but are very thorough and written with care. It is much more accurate, though without moves explain in detail, it does give an accurate analysis of the position after each opening line.
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Title: One Thousand and One Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations by Fred Reinfeld ISBN: 0879801115 Publisher: Wilshire Book Co Pub. Date: June, 1969 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Modern Chess Openings: MCO-14 (McKay Chess Library) by Nick De Firmian ISBN: 0812930843 Publisher: Random House Puzzles & Games Pub. Date: 01 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Ideas Behind the Chess Openings : Algebraic Edition by Reuben Fine ISBN: 0812917561 Publisher: Random House Puzzles & Games Pub. Date: 22 August, 1990 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Unorthodox Chess Openings by Eric Schiller ISBN: 1580420729 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 07 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Chess Tactics for the Tournament Player by Sam Palatnik, Lev Alburt, Roman Pelts, Larry Parr, Jami Anson ISBN: 1889323020 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: November, 1996 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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