There are two excellent modern surveys of openings: Sam Collins' Understanding the Chess Openings and Paul van der Sterren's Fundamental Chess Openings. The emphasis is on understanding rather than memorization with van der Sterren rarely going beyond move ten. They both cover every major opening, demonstrating the main ideas and variations. Reviews There are no reviews yet.
FCO: Fundamental Chess Openings Paperback – Nov. 24 2009 ... Review “A modern day version of Reuben Fine’s Ideas Behind the Chess Openings, Fundamental Chess Openings primarily uses words to describe the ideas and motivations behind different opening systems. comment. Be the first one to write a review. WGM Raluca Sgîrcea, IM Renier Castellanos .

07.10.2017. Trevor -  FCO: Fundamental Chess Openings by Paul van der Sterren is an openings reference. Review "A modern day version of Reuben Fine's Ideas Behind the Chess Openings, Fundamental Chess Openings primarily uses words to describe the ideas and motivations behind different opening systems. Review: Fundamental Chess Openings. FCO Fundamental Chess Openings.pdf Identifier fundamentalchessopenings Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t7pp7097w Ocr ABBYY FineReader 11.0 (Extended OCR) Ppi 400 Scanner Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.6.4 Year 2009 . Be the first one to write a review. Review “A modern day version of Reuben Fine’s Ideas Behind the Chess Openings, Fundamental Chess Openings primarily uses words to describe the ideas and motivations behind different opening systems.
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Fundamental Chess Openings (Paul van der Sterren) Post by Alexander Hardwick » Thu Dec 27, 2012 4:22 pm I am considering buying the book "Fundamental Chess Openings" (Paul van der Sterren), with a view to assessing and perhaps altering parts of my opening repertoire. plus-circle Add Review. 4.0 out of 5 stars A Solid Primer on All the Openings Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2016 It really gets 4.5 stars. plus-circle Add Review. FCO Fundamental Chess Openings.pdf Identifier fundamentalchessopenings Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t7pp7097w Ocr ABBYY FineReader 11.0 (Extended OCR) Ppi 400 Scanner Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.6.4 Year 2009 . Professional players spend a lot of time working on the openings in depth, sometimes …

This is a nice primer to all the openings, without going … But it's primary purpose is not to impart basic chess chess knowledge, fundamentals and principles, which at this stage …

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It really gets 4.5 stars. Fundamental Chess Openings (FCO) is generally not recommended for beginners but for experienced club players and tournament competitors, and that can be important if you’re looking for a book to give as a gift. Boroljub Zlatanovic – Fundamental Chess Strategy in 100 Games. Anyone has this book, and could please write her / his thoughts or a short review?