Reviews for Starting Out: Slav & Semi-Slav

The average rating for Starting Out: Slav & Semi-Slav based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-03-18 00:00:00 Donna Williams I have been reading this slowly over the last years, focusing on openings that I actually play. This book is really helpful for a more advanced (USCF rating 1600+) tournament player, as it teaches the concepts and main ideas of chess openings. I was in a recent tournament recently where this book made the difference between victory and defeat. My opponent was playing an opening I didn't know, but because of the patterns I learned in this book I had a good idea of what strategy to play, and was able to get the win.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-04-11 00:00:00 David Floyd Cleverly acquaints readers with the strategies behind most of the main openings - rather than just providing masses of indigestible variations.