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Chess Life Online Archives Best of CLO 2012 #10: Greg on Opening Books
Chess Life Online Archives Best of CLO 2012 #10: Greg on Opening Books | Best of CLO 2012 #10: Greg on Opening Books |
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| January 23, 2013 | |
IM Greg Shahade, Photo Elizabeth Vicary
IM Greg Shahade is a regular contributor to CLO and the founder of the US Chess League and the US Chess School. He also has a YouTube channel and provides chess video content at LeggoPoker. His most recent CLO piece was Greg on Chess: The State of Young American Chess Talent. The Judges Sound Off Read more about the judges Loved this article. I loved how Greg points out the "elusive obvious" on how so many chess opening books have massive flaws in them, and are basically useless for so many chess players. Yet so many chess players will buy these books, spend hours of study on them, and then not gain a single rating point from them. He not only points out the flaws in the book, but offers useful suggestions on how they can be improved, with whole new paradigms. Outstanding, and creative "thinking outside the box" and "food for thought". The 39 comments show that people were really engaged on this topic- Tim Brennan As usual Greg brings his unique perspective to the table and always stirs the pot with his viewpoint. This was quite interesting, and although I don't always agree with Greg, I like his opinionated style!- GM Ben Finegold IM Shahade criticized the approach taken in many opening chess books, claiming they did not focus on what different level players needed to know. While discrediting these volumes as "not digestible" for amateurs, he paradoxically encouraged the use of Chessbase to identify topical opening variations. Alas, he successfully stirred the pot, as seen by the extensive comments.- Michael Aigner Very informative and instructive-Polly Wright Best of CLO 2012 Countdown #9-??? #10- Greg on Chess: Opening Books by IM Greg Shahade |