Product Description
This repertoire of easy-to-learn openings, based on Garry Kasparov’s move 1 d4, offers openings with a modern twist. Each one has simple principles that allow White to play just about the same moves against the Grunfeld, King’s Indian, and Nimzo-Indian Defense. There are also modern systems to repel the Dutch, Benoni, and even offbeat lines such as the Englund Gambit. Nothing is left out: the tricks and traps in the opening for both sides; the basic plan and strategy using entertaining games; and how to play the middlegame by following easy plans.
Intermediate
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This book has some decent attacking ideas, note -if your opponent is a novice and does not know how to develop his pieces or play defense-. It is a typical, one trick book. It starts off with a couple of games in which white creams the opponent. Then it goes into the london system for a chapter. Then the rest of the book is a mystery. It is kinda thrown together?? With the following chapters, each one gives a paragraph or two on an opening ex. kings indian defense, benoni, anti-benko, then it explores a game, then it describes how you can use the london system.. In a few of the chapters, the author admits that you cannot even use the london system. And he goes into a completely different opening..I was disappointed. Mr. lane has done better. It doesn’t explore all the openings and give insights and ideas behind them. This book is more of a ‘system book’ geared towards one system….It is nothing like fine’s book where he covers all openings and gives ideas and suggestions about the openings. But, if you are a Gary lane follower, then you may decide to keep it. Otherwise, try MCO,ECO, or any true opening book.
Amazon User Rating: 3 / 5
I think one of the most annoying things about chess books is to buy one of them and then find that the content is completely different from what you expected.
This book from Gary Lane can be considered as the typical example. From a title like “Ideas behind the modern chess openings” I was expecting some kind of introduction to the vast subject of the opening, plus some detailed information about the starting moves of a few “modern” openings (e.g. the KID, Modern Benoni and the likes). What I found instead is a few chapter’s about the London System and a couple of games about the Barry/150 Attack!
So to summarize, this book is completely useless, for the following reasons:
1. it teaches you absolutely nothing about the “Ideas behind the modern chess openings”
2. if you like the London System, buy “Win with the London System” by Sverre Johnsen and Vlatko Kovacevic
3. if you like the 150/Barry Attack, buy the excellent “A Killer Chess Opening Repertorie” by Aaron Summerscale
The reason why I give this book 2 stars instead of 1 is that, at the time it was published the book by Johnsen and Kovacevic wasn’t available, so “Ideas behind the modern chess openings” could have been a little useful to someone interested to the London System.
Now (I have to repeat myself, I’m sorry) it’s completely useless.
Amazon User Rating: 2 / 5
After (1) d4 – d5, (2) Nf3, that is the basic London set up, the author fails to mention a single word about some very often seen black replyes such as (2) c5, Bf5 or even Bg4!
Just for the record in the “Opening for White According to Kramnik” by the top GM Khalifman there are more than 100 pages of analyses regarding the black’s second move replies mentioned above.
Gary Lane does not play the London System and has no idea how to handle this opening. If you are in doubt just check your database.
This is just another easy book with the only purpose of making money for the author.
The title of the book has nothing to do with the classic book written by Fine.
This is NOT a complete repertoire book for chessplayers wishing to start their game whith “d4″.
The lines mentioned in the book are not complete and have a lot of flaws.
Finally please note that the back cover statement that “a repertoire easy-to-learn based on Gary Kasparov’s favorite move 1 d4″ is 100% false.
Kasparov favorite move has been “e4″ and not “d4″ for the last 15 years.
Kasparov has not played the London more than 2 times in his whole carear.
Thus do not foull yourself with this awful book.
Amazon User Rating: 1 / 5
This is a repertoire book with something against most of the things you might meet after 1.d4. The lines are superficially explained and analysed, and do not often give white chances of an opening advantage. There are some useful lines here, but you can find better repertoire books anywhere easily.
The title is stolen from Fine’s “Ideas behind the Chess Openings”, and it is a ploy from the publisher to get more sales. The London system, which this book is based on, is not a modern opening, so the title could not be more misleading. I am sure the author had nothing to do with naming the book.
Amazon User Rating: 2 / 5
First of all the title of the book has caused much debate. It is now well known it was the publisher who decided to use the 50 year old title of Fine’s book. A mistake to use the classics but hardly the author’s fault. The soul of the openings are above average for me because I can learn the main one-the London System- fairly quickly. I train kids at school and the idea of easy development appeals to all ages.
A good effort and worth reading.
Amazon User Rating: 4 / 5