Originally posted by flexmoreWell, you could spend the 30 bucks or so and get an MCO - Modern Chess Openings (you could find old MCOs on ebay for cheap probably). This book is very useful in analyzing games (don't even think about using it in our game! heh). However, there are good online alternatives, one of which I found at:
i dont have a copy of the omc or cmo or mco or ocm or com or moc but would like to view the opening options online. ps i will never use them durung a game, only in my pre and post game analysis
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/explorer
It allows you to interactively step through different variations of openings along with next move percentages played, and percentages won. Very helpful.