Hi,

Has anyone purchased the B formula yet?.

Does it do what it says on the box?

I'm a bit reticent to purchase without knowing what it contains. can anyone advise what opening systems it advocates, is it different for white and black.

there is a lot of sales patter on the web page, but I want to know what is underneath it all.

Note to admins - any chance of a brief snippet of the ebook or files so that we can get an appreciation.

and do you offer a money back offer if its not to my taste?

Hi

Sokolsky (b4) with white and Owen (b6) with black.

Greetings, Hernando

? Hi,
?
? Has anyone purchased the B formula yet?.
?
? Does it do what it says on the box?
?
? I'm a bit reticent to purchase without knowing what it contains. can
? anyone advise what opening systems it advocates, is it different for white
? and black.
?
? there is a lot of sales patter on the web page, but I want to know what is
? underneath it all.
?
? Note to admins - any chance of a brief snippet of the ebook or files so
? that we can get an appreciation.
?
? and do you offer a money back offer if its not to my taste?

? Hi,
?
? Has anyone purchased the B formula yet?.
?
? Does it do what it says on the box?
?
? I'm a bit reticent to purchase without knowing what it contains. can
? anyone advise what opening systems it advocates, is it different for white
? and black.
?
? there is a lot of sales patter on the web page, but I want to know what is
? underneath it all.
?
? Note to admins - any chance of a brief snippet of the ebook or files so
? that we can get an appreciation.
?
? and do you offer a money back offer if its not to my taste?

Hello

I have purchased this ebook. I think it's excellent. These are two openings that I have never considered before and I can't remember ever having had them played against me. I am really enjoyng working through this and trying out the ideas in my own games - at present only internet. I will try them in face to face competition in due course. So I recommend it - ( and look forward to other books)-but then Martin is a Scottish IM and I would want to support him anyway. Truthfully, I seem to learn more efficiently from this format than conventional books or DVDs. I hope that is a help for you.

? Hi,
?
? Has anyone purchased the B formula yet?.
?
? Does it do what it says on the box?
?
? I'm a bit reticent to purchase without knowing what it contains. can
? anyone advise what opening systems it advocates, is it different for white
? and black.
?
? there is a lot of sales patter on the web page, but I want to know what is
? underneath it all.
?
? Note to admins - any chance of a brief snippet of the ebook or files so
? that we can get an appreciation.
?
? and do you offer a money back offer if its not to my taste?

I wouldn't waste your time studying openings unless you're at master level. I went down that road and found that my middlegame was crap. Now, I am on the right track, studying tactics, why do you think that IYC are doing chess puzzles and not opening theory? There are zillions of funny openings but none of them are any good to you unless you know how to take advantage of being ahead after the opening moves.

A couple of things about the B-formula, I bought it a couple of weeks ago and it does do what it says on the tin - its quick easy and efficent to learn, so top marks there. I wonder if anything has been added to a 'new version', as there are a few things on the 'sales pitch' which didn't appear on my download, such as:

---------------------------------------------------------

Warning
I will also show how not to play the opening in question. Forewarned is forearmed!

Training
Finally I will present a series of training games in How Good is Your Chess format, where you will be invited to guess the next move at virtually every stage, thus learning more about the nuts and bolts of each opening in question.

----------------------------------------------------------

There was also talk on the E-book of a 100 game database on each opening with games for private study.

I am wondering if these features are going to appear at a later edition?

Cheers!

NK

p.s. Although I agree with one of the post who says tactics and planning are more important than opening prep, nevertheless, most players agree they need some sort of opening repertoire (whatever their standard), and the B-formula more than fills that gap.

A few thoughts -

I too had a few problems with the download - and my thanks to the team for their help there. I think the "how not to play the opening" is meant to be the parts of the 'quiz' where you're required to find a strong reply for the opposing side. Likewise the How Good Is Your Chess bit seems to be incorporated in the quiz too. I also looked around to see if I was missing something in the download. The sales blurb does seem to be a touch misleading on that score. But I too cannot find the "100 game database", so that would indeed appear to be genuinely missing. There are well over 100 games on both openings in the Fritz database, but that's hardly the point.

I'm just not too sure about the viabilities of the openings given. They just seem to be a bit too eccentric for my tastes - particularly the Sokolsky - and a touch limited. I'd have preferred a repertoire more along the lines of the repertoire books on such as the Colle, Modern Defence etc. "Why not just buy those books then?" you might say - well I have, but it was the idea of learning openings interactively that appealed. I realise though that space considerations may have rendered such an endeavour unrealistic.

But the material given is well presented and the format is good. If you don't mind playing such slightly eccentric openings consistently , it may well be what you're looking for.

? A couple of things about the B-formula, I bought it a couple of weeks ago
? and it does do what it says on the tin - its quick easy and efficent to
? learn, so top marks there. I wonder if anything has been added to a 'new
? version', as there are a few things on the 'sales pitch' which didn't
? appear on my download, such as:
?
? ---------------------------------------------------------
?
? Warning
? I will also show how not to play the opening in question. Forewarned is
? forearmed!
?
? Training
? Finally I will present a series of training games in How Good is Your
? Chess format, where you will be invited to guess the next move at
? virtually every stage, thus learning more about the nuts and bolts of each
? opening in question.
?
? ----------------------------------------------------------
?
? There was also talk on the E-book of a 100 game database on each opening
? with games for private study.
?
?
? I am wondering if these features are going to appear at a later edition?
?
? Cheers!
?
? NK
?
? p.s. Although I agree with one of the post who says tactics and planning
? are more important than opening prep, nevertheless, most players agree
? they need some sort of opening repertoire (whatever their standard), and
? the B-formula more than fills that gap.

Hi Southpaw,

Thanks for your reply, and I agree with much of what you say. The sales pitch is somewhat over the top... still, the lines are a good 'second string' opening repertoire and I will use them as such. Great if you don't fancy a 'theoretical battle'. The English defence is an interesting line, whereas ...b6 against 1.e4 is considerably less sound, I used to play it against 1.e4 and found some of the positions a little tricky. Still, in terms of the ammount of theory required to play the line, you are on a winner.

NK

? A few thoughts -
?
? I too had a few problems with the download - and my thanks to the team for
? their help there. I think the "how not to play the opening" is meant to be
? the parts of the 'quiz' where you're required to find a strong reply for
? the opposing side. Likewise the How Good Is Your Chess bit seems to be
? incorporated in the quiz too. I also looked around to see if I was missing
? something in the download. The sales blurb does seem to be a touch
? misleading on that score. But I too cannot find the "100 game database",
? so that would indeed appear to be genuinely missing. There are well over
? 100 games on both openings in the Fritz database, but that's hardly the
? point.
?
? I'm just not too sure about the viabilities of the openings given. They
? just seem to be a bit too eccentric for my tastes - particularly the
? Sokolsky - and a touch limited. I'd have preferred a repertoire more along
? the lines of the repertoire books on such as the Colle, Modern Defence etc.
? "Why not just buy those books then?" you might say - well I have, but it
? was the idea of learning openings interactively that appealed. I realise
? though that space considerations may have rendered such an endeavour
? unrealistic.
?
? But the material given is well presented and the format is good. If you
? don't mind playing such slightly eccentric openings consistently ,
? it may well be what you're looking for.
?
? ? A couple of things about the B-formula, I bought it a couple of weeks
? ago
? ? and it does do what it says on the tin - its quick easy and efficent to
? ? learn, so top marks there. I wonder if anything has been added to a
? 'new
? ? version', as there are a few things on the 'sales pitch' which didn't
? ? appear on my download, such as:
? ?
? ? ---------------------------------------------------------
? ?
? ? Warning
? ? I will also show how not to play the opening in question. Forewarned is
? ? forearmed!
? ?
? ? Training
? ? Finally I will present a series of training games in How Good is Your
? ? Chess format, where you will be invited to guess the next move at
? ? virtually every stage, thus learning more about the nuts and bolts of
? each
? ? opening in question.
? ?
? ? ----------------------------------------------------------
? ?
? ? There was also talk on the E-book of a 100 game database on each
? opening
? ? with games for private study.
? ?
? ?
? ? I am wondering if these features are going to appear at a later
? edition?
? ?
? ? Cheers!
? ?
? ? NK
? ?
? ? p.s. Although I agree with one of the post who says tactics and
? planning
? ? are more important than opening prep, nevertheless, most players agree
? ? they need some sort of opening repertoire (whatever their standard),
? and
? ? the B-formula more than fills that gap.