ylblai2 - Thanks. All those books sound good.
Learning 1...e5--Best way?
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I am not an expert but do play e5 and can anser some questions. Perhaps someone else can give extra info.
- Be7 in the TKD is kind of a newish plan where black can play for a kingside attack with moves as Kh8/Ng8 and f5. This leads to more unbalanced play then in normal Italian lines. It is not better or worse just a different kind of plan
- Nd4 in the 4 knights is a fine system and theoretically in a good shape but you have to be prepared for white players who go for the drawish Nxd4 en e5 plan and have to be ready for the piece sac in the Ba4 mainline where black certainly has compensation but it is not everybodies cup of tea. Personally I play Bd6 because it makes me look like a patzer :)
Aug 31, 2015
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#24
If you play 3..Bc5 to the Giuoco Piano (Italian Game), you will need to know lots of theory. It is, of course, sound.
If you want an alternative that does not require so much theory, consider the Hungarian Defense 3..Be7, which was used by Alekhine for a time. Black has to accept a non-aggressive stance, unless white fails to play carefully--it can bite back.
@Pfren: Currently I believe black in in good shape after 8 ... c6! That is atleast what gusti suggests on his dvd.
Aug 31, 2015
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#26
If you play two knights don't be afraid of the fried liver. I'll show you the line I play against it. It gives a very interesting game.
Impractical wrote:
If you play 3..Bc5 to the Giuoco Piano (Italian Game), you will need to know lots of theory. It is, of course, sound.
If you want an alternative that does not require so much theory, consider the Hungarian Defense 3..Be7, which was used by Alekhine for a time. Black has to accept a non-aggressive stance, unless white fails to play carefully--it can bite back.
Even if you don't know the theory but sound principles instead you should still find good moves. It's funny whenver people glare at you for playing 3...Bc5 as if you owe them 4.Ng5.
Another perhaps useful book:
A Vigorous Chess Opening Repertoire for Black by Or Cohen
http://www.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Vigorous-Chess-Opening-Repertoire-for-Black-A-76p3857.htm
Sep 4, 2015
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#29
I got the Marin book on 1...e5.
I just skimmed it and his recommendation for the Evans in Bxb4 although I am far more comfortable with just Bb6. And for the Kings gambit, playing d5 followed by exf4 suits my style more than Bc5 declined--just simple chess.
But besides these 2 lines it seems like a good book for stuff like the Scotch and Giuco Piano. In the scotch 4 knights, he tries to explain the main positional ideas for both sides like exploiting the weak d4/c5 squares which is far more useful than just knowing variations.
Sep 6, 2015
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#30
So I am browsing the book but I cannot find where Marin covers lines like the Scotch Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4.This is really important at club level.
What is supposed to be played in this case? I know Nf6 goes to the 2 knights defense and Bc5 can go to the italian game but then white can go outside of this repertoire. Especially if I want to avoid sharp stuff like the Max Lange.
TheGrind wrote:
So I am browsing the book but I cannot find where Marin covers lines like the Scotch Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4.This is really important at club level.
What is supposed to be played in this case? I know Nf6 goes to the 2 knights defense and Bc5 can go to the italian game but then white can go outside of this repertoire. Especially if I want to avoid sharp stuff like the Max Lange.
I get a good feeling about the Marin books. The Scotch Gambit is the bread and butter of Chess Openings for White, Explained. Some criticism of that book, but you might want to pick it up if you are a club player. Tons of diagrams. You won't need a board. It's pretty basic stuff. Avoids Ruy Lopez.
TheGrind wrote:
"So I am browsing the book but I cannot find where Marin covers lines like the Scotch Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4.This is really important at club level.
What is supposed to be played in this case? I know Nf6 goes to the 2 knights defense and Bc5 can go to the italian game but then white can go outside of this repertoire. Especially if I want to avoid sharp stuff like the Max Lange."
In the second edition, this sort of thing is discussed in the chapter, "Scotch Opening - Others".
pfren έγραψε:
pfren έγραψε: poucin wrote: The book :Beating the open games, Mihail MarinEither that, or this one:http://www.amazon.com/Open-Games-Black-Igor-Lysyj/dp/954878288X Lysyj's book is more "advanced", but Marin's has excellent prose and explanations. Both are a bargain.
poucin wrote:
The book :
Beating the open games, Mihail Marin
Either that, or this one:
http://www.amazon.com/Open-Games-Black-Igor-Lysyj/dp/954878288X
Lysyj's book is more "advanced", but Marin's has excellent prose and explanations. Both are a bargain.
Sep 11, 2015
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#34
Two Kts Defence will additionally sharpen your tactical eye,so you get a double bargain with it,just watch how Kasparov destroyed Short with it!
Yes, the Igor lysyj`s books are excellent! You will can in agree or disagree with him, in some things, but his books are very good. Dreev's books also are very useful. Meran, Moscow and anti-Moscow or Cozio's defense.
Possibly helpful:
Starting Out: Open Games by Glenn Flear (2010)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140626232452/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen134.pdf
Starting Out: Ruy Lopez by John Shaw (2003)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627024240/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen53.pdf
The Open Games with Black by Martin Lokander
https://www.newinchess.com/Shop/Images/Pdfs/7546.pdf
The Kaufman Repertoire for Black & White by Larry Kaufman (2012)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140626221508/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen162.pdf
https://www.newinchess.com/Shop/Images/Pdfs/955.pdf
The Open Games for Black by Igor Lysyj & Roman Ovetchkin (2012)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627104938/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen159.pdf
The Berlin Defence by Igor Lysyj & Roman Ovetchkin (2012)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627104938/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen159.pdf
https://www.newinchess.com/Shop/Images/Pdfs/7076.pdf
Bologan's Black Weapons in the Open Games by Victor Bologan
http://www.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Bologans-Black-Weapons-in-the-Open-Games-76p3873.htm
https://www.newinchess.com/Shop/Images/Pdfs/9001.pdf
Bologan's Ruy Lopez for Black by Victor Bologan (2015)
http://www.sjakkbutikken.no/produkter/bologans-ruy-lopez-for-black/
https://www.newinchess.com/Shop/Images/Pdfs/9016.pdf
Playing 1.e4 e5 by Nikolaos Ntirlis
http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/Playing1e4e5-excerpt.pdf
Attacking the Spanish by Sabino Brunello (2009)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627105306/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen124.pdf
The Ruy Lopez Revisited by Ivan Sokolov (2009)
http://dev.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Ruy-Lopez-Revisited-The-p3765.htm
https://www.newinchess.com/Shop/Images/Pdfs/931.pdf
Fighting the Ruy Lopez by Milos Pavlovic (2009)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627105306/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen124.pdf
Slay the Spanish by Timothy Taylor (2011)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627040230/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen146.pdf
Grandmaster Repertoire 13 – The Open Spanish by V. Mikhalevski (2013)
http://reviews.dailychess.org/grandmaster-repertoire-13-the-open-spanish-qualitychess-by-v-mikhalevski/
https://www.newinchess.com/Shop/Images/Pdfs/7234.pdf
Anti-Spanish. The Cozio Defence by Alexey Dreev (2014)
The Spanish Main Road by Evgeny Solozhenkin (2016)
https://www.newinchess.com/Shop/Images/Pdfs/7595.pdf
The Zaitsev System by Alexey Kuzmin
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... It's very similiar to the first two chapters in Cox's book on the Berlin Wall.
Are you sayimg that Bologan suggested the Berlin? Lysyj, of course, did.
No. I was just comparing the introductory chapters in Cox's book to Bologan's.