Modern Chess Openings by Nick De Firmian
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- Pub. Date: April 2008
- 768pp
- Sales Rank: 58,029
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: April 2008
- Publisher: Random House Information Group
- Format: Paperback, 768pp
- Sales Rank: 58,029
- Series: Chess Series
- ISBN-13: 9780812936827
- ISBN: 0812936825
- Edition Number: 15
Synopsis
Modern Chess Openings is the best and most trusted tool for serious chess players on the market. First published over a half-century ago, this is a completely revised and updated edition of the book that has been the standard English language reference on chess openings. An invaluable resource for club and tournament players, it now includes information on recent matches and the most up-to-date theory on chess openings.
Modern Chess Openings is ideal for intermediate players ready to elevate their game to the next level or International Grandmasters who want to stay on top of recent chess innovations.
Biography
NICK DE FIRMIAN is acclaimed as the world's leading expert on chess openings. He "taught" the supercomputer Deep Blue the opening moves it used to defeat World Champion Garry Kasparov in 1997. As this book goes to press, de Firmian reigns as the current United States Chess Champion---making him a three-time winner of the top American title. He has also represented the United States in seven Chess Olympiads and three World Championship cycles. His previous written works include the 13th edition of Modern Chess Openings, San Francisco 1995, which detailed that year's Grandmaster Invitational, and articles for Chess Life magazine.
A graduate of UC Berkeley with a degree in physics, de Firmian is a native Californian who now resides in Copenhagen, Denmark with his wife and son.
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One of the best one volume opening reference booksby Anonymous
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December 03, 2008:
Finally, MCO 15 has arrived! It has gone through 15 editions beginning about 90 years ago! The current edition has some of the errors corrected from MCO 14, a moderate number of opening updates and still retains the same format used from the beginning.
If you are a novice you will not find the ideas behind the moves here (consider, "Ideas Behind the Chess Openings" and "Winning Chess Traps" before getting a general opening reference book). However, some good opening reference books belong in every serious players chess library and MCO 15 is one of them!
I Also Recommend: Winning Chess Traps, Ideas Behind the Chess Openings, Chess Openings for White, Explained, Chess Openings for Black, Explained.
While there are other things to work on before the openings, this is what you need once you GET to tby The_Chess_Doctor
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November 28, 2008: In a world of silicon giants, computer programs that give line after line of so-called "correct" variations, MCO-15 is, as one of my chess club mates say, "still relevant." Chess programs will give you the openings that they like to play, and most have databases, but MCO-15 makes learning the opening so much easier, and it gives example positions and games in a much more "user-friendly" way.
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