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Title: Unorthodox Chess Openings by Eric Schiller ISBN: 1-58042-072-9 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 07 January, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.43 (7 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Grandmaster Tony Miles' review said it best:
Comment: Miles' two-word review in Kingpin magazine of this typical Schiller book: "utter crap." (Miles was noted for unorthodox play himself, btw. For example, he famously won a game against Anatoly Karpov by responding to 1. e4 with 1... a6.)
Schiller is noted for sloppy database-dump books with lots and lots of errors. Use your chess funds for books that will teach you something valuable and are written by real players. Try authors like Silman, Nunn, Gallagher, Gligoric, Seirawan, Euwe, and Emms. All of these authors are MUCH better players and also use time and care in writing their books.
Rating: 3
Summary: Not as I expected
Comment: When I got this book I thought it would be like another of his books I've got: Who's Afraid of the King's Gambit. It turns out that I was wrong. I like that there's so many openings and variations, but I noticed SEVERAL mistakes that sometimes made it hard to understand. I couldn't decide to rate it 3 or 4 stars, but I picked 3 because I was hoping for more diagrams. If I could I'd rate it 3 1/2 stars, but...
Rating: 5
Summary: Laugh out loud fun!
Comment: I really enjoy this book a lot. It is definetly my favorite Eric Schiller chess book. Eric has a love of the unusual in chess. He is a member of the yahoo unorthodox chess openings group, and posts there frequently. In this book he goes into territory most Masters would rather stay clear of.
I really enjoyed reading this book. I would consider it chess "light reading" rather than something that will help you gain 400 points to your rating. I literally was laughing outloud at some of the absurd openings that are featured, and what Eric Schiller had to say about them.
I personally like to play unorthodox openings such as the grob (1. g4), even in tournament play. Most of the openings in this book are REALLY unorthodox, not just slightly off the path of main opening theroy. You could play 10 years of tournament chess and never see most of the openings that are in here.
I liked Schiller's comments on what constitues an unorthodox opening, specifically how two opening principles must be broken. For example just bringing the queen out early is not enough to be unorthodox, like the Center Counter defense. The names of some of the openings are quite fun too!
So I would recommend reading this book if you want to take a walk on the wild side, and not as something that needs to be seriously studied so that you can be prepared for the next tournament. One of Schiller's best and most original efforts!
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Title: Gambit Chess Openings by Eric Schiller ISBN: 1580420575 Publisher: Cardoza Pub Pub. Date: 19 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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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: 1580420486 Publisher: Cardoza Pub Pub. Date: 01 May, 2002 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: The Reassess Your Chess Workbook by Jeremy Silman, International Master Silman Jeremy ISBN: 1890085057 Publisher: SCB International Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: How to Use Computers to Improve Your Chess by Christian Kongsted ISBN: 1904600026 Publisher: Gambit Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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