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      ISBN: 0812934989

      ISBN13: 9780812934984

      Chess Openings the Easy Way (Chess)

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      Modern Chess Openings,known as MCO, is the best selling and most comprehensive one-volume reference on chess openings. Nick de Firmian, the International Grandmaster who "taught" the supercomputer Deep Blue, reveals how the opening moves of a chess game set its pace and tone and can even determine who wins or loses. InChess Openings the Easy Way,a special edition of MCO for beginning and intermediate players, de Firmian selects the most important chess openings and the latest innovations of the game. This description may be from another edition of this product.

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      Rated 5 stars
      just what I wanted

      By Thriftbooks.com User,

      Disagree with other negative reviews here. I actually enjoyed this book very much and it fitted my purposes exactly. it's a handy shortened reference text from MCO. I'd rather not wade through a huge tome to learn the major openings.

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      Rated 4 stars
      Chess Openings almost the easy way

      By Thriftbooks.com User,

      I liked this book. I like it a lot better than Reuben Fine's Ideas Behind The Chess Openings. This book is MCO-light. That's exactly what it is. Many players don't really need the complete MCO. This book was less than half the price and has all of the openings that I think I need at this stage in my game. The book is organized in a meaningful way into King Pawn, Semi-Open, Queen Pawn, Flank, and Indian openings. The...

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