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Stigma God Member Offline There is a crack in everything. Posts: 3277 Joined: 11/07/06 Gender:	Re: Which opening has too many books? Reply #1 - 02/02/13 at 22:27:17	Post Tools	Print Post
	I've got to agree on the French. It's an interesting opening, but from the number of books you'd think it was Black's No. 1 defence to 1.e4! Not only are there too many books, there are too many good books, something my wallet isn't happy with. And more is on the way from Quality Chess. Other "cult" openings should be in contention: Maybe the Dragon and the King's Indian, though the latter is in fact extremely popular in amateur play. Or how about offbeat lines like the BDG? It depends what you mean by "disproportionate". With the recent minor explosion, the Benko Gambit is in the running too. I can't bring myself to believe it's entirely correct.

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JonathanB Senior Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 449 Location: London Joined: 11/17/07 Gender:	Which opening has too many books? 02/02/13 at 22:11:17	Post Tools	Print Post
	By way of contrast to John Cox's thread (http://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1359811605), I'd like to ask:- which opening has a disproportionately large number of books written about it. I'm open to debate on the definition of "disproportionate", but I'm thinking about number of books published in relation to the amount an opening is played (either at top level or amongst amateurs). My guess: The French. Bucket loads of books, far too many of which I own.

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