Chigorin's Defense

chewie

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17 Jun 03

chewie

Let the Wookie win..

Snohomish, WA, USA

Joined: 06 Feb 03
Moves: 13944

17 Jun 03

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Hi folks,

I'm currently playing with Chigorin's Defense:

1 d4 d5
2 c4 Nc6

and I'm looking for any advice on resources to help me.

ChessCafe has two items:

Chigorin Defense CD for ChessBase by Martin Breutigam
Chigorin Queen's Gambit by Angus Dunnington

Has anyone used either of these and can recommend either? Or does anyone know of any particularly good web pages on it or have personal reflections on the opening?

Thanks,

Paul.

whitedisc

Joined: 06 May 03
Moves: 1126

18 Jun 03

Originally posted by chewie
Hi folks,

I'm currently playing with Chigorin's Defense:

1 d4 d5
2 c4 Nc6

and I'm looking for any advice on resources to help me.

ChessCafe has two items:

Chigorin Defense CD for ChessBase by Martin Breutigam
Chigorin Queen's Gambit by Angus Dunnington

Has anyone used either of these and can recommend either? Or does anyone know of any ...[text shortened]... rticularly good web pages on it or have personal reflections on the opening?

Thanks,

Paul.

A few things u can do (that came to my mind). This is what I feel, may not be the best method 🙂

(1) Using the MCO-14 (or other versions) to check out the positions that the opening can transpose to, and asking yourself if u can understand and play these positions well.

If u feel u can handle the positions well, go on to a book for the explanations.

Just my personal opinion 😛

Thanks a lot 😀

Best regards,
whitedisc