(UTC)
Latest Updates:
  ChessPub Forum › Chess Publishing Openings › 1. e4 ... › Modern › Modern defence book
(Moderators: proustiskeen, Hadron)
‹ Previous Topic | Next Topic ›
Page Index Toggle Pages: 1
Topic Tools
Normal Topic Modern defence book (Read 3231 times)
alumbrado
God Member
*****
Offline


Esse quam videri bonus
malebo

Posts: 1418
Location: London
Joined: 02/17/03
Gender: Male
Re: Modern defence book
Reply #3 - 07/29/07 at 17:45:56
Post Tools
I'd be inclined to go for McDonald and Speelman's book - enthusiastic but objective
  
If sometimes we fly too close to the sun, at least this shows we are spreading our wings.
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
JEH
God Member
*****
Offline


"Football is like Chess,
only without the dice."

Posts: 1456
Location: Reading
Joined: 09/22/05
Gender: Male
Re: Modern defence book
Reply #2 - 07/29/07 at 17:21:43
Post Tools
Yes, Tiger's modern is great fun to play. Bit suspect against the Austrian maybe, but well playable and if you're at a level where that's a big issue, you won't need books anyway  Wink. It's mostly based around replying to 1. e4 though. 

I quite like Norwood's book on the Modern, if you like the Gurg system and an all round g6 repetoire. Maybe a bit dated, but it's not cutting edge theory lines anyway. The Gurg might not be to your tastes either.
  
Those who want to go by my perverse footsteps play such pawn structure with fuzzy atypical still strategic orientations

Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, stuck in the middlegame with you
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
jeupham
Full Member
***
Offline


I love ChessPublishing
.com!

Posts: 102
Location: Cove, Hampshire
Joined: 12/04/04
Gender: Male
Re: Modern defence book
Reply #1 - 07/29/07 at 14:09:00
Post Tools
"Tiger's Modern" by Tiger Hillarp Persson
"The Modern Defence" by Keene & Botterill (for historical value)
"starting out : the pirc/modern" by Joe Gallagher

There are many more. If I had to choose only one for the desert Island than I'd plump for Tiger's Modern

John
  
Back to top
WWW  
IP Logged
 
Karadas
YaBB Newbies
*
Offline


Larsen the best

Posts: 17
Location: Bergamo
Joined: 11/12/06
Modern defence book
07/29/07 at 11:10:48
Post Tools
Hi everybody,

I want to learn the modern. What is the best book about the modern?
  
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
Page Index Toggle Pages: 1
Topic Tools
‹ Previous Topic | Next Topic ›
Bookmarks: del.icio.us Digg Facebook Google Google+ Linked in reddit StumbleUpon Twitter Yahoo
 
  « Board Index ‹ Board Top  

ChessPub Forum » Powered by YaBB 2.6.12!
YaBB Forum Software © 2000-2026. All Rights Reserved.

Valid RSS Valid XHTML Valid CSS Powered by Perl Source Forge