h3a name="13th_Feb_2010"13th_Feb_2010/a: A bird's eye view of
repertoiresbr /
/h3
I've compiled a spreadsheet of recommended White repertoires from
various
books, websites and other sources; it is interesting that some sort of
consensus emerges, at least for the 1.e4 player, even though no one
book recommends the complete list:br /
ul
liMain system: Scotch Four Knights'/li
liAlekhin (1...Nf6): Exchange/li
liCaro-Kann (1...c6): Panov-Botvinnik/li
liFrench (1...e6): Tarrasch/li
liPirc/Modern (1...g6): 150 Attack/li
liScandinavian (1...d5): Main lines/li
liSicilian (1...c5): Alapin 2.c3/li
/ul
There's some sort of theme there about looking for regular structures:
there are IQP/hanging pawns structures around in several of the lines.br /
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I'd be interested to hear of any additions (or
corrections -- I don't own all this stuff so I've had to take some of
it from reviews and BB comments).br /
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a href="/x/ftp/repertoires.ods"Repertoires spreadsheet in Open office
format/abr /
a href="/x/ftp/repertoires.xls"Same again in Excel 97 format/abr /
Quotes
"In order to improve your game, you must study the endgame before everything else, for whereas the the endings can be studied and mastered by themselves, the middle game and the opening must be studied in relation to the endgame." |
Jose Raul Capablanca, World Champion 1921-1927 [More endgame quotes?] |