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
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"It was night. I went home and put my old house clothes on and set the chessmen out and mixed a drink and played over another Capablanca. It went fifty-nine moves. Beautiful, cold, remorseless chess, almost creepy in its silent implacability.When it was done I listened at the open window for a while and smelled the night. Then I carried my glass out to the sink sipping it and looking at my face in the mirror.'You and Capablanca,' I said." |
Raymond CHANDLER, The High Window, final sentences. |