Are "Modern Chess Openings" and "Batsford's Modern Chess Openings"
two editions of the same book? Nick de Firmian seems to be author
of both and the length is approximately the same, but I'm not sure
if they really are the same.
Which one (or which book in general) would you recommend as an
opening reference to a player who is halfway between beginner and
club level?
Thanks,

Marco


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I play a lot of email chess these days and find MCO invaluable. I'm not sure
how worthwhile it is for a serious over-the-board player today, but when I did
play many dozens of over-the-board games annually, I used to refer to it after
every tournament to check out my opening play and that of my opponents. (I
started chess much too late to think about becoming a FIDE titled player, but
played dozens of "classical" chess tournament games annually for several
decades.)

Are "Modern Chess Openings" and "Batsford's Modern Chess Openings"
two editions of the same book? Nick de Firmian seems to be author
of both and the length is approximately the same, but I'm not sure
if they really are the same.
Which one (or which book in general) would you recommend as an
opening reference to a player who is halfway between beginner and
club level?
Thanks,

Marco

Heute Uhmuhrikkka, Afghanistan und Irak. Morgen die ganze Welt!

Uhmuhrikkka, Uhmuhrikkka über Alles!

(Was 11 September 2001 Kristallnacht or the date of the Reichstag fire?)

Fraternally,

Jerome Bibuld
(I go on trial at 77 Lexington Avenue, White Plains, NY, at 1400 hours, 5
January, for refusing to move away from a demonstration site -- against the U.
S. invasion of Iraq -- when ordered by a member of the Army of Occupation of
Westchester County, despite the fact that the demonstrators had a "permit" to
do exactly what I was doing, at the time and place I was doing it. Twice, the
U. S. INjustice system has postponed trial, in a case which should be dismissed
out of hand. But, of course, that's part of the system. This takes up MY time
-- and that of my lawyer, whose time is worth more than I'm PAYING him.
Meanwhile, the judges, assistant district attorneys, court clerks, bailiffs,
stenotypists and other apparatchniks are being paid by MY taxes and the taxes
of other citizens and subjects of the United States. My son, Douglass, has
coined a lovely and apt phrase that I am proud to use: HYPOCRISY, NOT
DEMOCRACY!)
gens una sumus

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Are "Modern Chess Openings" and "Batsford's Modern Chess Openings"
two editions of the same book? Nick de Firmian seems to be author
of both and the length is approximately the same, but I'm not sure
if they really are the same.

They're the same book. Batsford's MCO is the english edition and MCO is the
american. I own a copy and I find it invaluable as a correspondence chess
player. Also good, perhaps even better (I don't know as I don't have it) is
Nunn's Chess Openings (NCO).

The only fault I find in MCO is the relatively poor coverage of some
openings that are not so common in master practise and we, low level
players, want to play other things now and then... Otherwise it's an
excelent opening encyclopedia.

I'm starting my own chess website, it's only in a state of conceptual design
yet, but there are two or three articles in there, and one of them is a
review of MCO. You can read it if you like to know my opinion on the book
more thoroughly. The page is:
http://www.thecastledking.com/

Which one (or which book in general) would you recommend as an
opening reference to a player who is halfway between beginner and
club level?

For a player of your level I think MCO is perfectly suitable.

Regards,
mafergut
Play me at ChessWorld.net --
http://www.letsplaychess.com/chesscl...asp?from=48541

Jerome Bibuld wrote:

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But, of course, that's part of the system. This takes up MY time
-- and that of my lawyer, whose time is worth more than I'm PAYING him.
Meanwhile, the judges, assistant district attorneys, court clerks, bailiffs,
stenotypists and other apparatchniks are being paid by MY taxes and the taxes
of other citizens and subjects of the United States. My son, Douglass, has
coined a lovely and apt phrase that I am proud to use: HYPOCRISY, NOT
DEMOCRACY!)
gens una sumus

_Yes! life can seem unfair, however, supposing you were suing Macdonalds
for a 'worm in the bun' - you'd probably view said court-officials
differently. All in due process..

Do you realize that if you get a bad hamburger or cold freedom fires , you can
take them up to the counter and exchange the bad for good. It's a little
trouble but not as much or as expensive as hiring a lawyer and going to court.

PJDBAD wrote:

Do you realize that if you get a bad hamburger or cold freedom fires , you can
take them up to the counter and exchange the bad for good. It's a little
trouble but not as much or as expensive as hiring a lawyer and going to court.

Yeah, well right Pidjy - the thang really is that in a Scottish court,
we wouldn'y entertain the likes of Bilboud, you really have to go South
of the border, to get a wee bit of justice - if you know what I mean..

Are we talking about drawing and quartering, head on a pike before the city
gate, or a fine and court costs. It's hard to hang a man where you can't find
a decent tree.

When you get a wormy hamburger you eat every thing but the worm which you wash
down with a pint. If there is more than one worm you have more than one pint.

PJDBAD wrote:
Are we talking about drawing and quartering, head on a pike before the
city gate, or a fine and court costs.

I think you'll find we're talking about chess...


Dave.

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