Author: Jouni Uski
Date: 22:00:23 03/16/99
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On March 16, 1999 at 17:13:45, Thom Perry wrote: >Anyone care to advise me whether NCO (Nunn's Chess Openings) is a >worthwhile opening book? MCP8 has been killing me lately in some of my >favorite (?) openings, and my old MCO 10 and MCO 12 haven't been much help >in combating some of the newer lines. I'm not into any of the databases >and prefer to work from a few good opening books. Now that NCO is >readily available most anyplace that sells chess materials, I'm suprised >that I haven't heard much about it - yeah or nay. Your comments would be >most appreciated. I have the book and it's nice. But I still have minor complaints: 1) Some openings are not covered at all e.g. 1. e4 e5 2.c5... 2) Mostly only good lines are printed - You don't get ideas how to play after opponents mistake! 3) Latest PC programs have more moves for most lines.
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