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Summary: A good Repertoire book
Review: A very active, easy to learn system agaisnt 1.d4 backed up with good theory and advice. Also, they go into very good systems against white's other first moves, except for 1. e4. I've noticed that most 1.d4 players don't bother with main line queens gambits but opt for simple systems like the "Old Man's Bad Habit", Hodgsone tromp, colle, etc. This books deals with all of those and a great section on the Reti. A good repertoire book.
Rating:
Summary: A good Repertoire book
Review: A very active, easy to learn system agaisnt 1.d4 backed up with good theory and advice. Also, they go into very good systems against white's other first moves, except for 1. e4. I've noticed that most 1.d4 players don't bother with main line queens gambits but opt for simple systems like the "Old Man's Bad Habit", Hodgsone tromp, colle, etc. This books deals with all of those and a great section on the Reti. A good repertoire book.
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Summary: A very good book
Review: Aagard and Lund do a greatv job in teaching the Tarrasch defense.
This book features a good selection of games, as well, as good highlighting of typical strategic and tactical themes.
Anyone from C player to Master will benefit (I am a master).Most important, you can really feel that the authors have played the defense, and they have personal opinion on the line (this should be the rule, but lately, many MI/GMs tend to write books also on opening they have little ideas of how to handle, and the resut is something close to a database dump with little useful pointers). A good idea would be to purchase together Schiller's "A complete defense to d4", one of the best Schiller's books (since he doews play the Tarrasch as Black).
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Summary: Even better than you expect
Review: This book has a great deal of analysis and text about the Tarrasch defence, plus it is an entertaining read, filled with enthusiasm. Even better, there are a few chapters on responding to other white openings such as the Colle, the Reti, London, etc., making this a complete repertoire in response to 1. d4. Excellent production, like other Everyman books. Also like Everyman books, they have made the ridiculous decision to place partial indexes at the end of each chapter instead of at the end of the book. You wonder sometimes what people are thinking; this is a MAJOR flaw in their books. However, this book is still essential and excellent.
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