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| Apr-20-05 | | RookFile: I think 1. Nc3 is an interesting
first move, meeting 1.... f5 with
2. e4 fxe4 3. d3 exd3 4. Bxd3 Nf6
5. g4 |
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| Apr-20-05 | | AgentRgent: <RookFile> a.k.a. Reversed From's Gambit |
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| Apr-20-05 | | Jaymthegenius: <Rookfile>:
I have ordered the Van Geet CD by chessbase, and am still waiting for it. Though I doubt 1...f5 will be popular for black, better would be 1...c5 or 1...d5 for black, 1...Nf6 is annoying crap that can be met by 2.e3 |
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| Apr-20-05 | | Jaymthegenius: A true reversed from gambit
1.e3,f5 (given in chesslife)
2.e4,fxe4
3.d3,exd3
Is just like a from with colors reversed. |
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| Apr-20-05 | | Bent Bexley: In all honesty, I have not been a fan of Eric's work. However, there have been some exceptions. I liked the book he co-authored on the Tarrasch with GM Shamkovich back in 1984. I have also gotten a good bit of use out of the book he did with John Watson, "Survive & Beat Annoying Chess Openings: The Open Games." I would be curious to know how the work was divided on this book and if there are any plans to bring out further volumes, perhaps on semi-open games. Thanks. |
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Apr-20-05
 | | Eric Schiller: <bentBexley> It is wonderful working with John Watson, he's a tremendous author and analyst. Survive and Beat ..., like our earlier Big Book of Busts (now available again under the name Handbook of Tricky Opening Strategies from Hardinge-Simpole) is a truly collaborative work, and we have two more volumes planned (1.d4 d5, and then everything else). We tend to draft chapters in the areas of our specialities, then swap them back and forth, refining the analysis along the way. For the next volume, John and I are putting together a new format, and it is likely that we'll have the manuscript available for comments in advance of publication. |
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Apr-20-05
| | Eric Schiller: <jaym et al.> As Black, you can get to the stonewall Dutch via 1.d4 d5 and only later ...e6 and ...f5. I don't think the Staunton is anything to worry about (indeed, once wrote a book for the Black side) but the early g4 gambits are annoying against 1...f5.
The Scilian line you mentioned is fully playable. As for 1.Nc3, it is a perfectly decent opening, but revealing the plan of using a knight, rather than a pawn, at c3 does somewhat limit the options. I tend to prefer strong centers with e4, d4 and c3, so the Van Geet isn't part of my repertoire.
Thanks to computer analysis, it seems that most openings are playable (if by playable we mean that the best plan for the opponent doesn't generate an advantage of a pawn or more, taking compensation into account). Computers have "unrefuted" quite a lot of lines! |
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| Apr-21-05 | | Bent Bexley: <Eric Schiller and we have two more volumes planned (1.d4 d5, and then everything else).> I'll keep an eye out for them. Thanks for the information. |
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Apr-21-05
| | Eric Schiller: <bent> If there is anything you'd like to see, just let me know! For the 1.d4 d5 volume, we will handle the following lines, at least. We assume that Black is aiming for a Tarrasch Defense, but might add some additional coverage. As with our 1.e4 e5 Volume, we are recommending a repertoire, and showing all of the "tricky" lines a player might face. The Closed Games as White (1.d4 d5)
Overview
Against the Albin Countergambit
Against the Schara Gambit
Against the Baltic Defense (2…Bf5)
Against the Baltic Defense, Line #1: 3.Qb3
Against the Baltic Defense, Line #2: 3.cxd5
Against the Winawer Countergambit
Against the Winawer Countergambit, Line #1
Winawer CounterGambit, Line #2: 4.e3
Against the Stonewall Dutch
Against the Austrian Defense
Against the Chigorin Defense
Against the Chigorin Defense, Line #1: 5.Bg5
Against the Chigorin Defense, Line #2: 5.Bf4
The Closed Games As Black
Against the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit, Line 1: Lemberg Variation
Against the Sneiders Attack (4.Qh5) in the Lemberg
Against the Lange Attack (4.Nxe4) in the Lemberg
Against the Diemer Attack (4.Be3) in the Lemberg
Against the Endgame Variation (4.dxe5) in the Lemberg
Against the Advance Variation (4.d5) in the Lemberg
Against the Rassmussen Attack (4.Nge2) in the Lemberg
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit, Line #2: O'Kelly Variation
Defending the Queen’s Gambit Declined
Against the Diemer-Duhm Gambit
Defending the Tarrasch Defense
Tarrasch Defense: Against 4.dxc5
Tarrasch Defense: Against the Marshall Gambit
Tarrasch Defense: Against the Tarrasch Gambit
Tarrasch Defense: Against the Gruenfeld Gambit
Defending against White “Anti-Indian” Systems
Against the Torre Attack
Against the London System
Against the Veresov Attack
Against the Levitsky Attack
Against the Zukertort-Colle Systems
Against the Colle Systems with 2.e3
Against the pure Colle (c3)
Against the Yusupov-Zukertort Opening (Colle with b3)
Against the “slow” Colle plans (Bd3, Nbd2)
Against the Pseudo-Queen’s Gambit (Nf3 then c4) and other plans
Against the Stonewall Attack
Against the Barry Attack
Against the Barry Attack, Line #1
Against the Barry Attack, Line #2 |
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| Apr-21-05 | | Tennyson: <Eric Schiller> 2500 chess books! That's impressive. You inspired me to count my collection...exactly 101 chess books. I have a penchant for unique, obscure or first edition chess books. Tell me if any of the following are in your collection or are worth anything: _Bobby Fischer My 60 Memorable Games_ 1st edition, hardback dust jacket, good condition (seen it go for 200$ used). _The Games of Robert J. Fischer_ Edited by R Wade and K O'Connell, 1st edition, hardback, dust jacket, excellent condition, and signed by the editors and some signiture that looks like Les Gachshock. _Grandmaster from Oregon The Life & Games of Arthur Dake_ by Casey Bush, soft cover, 1st edition, signed by Arthur Dake. _The Personality of Chess_ by Horowitz and Rothenberg, 1st edition, hardback. _Play Better Chess_ with Leonard Barden, Forward by Viktor Korchnoi, hardback, dust jacket, 1st edition. And finally, a personal favorite: _The Game of Chess_ Edward Lasker, 1st edition, hardback, Doubleday TutorText. Loved this last book when I was a kid. My wife has an extreme aversion for the number of books crowding up our apartment (probably because some fell on her while she was sleeping)...but I keep telling her, having a personal library is one of the most important things one should have after college, that and a BA. Do tell: what valuable (sentimental or otherwise) chess books do you have in your collection? |
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| Apr-21-05 | | Larsker: <My wife has an extreme aversion for the number of books crowding up our apartment> I use my garage for books. The only flipside: my car is standing out in rain - but I care more for books than for cars. |
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| Apr-21-05 | | ranchogrande: <Eric Schiller> Oh my God - yuo´re really up to do some work here.And i wish you good workingspirits!And do you by way now the move d4-d5.2e3-Nf6.3.Bd3-Nc6 - which I find tremendously interessting.Threatening e5, with(at least) eguality and playing with these annoying Nb4 plans.
I wish you a good weekend!. |
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| Apr-21-05 | | ranchogrande: <Larsker> as long as you dont do that to your wife - it is OK with me.:) |
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| Apr-21-05 | | pazzed paun: <TENNYSON> STOP buying first edition hardbacks of chess books -you and people like you only drive up the price on all chess books!! There is some real high priced trash out there! LIKE Franklin Youngs "Grand Tactics of Chess" he was a patzer who thought he was clever by calling chess tactics after miltary manevuers-the right oblique flanking maneuver-he had no idea what he was talking about and could not explain it to his readers- but it is an old hardback chess book and some body will try and sell it for a lot of money! BUY dover paperbacks-all reprints-good physical quality -great content-
content is the ONLY Way to value a chess book!!
One time I saw a collection of Euwe"s games (dover paperback) for $20- I told the shop owner it was outrageous price but he only shrugged- I bought a different copy of the same book less than a week later for $1.50! Some books you might want-Asa Hoffman Chess GLADIATOR- "Modern Grandmaster Chess" by a.karklins- "My Seven Chess Prodigies" by john collins- good luck!! |
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Apr-22-05
| | Eric Schiller: <rancho> That's why Nf3 should be played before Bd3. Then ...Nc6 is answered by Bb5. |
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Apr-22-05
| | Eric Schiller: <tennyson, pazzed> I agree with Pazzed, I buy paperback whenever I can, though I do have many hardbound books, a number from the 19th Century. I was able to get them inexpensively (10-15 British pounds). I buy reprints of most older items.
There are several publishers dedicated to reprint. Hardinge-Simpole have many interesting items.
I'm not a collector, I only buy books that are of some interest for their content. I'm not really sure what books are worth, if I sell something I just check the net for going prices. Old tournament books are much more interesting than modern ones, which tend to concentrate on the games and don't have as much background. |
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| Apr-22-05 | | Broon Bottle: Tennyson, that signature you're wondering about is Les Blackstock, British chess author of the 1970s. |
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| Apr-22-05 | | Tennyson: <Broon Bottle> Thanks a bunch for the info. And right you are: I see he was one of the contributors. "Leslie Blackstock -- openings expert, regular contributor to Chessman Quarterly and The Chessplayer." <pazzed> I suggest you read _A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books_ by Nicholas A. Basbanes....which, by the way, I have a 1st edition, hardback, with dust jacket, excellent condition copy. LOL. Books are an investment: a monetary, intellectual, inspiring, nostalgic investment. I like dover thrift editions as well; they make great works highly accessible. They did a great job of Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" illustrated by Gustave Dore...their copies of William Blake's "Songs of Innocence and Experience" are left wanting, though. I would suggest spending the extra $40 for a Thames & Hudson or Princeton University Press copy. Dover oftentimes don't include necessary footnotes, introductory material, etc. as well: T S Eliot's poems. Dover chess books, I'll allow that they're just as fine as reading the original text, but, ah, the dust of ages. There's this smell old books have, as long as the silverfish haven't eaten them through and through. I'll keep my eyes open for the books you suggested. Thanks. |
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| Apr-22-05 | | Jaymthegenius: Speaking of book's, doesnt anybody think it's about time Nimzovich: my system, a reappraisal should be put onto a chessbase CD complete with databases of current and past games that show his theories? |
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Apr-22-05
| | Eric Schiller: <jaym> I'm trying to get John Watson to participate here, and he can articulate better tham me our shared view on My System. It is an interesting historical document, and important in the intellectual development of chess. However, as Watson discusses in his "Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy", chess had made great advances and refined, even rejected, many of Nimzowitsch's concepts. My System has a fairly primitive view of the isolated d-pawn, for example. Later, Nimzowitsch wrote better materials on that.
I don't think you need a CD with databases, because Watson, in his book, has done all the relevant work and he presents his views even more clearly than Nimzowitsch. So I suggest you just read that book to get your fix of Nimzowitsch updates. |
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| Apr-22-05 | | TechN9ne: <tennyson> ive got that first edition hardback of fischers 60 memorable games as well. i refer back to that book all the time! ive also got an old paperback of the fischer vs spassky match written by evans which i believe is also somewhat rare. |
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| Apr-22-05 | | hintza: <I'm trying to get John Watson to participate here> Thanks for that, Mr Schiller. |
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| Apr-25-05 | | Jaymthegenius: Also, I have a game against Schiller on Chess.ac, I'll try to etch out a draw (even though we are still in book), as the New York System (1.Nf3,d5 2.g3,Bf4 3.c4,c6 4.b3,e6 (or cxd6, as open's the c-file) absolutly has no refutation. |
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| Apr-25-05 | | Malacha: <TechN9ne> Is the Fischer-Spassky book by Larry Evans you refered to earlier,the one that is co-authored by Ken Smith.The paper back I have was put out in 1973 by Fireside Books.It's full title is Chess World Championship 1972 Fischer vs.Spassky (A comment and diagram after every move)I got this copy through Chess Digest,which was Ken Smith's old company in 73'.I think it might be quite rare by now.I haven't seen anyone offering it in a long time anyway. |
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| Apr-25-05 | | WorldChampeen: Well, no plugging as they say, I know of 3 books on the '72 Fischer Spassky match; the Gligoric edition, a paperback sized book that looks interesting that I have never personally read, and I see one of the auction sites has an Evans autographed edition up right now of the book with Chess Digest. |
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