Originally posted by Ajuin Mainly thanks to some chessville articles I'm fast developing an interest in the more weird and wonderful openings in the world of chess.
Anyone know of a good book or website?
Please not Schiller's book.I read a brief review of it by the late Tony Miles.
Originally posted by Ajuin Please not Schiller's book.I read a brief review of it by the late Tony Miles.
Thanks.
I think the long and detailed review by Miles was more about the subject matter than the book itself.
If you buy a book on unorthodox openings, you gotta expect a lot of dross inside.
As far as opening books go, I'd rate it as average. In saying that, it does contain a lot of errors and typos typical of a "production line chess writer".
Originally posted by peacedog I think the long and detailed review by Miles was more about the subject matter than the book itself.
In saying that, he must have like the unorthodox to a certain extent, Miles did play 1. e4 a6 2. d4 b5 as black against Karpov and went on to win! If thats not Unorthodox I don't know what is
Originally posted by randomsac In saying that, he must have like the unorthodox to a certain extent, Miles did play 1. e4 a6 2. d4 b5 as black against Karpov and went on to win! If thats not Unorthodox I don't know what is
I also remember him playing 1 g4 v McNab in the Commonwealth Champs around 1990(I think).
I always thought,and still think,he meant the handling of the subject not the subject itself.
What I know about Miles I got from chess magazines (interviews,articles where he's mentioned,tourney reports) so I can't say for sure but he didn't strike me as one to object to a,let's say,'original' approach to opening a chessgame.
Have you looked at the chesscafe.com website? There is a series of articles by Stefan Bucher on some unorthodox openings, that's written with creativity and responsibility. Suggesting a systematic guide is harder. After all it makes less sense to study 'unorthodox openings' in general, and more sense to concentrate on a few unorthodox lines and try to make them viable.
Originally posted by Ajuin I always thought,and still think,he meant the handling of the subject not the subject itself.
What I know about Miles I got from chess magazines (interviews,articles where he's mentioned,tourney reports) so I can't say for sure but he didn't strike me as one to object to a,let's say,'original' approach to opening a chessgame.
Perhaps your right.
Its a pitty Miles didn't write any books(as far as I know). His magazine articles and tourny reports were always a good read.
14 Jan '10 13:44
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