One of the hardest tasks competitive chess players face is the development of an opening repertoire suited to their own style of play. In this book, translated by Ken Neat, Grandmaster Gufeld makes the job easier by providing an ideal framework for a practical opening repertoire, specifically tailored for those who relish attacking play.
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Okay, but not good book.,
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This review is from: Opening Repertoire for the Attacking Player (Paperback)
My problem with this book is that some of the recommendations in this book are very complex defenses which beginning and intermediate players might find difficult to use. They are very tactical, and Gufeld does little explanation of them. There is some analysis, but many times he will just attach a game fragment and say who's better with no explaination of why or what to do. He gives brief strategy summary at the beginning of each section, but as an intermediate player (USCF Rating of 1650) I find it difficult to use these recommendations in my own play, because there is little explaination of the variations. If you use the recommendations, you may need to do your own research and analysis (which you should do anyway), but isn't part of a repertoire book's job to do some of the homework for you? What it does do is give a repertoire for most major defenses so that a player does not have to pick one himself. My best use for it was to look at the sections and find my own choices for variations and use the sections as a list of defenses I need to prepare for using other sources.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Worthless as a first repertoire book,
This review is from: Opening Repertoire for the Attacking Player (Paperback)
With all due respect to the other reviewers, who are likely more accomplished players than I am, I found this book fairly useless, and worse yet a waste of time that I could have been spending learning more opening concepts. The problem may have been my expectations for the book -- it's obviously intended for an advanced audience -- but I took Gufeld at his word when he says that players of all levels can benefit from the book... Note especially the point about people buying repertoire books to save time, whereas GM Gufeld's choices require far more time to digest tons of theory. For us patzers, the best opening "repertoire" I've found so far is in the last three chapters of Seirawan's _Winning Chess Openings_. It may lack the sheer volume of variations that a strong player would require, but it's very strong on concepts, which is what I need.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good book..,
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This review is from: Opening Repertoire for the Attacking Player (Paperback)
I will always be indebted to this book for introducing me to the Sicilian Dragon and giving me enough information to start playing it with confidence. There is just enough information for all the openings to carry you to a good middle game position. I appreciate the explanitory notes too, just enough to explain what is going on without getting too verbose.
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