Modern Chess Openings

shougi

the misteke makor

Only Chess

12 Apr 02 15:19

~~Sam The Sham~~

Joined: 07 Feb 07
Moves: 62961

18 Nov 07 01:53

Originally posted by shougi
What do you you (anyone who cares to respond) think about Modern
Chess Openings by Nick De Firmian?

Modern Chess Openings has been the standard English language work on chess openings for over a century. I have the 14th edition that De Firmian revised, love it.

Wulebgr

Angler

River City

Joined: 08 Dec 04
Moves: 16907

18 Nov 07 03:51

Originally posted by Sam The Sham
Modern Chess Openings has been the standard English language work on chess openings for over a century. I have the 14th edition that De Firmian revised, love it.

Nunn's Chess Openings is far better, although I don't use it either. I have ECO and a multitude of databases.

gaychessplayer

Joined: 22 Aug 06
Moves: 359

19 Nov 07 21:41

I used to own both MCO-14 and NCO. I always looked up stuff in MCO first, and if I couldn't find what I wanted (or didn't like what I found), then I'd use NCO. MCO is a lot easier to read, but NCO has a lot more variations.

Dragon Fire

Lord of all beasts

searching for truth

Joined: 06 Jun 06
Moves: 30390

19 Nov 07 23:34

Originally posted by Wulebgr
Nunn's Chess Openings is far better, although I don't use it either. I have ECO and a multitude of databases.

I have them both but use MCO far more than NCO as I find it easier to use.

Horses for courses I suppose!