Standard Chess Openings: The Complete and Definitive Standard to Every Major Chess Opening

Magnifico libro, es practicamente una enciclopedia, es un buen libro para iniciarse en las aperturas lo recomiendo ampliamente, obio esta en ingles pero el ajedrez con la anotacion algebraica es universal, es una muy buena compra por el modico precio de 9 dolares. saludos a los amantes del ajedrez

I am thoroughly enjoying this book. It has lots of good analysis and illustrative games, but I especially enjoy his commentary on openings. He constantly says whether an opening is used by conservative players, aggeressive players, world champions, etc. He adds helpful editoril comments that are greatly helpful in determining whether I wish to further explore a certain opening. FInally, the book is well-made on excellent papaer and a great binding.

well organized. well-annotated. vast. sights into middlegame for each opening.

Eric Schiller has really answered the prayers for such a magnificent book on Chess Openings. This book is really excellent as it caters to the needs of different levels of players (especially for novice). It has detailed explanations for the theme behind each major openings & some on the variations. Also, Eric has given some good advice as to what repertoire to employ according to the skill(experience) of the players in question. Especially of interest are the ECO codes found at the back of the book. Books from MCO & NCO does not include such ECO codings. Overall, Eric Schiller has written a very comprehensive & detailed treatise on Modern Chess Openings. It'll surely be the de-facto standard for the serious chess players. It definitely deserves a place in the chess library. Highly recommended.

Schiller does an excellent job at listing the common and (mostly) time-tested openings and giving a brief commentary and analysis. He doesn't list many variations for all but a few games but if he had the volume would be immense and thus more expensive. I should point out that this probably shouldn't be your first book on chess openings. If you're a beginner moving on from the basics and looking for something to increase your arsenal of openings one of Schiller's books that concentrate on Black or White's openings would offer more direction. An Intermediate player might look to the MCO. This would make an excellent second chess book, however.