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This is a brand new edition of this perennial chess favourite, with more than 25 per cent new material. This book has been the standard reference work on chess openings for more than half a century, and has been called 'the chess player's bible'. It is the most comprehensive single-volume work on the openings. Covering every standard line of play, it provides the distilled essence of contemporary opening theory. This latest updated edition is an indispensable reference work for club and tournament players.This is the most comprehensive single-volume work on the openings available to date. It is fully revised and updated edition covers every standard line of play. It is illustrated throughout with diagrams and chess grids for ease of use.
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The Chess Player's Bible
A standard reference work for the last 50 years, Batsford's Modern Chess Openings is one of the most important chess books around. The most comprehensive and up-to-date volume on openings, its 720 pages cover every single chess opening. It provides an indispensible reference work for club and tournament players, earning the epithet 'the chess player's Bible'.
A standard reference work for the last 50 years, Batsford's Modern Chess Openings is one of the most important chess books around. The most comprehensive and up-to-date volume on openings, its 720 pages cover every single chess opening. It provides an indispensible reference work for club and tournament players, earning the epithet 'the chess player's Bible'.
Author Grandmaster Nick de Firmian is an expert on opening theory and a three-time US Champion. He helped develop chess computer Deeper Blue's opening repertoire in its match victory over Garry Kasparov. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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84 of 86 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Batsford's MCO has now reached its fourteenth edition. Three times US champion, Nick de Firmian; along with a small band of chess experts, have managed to completely revise the text once again for a fresh publication, based on the previous editons. The result is quite fantastic. Although the book is some 708 pages long, which may seem quite daunting to many players, the book is very easy to read. Opening moves are spaced out adequately as part of a layout designed to avoid confusion.
Variations may be easily assessed at a glance, and moves are written down in the simple, modern algebraic notation. This book is an absolute must for any semi-serious enthusiast of the game of chess. It offers the chance to explore chess at one of the most misunderstood levels of play: the opening. But the book also provides history on each opening, along with a series of refutations for the player to avoid while indulging in a specific opening. As an overall analysis of the book, it is very good and easy to read for beginners to grandmasters. Any player from club level onward should appreciate this book for its fine blend of simplicity and complexity. A vertable 'Chess Player's Bible'. However, some may find the book's length daunting. But such a worry is not really a matter of concern, as it is a reference book. Any worries a reader may have shall dissipate upon browsing through the book... However, on retrospect, the book is then with you for life. And an awful lot of love and care has been incorporated into the pages of Batford's MCO. Buy it!
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Whatever your level, "Modern Chess Openings" offers everything you need to know about the wealth of variety and invention that exists within the realm of chess openings. Naturally, this is not the only chess book you will need but it is the definitive guide to openings. As a reasonable recreational player I am using the guide to develop my opening strategies but it would also be useful for more advanced players who want to study variations of openings such as the Sicilian Defence in depth. It is easy to navigate and the diagrams and text are simple to follow. As other reviewers have said, it is not a book to "read" as such but should rather be used as a reference with which you can learn how to develop your skills in the critical openings moves. It has been recently updated and congratulations to the editor for this labour of love! There are many other books that focus on specific openings in greater depth but "Modern Chess Openings" has justly earned its reputation.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Being very keen on internet Chess at the moment,I thought a book on Chess openings would be very useful.I had bought an earlier edition of BCO in the past but no longer have it.
This edition is excellent.The book is very well organised.It is easy to follow and is comprehensive,being over 700 pages long.
I have found it very useful and it has been well used already and I have had it only a few months.
As said earlier the format is very clear and involves following columns and referring to notes sometimes.The book is well researched.
I have flicked through the book a few times even looking at openings I dont play,just because I like the book itself!
I really recommend this book.
This edition is excellent.The book is very well organised.It is easy to follow and is comprehensive,being over 700 pages long.
I have found it very useful and it has been well used already and I have had it only a few months.
As said earlier the format is very clear and involves following columns and referring to notes sometimes.The book is well researched.
I have flicked through the book a few times even looking at openings I dont play,just because I like the book itself!
I really recommend this book.
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