Which opening? (Openings)

by Peter Johnston , Sunday, June 04, 2006, 02:51 (6894 days ago) @ Euclid

? ? Wouldn't it be better to have a choice of openings so that people could
? ? pick the ones that interested them - as per the free eBooks?
? ? Otherwise, I could make the Repertoire stuff open to all, unless that
? ? annoys people who paid $7 to see the first edition?
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? I don't see why not.....
? I paid full price for the B formula last year ( about $30 I think )
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? You've just offered that out at $10
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? Euclid

Two issues occur to me:
1. for somebody building a repertoire, getting to the openings you want to play can be more of a problem than learning the lines you intend; instructional material that dealt with move order and transpositions may thus be a focus, as there is already much excellent material on specific major lines, not least ChessPublishing.com . This is where a tree system like Chris Ward's or other recent books ( eg Kaufman)have appeal.
2. Some of us like to try to follow and learn from the games of the top players as they happen, as well as win our own games, and thus some basic understanding of the openings the grandmasters play rather than unusual, way out and surprise lines may be welcome.