Author: Peter Kasinski
Date: 05:56:56 03/17/99
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On March 17, 1999 at 01:00:23, Jouni Uski wrote: >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... Yeah, a real bummer :-) PK >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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