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Chinese Chess openings book
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| Alain Dekker 2006-08-02, 11:25 pm |
| Western chess has been well served with very high quality openings books for
years. Seminal books such as Modern Chess Openings (now in its 17th edition,
I believe), Batsofrd Chess opening, Nunns Chess Openings and of course the
ECO (Encylopedia of chess openings) spring to mind.
There doesn't appear to be anything like this for Xiangqi (in English)? Mr
CK Lai's very good little book, "Chinese Chess: An introduction to the
Openings" is one example in the genre but it is really only aimed at a
beginner.
I think there's a big market for this sort of book. Why doesn't the WXF
sponsor some strong Chinese players to write such a book and have it
translated into good quality English by Chinese overseas? Since most of the
content of the book will be tables of moves and theoretical evaluations.
Regards,
Alain Dekker
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| crotalus_no1@yahoo.com 2006-08-02, 11:25 pm |
| Probably because there isnt a big market, otherwise one would be
written.
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| crotalus_no1@yahoo.com 2006-08-02, 11:25 pm |
| Probably because there isnt a big market, otherwise one would be
written.
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| DragonSlay 2006-08-02, 11:25 pm |
| I think a book of openings would also be a great idea. OR a website like
the databse of games I found at Computer Chinese Chess with comments on
the games. I can follow the moves and that helps a great deal- but often
I don't understand WHY a particular move was made or why one move is
superior to another.
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| E.Nigma 2006-08-02, 11:25 pm |
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"DragonSlay" <sepolley@yahoo.com> wrote:
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| I think a book of openings would also be a great idea. OR a website like
| the databse of games I found at Computer Chinese Chess with comments on
| the games. I can follow the moves and that helps a great deal- but often
| I don't understand WHY a particular move was made or why one move is
| superior to another.
I wholeheartedly agree. A database with openings from actual games
played by high ranking players commented on by either those players or
a ranked professional would help a great deal. I can follow the moves
much better than trying to visualize while reading. Commented games
are rather rare but I'm sure they're available. Anyone know a good
downloadable site for these commented openings?
E.
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