Here is a world-class chess repertoire for Black against 1.e4. As the title suggests, the repertoire is based on the respected Spanish Opening, or the Ruy Lopez, as it is sometimes called. In his previous book, "Beating the Open Games", Grandmaster Mihail Marin dealt with White's options up to 3.Bb5. Now Marin provides all the answers for Black after 4.Ba4. This depth of chess expertise has rarely been published for a mass audience before, as grandmasters usually prefer to keep their secrets. The complexity of the material could have been daunting, but Marin is also a master of explaining profound ideas to a wide audience.
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The best chess opening book I've ever seen,
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I've got a lot of opening books, but none like this.
Marin's Beating the Open Games, and A Spanish Opening Repertoire for black combine the best features of an informant encyclopedia style layout, and English descriptions of the concepts. Each variation is summarized at the end of every chapter in an Informant Encyclopedia type layout. The notes on the moves are in English and offer far more explanation than someone would get from an Informant Encyclopedia. In addition, the main concepts are shown using games and verbal explanations prior to the Encyclopedic layout at the end of the chapter. Amazingly, no one else has ever organized an opening book this way. It's always been one or the other. Games with notes, or Informant like dumps with symbols. Both books are essentially repertoire books for Black, but players on the White side will get some benefit as well. I'm sure a lot of these lines will start showing up in tournaments in the future. For the main line of the Ruy Lopez (Spanish Opening), Marin offers two systems for Black, The Rubenstein system or the Petrosion system, so don't expect to learn the Marshall attack. Even if you have no desire to play the main-lines that Marin offers, this book has the best analysis available for a lot of sidelines White can throw at you. I actually switched my repertoire from the Sicilian (1.e4 c5) to 1.e4 e5 temporarily because of Marin's two books. They offered a simple and effective way for me to initially study that line of play without having to refer to a lot of other sources. I wasn't completely happy with using his Rubenstein recommendations however. I'll probably try the Petrosian system next, or perhaps find something that covers the Marshall attack to complement Marin's analysis. I believe these books are probably effective for anyone rated from 1400 on up to even Grandmaster. The concise Informant like tables that document the lines at the end of each chapter will appeal to stronger players and the early chapter explanations with sample games are good for anyone learning the opening.
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Three birds with one stone,
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This is not just a dry opening book.The author gives clear explanations of moves even in the middlegame.In fact he usually explores the opening and the middlegame like one united phase of game.The book is also interesting from the aspect of chess history.He explains development of the variations beginning from the age of Rubinstein,Bogoljubov or sometimes even from 19th century.From there he moves to the ages of Tal ,Spassky,Gligoric and Karpov.And the publishers gave an update at their website which includes recent games(including Marin's own games).So if you buy this one you will not only buy an opening book but also a middlegame book and a book related to chess history too.
3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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This book is the best opening book I have!
I have never seen another author that can synthesize, explain and illustrate the ideas behind an opening the way Marin does here. And just as another reviewer wrote above, I'm done with trying to respond with a Sicilian to 1.e4, I'm switching to 1. .. e5!
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