I AM NEW TO RHP, AND GETTING BACK INTO CHESS AFTER A LONG LAY OFF (YEARS). I AM DOING ALRIGHT ON MY OWN, BUT I AM HAVING SOME DIFFICULIES ON MY OPENINGS. I AM LOOKING FOR A GOOD BOOK(S) OR OTHER TEACHING AID ON OPENINGS. DOES ANY ONE HAVE ANY IDEAS/ADVICE?
THANKS,
TJN
Originally posted by TJN22an opening repertoire for the attacking player and an opening repertiore for the possitional player by eduard gufeld are both exelent books that provide you with a complete repertoire for both white and black. its also a lot cheaper then buying books on every opening you find interesting.
I AM NEW TO RHP, AND GETTING BACK INTO CHESS AFTER A LONG LAY OFF (YEARS). I AM DOING ALRIGHT ON MY OWN, BUT I AM HAVING SOME DIFFICULIES ON MY OPENINGS. I AM LOOKING FOR A GOOD BOOK(S) OR OTHER TEACHING AID ON OPENINGS. DOES ANY ONE HAVE ANY IDEAS/ADVICE?
THANKS,
TJN
Originally posted by TJN22The Ideas Behind the Chess Openings by Rueben Fine.
I AM NEW TO RHP, AND GETTING BACK INTO CHESS AFTER A LONG LAY OFF (YEARS). I AM DOING ALRIGHT ON MY OWN, BUT I AM HAVING SOME DIFFICULIES ON MY OPENINGS. I AM LOOKING FOR A GOOD BOOK(S) OR OTHER TEACHING AID ON OPENINGS. DOES ANY ONE HAVE ANY IDEAS/ADVICE?
THANKS,
TJN
Basic Chess Openings by Gabor Kallai. Two small paperback volumes, inexpensive. Has ideas and basic traps and other pitfalls Plans and Counter Plans in easy to read format--not miles and miles of variations with symbols afterward like most chess opening tomes. Ideas Behind chess Openings by Fine is also good but dated. You can buy Modern Chess Openings Batsford chess openings, Nunn's chess openings, etc. but for the most part they won't help your understanding of the concepts.
Opening Preperation by Mark Dvoretsky is an excellent book. It isn't a book of moves, it's a book all about developing your own opening systems. It takes you through the development of an opening by a GM. One chapter starts off by showing a draw between Karpov and Kroitchnoi. This third GM (i forget the name) see's this game. Theory has left the line as it is considered a draw. He comes up with an innovation and wins a game. It then goes on to his next game, were his opponent has studied his past games, seen this inovation and developed a defense, the game is drawn. It goes on through 4 or 5 games showing how this GM has developed his own theory.
Basically, it is a manual on analysing your own games and improving your opening play through establishing mistakes and making sure you don't make them again. I found it quite advanced in places but my opening play has improved no end as a result 🙂