BEST CHESS BOOKS ON ENGLISH OPENING
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Mihail Marin English Opening Volumes. And the material on chessable, Ginger GM Iron English is excellent too if you like the Botvinik (e4) setups . . .
Krames wrote:
Mihail Marin English Opening Volumes. And the material on chessable, Ginger GM Iron English is excellent too if you like the Botvinik (e4) setups . . .
Hi. I play Nc3 G3 systems, and, have went through work by, Marin. Also two volume work of Simon Willians. First one is, on early D4 systems, and second one on G3 systems. I've watched second one. Would appreciate new ideas, as Marin work is so detailed, that it starts loosing relevance, for player of our caliber upto 2000 chess.com. Ginger GM, I've already done through, and my repitore is mostly based on his recommendations. Which I really liked
Yeah, I’m w you. I’m waaaaaay more the ginger gm level :)
The Marin books and Ginger Gm Chessable are great, covers a lot. I’d recommended Tony Kosten’s Dynamic English too, but the Marin books are more current and give newer ideas that improve on Kosten. Marin uses Kosten as a reference. Marin and Kosten give a lot of dialogue to understand the plans and positions, so they are good for lower rated players as well. You don’t need to go too deep, but it’s there for the higher rated players as well. Up to you how deep you want to dive. Ginger’s Botvinnik setups are good for any rating.
Just know that you don’t want to play a Botvinnik setup against everything. You have to pay attention to what black plays. Example: in the Keres system when black plays e5 and then an early c6 to support the d5 push white will want to play d4 immediately, otherwise black will be strong in the center with little problems.
1. The dynamic English https://www.amazon.com/Dynamic-English-Tony-Kosten-ebook/dp/B00JPW18A0
2. lifetime rep 1.c4 https://www.chessable.com/lifetime-repertoires-1-c4-1-nf3-part-1/course/53985/ (Part 2 is coming later)
3. English Opening Repertoire: https://www.ichess.net/shop/english-opening-christof-sielecki/
Dec 8, 2020
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Krames wrote:
Mihail Marin English Opening Volumes. And the material on chessable, Ginger GM Iron English is excellent too if you like the Botvinik (e4) setups . . .
Also Anatoly Karpovs book on the English Opening was enlightening and introduced concepts to be used in almost any English. It's not Botvinnik System-Heavy so you're guaranteed a different looks from each chapter.
passedpawn22 wrote:
The Marin books and Ginger Gm Chessable are great, covers a lot. I’d recommended Tony Kosten’s Dynamic English too, but the Marin books are more current and give newer ideas that improve on Kosten. Marin uses Kosten as a reference. Marin and Kosten give a lot of dialogue to understand the plans and positions, so they are good for lower rated players as well. You don’t need to go too deep, but it’s there for the higher rated players as well. Up to you how deep you want to dive. Ginger’s Botvinnik setups are good for any rating.
Hi, I've studied Kosten, long time ago, and am familiar with his work. Appreciate suggestion. Will consider rechecking, Marin.
passedpawn22 wrote:
Just know that you don’t want to play a Botvinnik setup against everything. You have to pay attention to what black plays. Example: in the Keres system when black plays e5 and then an early c6 to support the d5 push white will want to play d4 immediately, otherwise black will be strong in the center with little problems.
Yeah, I'm aware of that. Thank you for recommendation, though, C6 doesn't look very good of a try to me, as D4 Exd4 Qxd4 Nc6 Qe3 check usually don't turn out, a good game for black. I however encounter usually, open reversed sicilian, and other lines now a days. E5 lines I faced uptil, 1700, post 1750-1800, players just took, me deeper in, reversed sicilian lines, or just playing C6 D5 or E6 D5 lines, trying to deviate.
Thank you for your, ideas . Appreciate it❤
Mr_Winawer wrote:
1. The dynamic English https://www.amazon.com/Dynamic-English-Tony-Kosten-ebook/dp/B00JPW18A0
2. lifetime rep 1.c4 https://www.chessable.com/lifetime-repertoires-1-c4-1-nf3-part-1/course/53985/ (Part 2 is coming later)
3. English Opening Repertoire: https://www.ichess.net/shop/english-opening-christof-sielecki/
Hi, thank you for suggestion. Just for record, I have already tried Christof stuff, and his work on English, and am convinced, that he hasn't put in, the research, or maybe his explanation isn't instructive to me. Last time, I went through his work, I couldn't get a lot of his lines, and variations were poorly, compiled.
Still appreciate, the help.
Kosten book though is a classic, read it, 2 years ago. Still got, it, on my library.
Jan 11, 2021
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I join the praising of Kostens repertoire book. In a few variations it is outdated, but most is actually still working. I recently won a nice game just following one of his proposals (just needed a few extra moves to convert the totally winning position to a whole point).
I think you need also to have a non-repertoire book. I like Carsten Hansen's two volume covering the opening in broad.
dpcjsr000 wrote:
I recently purchased Williams book and am enjoying it. Since I can use the Botvinnik against several Sicilian anti lines as well that means around 65% of my games have a familiar similar structure. That is a great use of my time.
Hi bro. Appreciate your reply. I've however now a days switched to E4. Thanks for your info.
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