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HgMan God Member Offline Demand me nothing: What you know, you know Posts: 2330 Location: Up on Cripple Creek Joined: 11/09/04 Gender:	Re: Hats off to Marin's A Spanish Repertoire for black Reply #10 - 02/29/08 at 18:46:51	Post Tools	Print Post
	LeeRoth wrote on 02/29/08 at 16:59:11: Terrific discussion, but who wants to play the Rubinstein? Oh, I don't know: I think this is probably the ideal entry point into the Ruy Lopez. Careful study of this book (and the Rubinstein) will benefit any player thinking of playing the Closed Ruy Lopez...

	"Luck favours the prepared mind." --Louis Pasteur
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RotGut Junior Member Offline HUH!?! Posts: 98 Location: Suburb North of Boston Joined: 01/26/06 Gender:	Re: Hats off to Marin's A Spanish Repertoire for black Reply #9 - 02/29/08 at 18:44:57	Post Tools	Print Post
	That pesky knight on a5 has a way about him.....such a downer for the black player........still the Chiggy is ok. The Zaitsev and its reams of theory sometimes make that knight on a5 look great


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Mortal Games God Member Offline Posts: 587 Joined: 07/24/04 Gender:	Re: Hats off to Marin's A Spanish Repertoire for black Reply #8 - 02/29/08 at 17:16:52	Post Tools	Print Post
	Quote: Terrific discussion, but who wants to play the Rubinstein? Indeed, that is my only objection about this book... Ruy Lopez a Guide for Black is miles away!

	It has been said that chess players are good at two things, Chess and Excuses. It has also been said that Chess is where all excuses fail! In order to win you must dare to fail!
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LeeRoth God Member Offline I love ChessPublishing.com! Posts: 1520 Joined: 10/22/05	Re: Hats off to Marin's A Spanish Repertoire for black Reply #7 - 02/29/08 at 16:59:11	Post Tools	Print Post
	Terrific discussion, but who wants to play the Rubinstein?


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RotGut Junior Member Offline HUH!?! Posts: 98 Location: Suburb North of Boston Joined: 01/26/06 Gender:	Re: Hats off to Marin's A Spanish Repertoire for black Reply #6 - 02/29/08 at 15:58:19	Post Tools	Print Post
	Quote: Ruy Lopez a Guide for Black - Sverre J. & Leif J. a book that is equal in style, quality and research to Rowson Understanding the Grunfeld and was mysteriously less talked on the forum. A main line book! A very nice work indeed but no talk at all.......simply put everyone is studying the lines and they don't want to broadcast it


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Mortal Games God Member Offline Posts: 587 Joined: 07/24/04 Gender:	Re: Hats off to Marin's A Spanish Repertoire for black Reply #5 - 02/29/08 at 13:41:48	Post Tools	Print Post
	Quote: I recall at least two: Gallagher: Starting out the Kings Indian/Play the Kings Indian. Rowson Understanding the Grünfeld I completely agree with micawber on this, and I put my hat off for two more books: Ruy Lopez a Guide for Black - Sverre J. & Leif J. a book that is equal in style, quality and research to Rowson Understanding the Grunfeld and was mysteriously less talked on the forum. A main line book! Play the Nimzo-Indian - Edward Dearing a very nice work that shows how an opening book must be. A main line book with lots of references to chess informant and chess base magazine games. Vogorito book on the Nimzo and on the Semi-Slav are nice too.

	It has been said that chess players are good at two things, Chess and Excuses. It has also been said that Chess is where all excuses fail! In order to win you must dare to fail!
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saubhikr Senior Member Offline Chess is a cruel game but I still love it Posts: 332 Location: Milwaukee, WI, USA Joined: 10/29/06 Gender:	Re: Hats off to Marin's A Spanish Repertoire for black Reply #4 - 02/29/08 at 13:09:38	Post Tools	Print Post
	Originally I was also worried about the ECO style table of variations. But after some time, I realized there are a lot of comments in the notes and are as good as other styles. I do agree Sadler's style of question-answer and Rowson's masterpiece are really good ones. Do you know what is the next book Marin is writing ?


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DoubledPawns Senior Member Offline 1.a3 e5 2.Nc3 Ba3 3.Ne4 Bf8 4.Ra5 Ke7 5.Re5# Posts: 283 Joined: 02/01/08	Re: Hats off to Marin's A Spanish Repertoire for black Reply #3 - 02/29/08 at 10:56:53	Post Tools	Print Post
	I have read a very good review of Marin's book by Glenn Flear in Yearbook 85. His only negative comment on the book generally was that their table of variations and footnotes system was inconvenient, although aside from this the book was close to perfect! Some Grandmasters have found omissions in the repertoire for this book and his previous book "Beating the Open Games", but these are relatively minor and do not take very long to fix.

	Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something - Plato
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alumbrado God Member Offline Esse quam videri bonus malebo Posts: 1418 Location: London Joined: 02/17/03 Gender:	Re: Hats off to Marin's A Spanish Repertoire for black Reply #2 - 02/29/08 at 10:35:22	Post Tools	Print Post
	I will continue to sing the praises of Sadler's Queen's Gambit Declined.

	If sometimes we fly too close to the sun, at least this shows we are spreading our wings.
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micawber God Member Offline like many sneaks and skunks in history he's a poet Posts: 852 Location: Netherlands Joined: 09/07/05 Gender:	Re: Hats off to Marin's A Spanish Repertoire for black Reply #1 - 02/29/08 at 08:45:35	Post Tools	Print Post
	I recall at least two: Gallagher: Starting out the Kings Indian/Play the Kings Indian. Rowson Understanding the Grünfeld


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saubhikr Senior Member Offline Chess is a cruel game but I still love it Posts: 332 Location: Milwaukee, WI, USA Joined: 10/29/06 Gender:	Hats off to Marin's A Spanish Repertoire for black 02/29/08 at 04:40:00	Post Tools	Print Post
	I just completed the chapter on Rubenstein from the "A Spanish Repertoire for black" by Mihail Marin. What an experience it is !! I do not recall any opening book written so deeply and with such an insight! I am amazed by his efforts ! Hats off Marin !! Does anybody recall anything similar to this on openings ? Souvik Milwaukee


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