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The Philidor Files: Detailed Coverage of a Dynamic Opening Free FREE THE PHILIDOR FILES: DETAILED COVERAGE OF A DYNAMIC OPENING PDF Christian Bauer | 192 pages | 07 Feb 2007 | EVERYMAN CHESS | 9781857444360 | English | London, United Kingdom Sverre's Chess Books Reviews: The Philidor Files Here is a sampling of good chess openings books, particularly suitable for the improving chess amateur - from beginner to Master, and beyond. Move By Move" and "First Steps Explained" series by Gambit Publications. By John Emms. Be aware that this is not an openings reference or manual of opening variations; it is not intended to provide comprehensive coverage of specific openings. By Mike Basman. John Walker. By Carsten Hansen. Provides an introductory overview of not only basic opening principles and theory, but a broad survey of essentially every chess opening. While the treatment of each opening is cursory, it is helpful in gauging what the opening is about, providing perspective and sufficient exposure to aid in deciding which openings you might be interested in pursuing in more depth. Also, for those who have a penchant for chess history, and who do not mind dealing with the older "Descriptive" chess notation, I highly recommend the instructive though necessarily dated, as it was originally published in "How to Play the Chess Openings" by Eugene A. Znosko- Borovsky; the book is a treasure trove of pearls of chess opening wisdom, and a delight to read. By Bruce Pandolfini. A two-volume series introducing the king pawn openings those beginning with 1. The books focus specifically on opening tactics and traps. By Pete Tamburro. An openings primer, with repertoire suggestions, for amateurs up to Expert level. Lots of practical advice, do's and don'ts of opening play and recommendations on openings to play. As the content of this book is relatively more advanced than that of the openings primers above, it would be more appropriate as a follow-on to them. By Paul van der Sterren. Possibly the best single-volume openings reference. Extremely well written. Covers all the major The Philidor Files: Detailed Coverage of a Dynamic Opening. By Stefan Djuric and Dimitry Komarov. A four-volume series. The entire series comprise a well executed survey of all the openings, targeted to the class-club level player. Well written, with instructive commentary. Be sure to check out all four volumes. By John Watson. A well written, comprehensive treatment of opening theory, principles, plans and themes for most of the major openings. If one is seriously interested in understanding the openings, and opening theory in general, these are among the very best references for that purpose. Kudos to IM Watson for this valuable addition to the The Philidor Files: Detailed Coverage of a Dynamic Opening openings literature. By Reuben Fine. A classic. While some of Fine's analysis of specific lines may be challenged by recent opening theory, by focusing on the IDEAS discussed, your understanding of the openings will certainly improve. Understanding Before Moving. Each volume is dedicated specifically to explaining the ideas - the themes, plans and structures of the respective opening systems. If you are serious about wanting to learn how to play any of these openings, you may want to check these out. By Andrew Soltis. While not strictly an openings book per se, Soltis describes and analyzes the major pawn structures arising from the opening and their implications for how to plan. First Steps: 1 e4 e5. Targeted to the beginner-intermediate player, provides an instructive introduction and overview of the ideas, plans, tactics and strategies of all the major double king pawn openings, including the Italian Game, Evans Gambit, Two Knights Defense, Ruy Lopez, Four Knights Game, Scotch Game and others. This The Philidor Files: Detailed Coverage of a Dynamic Opening another The Philidor Files: Detailed Coverage of a Dynamic Opening effort by one of the better chess authors. By Vincent Moret. The approach is somewhat different from most repertoire books. That is, he has purposefully restricted the amount of material to that which is sufficient to understand the main themes of the recommended variations. The presentation is focused The Philidor Files: Detailed Coverage of a Dynamic Opening select variations that have a higher probability of actually being able to be played by White, while eschewing the myriad lines which have less likelihood. This cuts down significantly on the amount of material to be studied. If you require more information related to the openings he presents, you The Philidor Files: Detailed Coverage of a Dynamic Opening consult resources which treat them more comprehensively. But the author's intent is to get you started playing the recommended lines as quickly as possible by learning themes and plans, as opposed to memorizing lots of variations i. The author also does a better than average job of explaining not only WHAT you should be trying to do in each line the themesbut also takes time to clarify WHY you are making the recommended moves as opposed to other, alternative movesand in many cases lays out the procedure for HOW you should go about playing the lines. Many authors don't go to the same lengths to explain things as thoroughly. White's main line in the open game will be the Italian Game - Giuoco Piano - 1. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5. Also presented is a response to The Two Knights Defense Nf6when White will respond with 4. Nc3 - following up with a quick f2-f4. Overall this is a fun, yet effective White opening repertoire, instructively presented, which the intended audience can quickly get up to speed playing, with "minimal" study required. Against 1. In all lines, the intent is to promote interesting, dynamic and aggressive play for Black. By Lev Alburt et al. Also from Black's perspective in the "Open" game 1. Also from the White perspective - with 1. Keep It Simple 1. Two volumes. The titles say it all. About as simple as it can get for complete and comprehensive White opening repertoires for 1. For details on the specific openings employed in these books I suggest checking them out on Chessableor on the publisher's The Philidor Files: Detailed Coverage of a Dynamic Opening In Chess website. This provides a complete opening repertoire for both White and Black, accessible to the beginner-intermediate player and beyond. For White, repertoires based on 1. For Black, against 1. Overall this is a solid and comprehensive opening repertoire, one which will stand the test of time, and can be played for the rest of your chess career. An opening repertoire for White based around 1. By Graham Burgess. For the advanced, intermediate and above player. Kaufman's New Repertoire for Black and White. By Larry Kaufman. A complete opening repertoire for both White and Black, targeted to the advanced player. For White the opening is 1. For Black, For aspiring masters, this may be the only openings book you need! Play The authors say that there are only a limited number of plans, ideas and structures that you need to learn. A similar i. By Christoph Scheerer. An opening repertoire for Black. Features the Nimzowitsch Defense 1. Nf3 Nc6. While considered somewhat offbeat, these defenses allow you to pull the rug out from under your opponent right from the start, and play the opening on your terms! Nc6" by James Schuyler. By John Cox. See also "Beating 1. At least one of these of books is almost essential for Black! For players of 1. This is a repertoire for both White and Black designed specifically for rapid games, against the opponent's major opening tries. The White repertoire against 1. Nc3; against the Sicilian Defense - 1. Nc3; against the French Defense - 1. The Philidor Files: Detailed coverage of a dynamic opening – Everyman Chess Kuznetsov - Colours of the Chess Spectrum endgame studies,Russian. Herbstmann - Selected Chess StudiesRussian. PDF 2. Cafferty B. Palatnik S. Sc3 Ge rman. PDF 5. PDF Emms Everymann Chess by polyto. Winkelman - The Philidor Files: Detailed Coverage of a Dynamic Opening Chess Endings. PDF 9. Zlotnik - Typical Middlegame PositionsRussian. 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