Reviews for Modern Chess Openings

The average rating for Modern Chess Openings based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-11-13 00:00:00 Irene Isbister In view of recent political events, Modern Chess Openings is proud to announce some improvements in nomenclature for its upcoming 15th edition: 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Trompovsky Attack Trumpovsky Attack 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bf6 Qf6 Moscow Variation Putin Variation 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 Latvian Gambit West Russian Gambit [That's enough tasteless chess openings - Ed.]

Review # 2 was written on 2017-06-25 00:00:00 Matt Gross A good chess friend, John Creeke, decided to pass his 1952 (8th) edition on to me. It might be old, but so is the game of chess itself. As such, there's much to learn - even from this extremely old book ... my father has a more modern version of it and the two of us occasionally tried out the opening moves it features. It took me a very long time to understand the chess shorthand used in the book, but John helped me and we played it this way via SMS for some time. John lost his fight to cancer at the beginning of 2017, making this book (and his letter to me pasted into the front) a cherished possession.