"This
CD covers both the Vienna Game and the Bishop’s Opening, and once you start
reading through the material, you can tell that this is clearly a labor of love
for Canadian FIDE master Gregory Huber. He has considered everything. Every time
a database text refers to a game, it has been fully annotated, often by Huber
himself, with explanatory prose and analysis and improvements for both sides.
The material is divided as follows:
Introduction
Common themes and patterns
1 e4 e5 2 Nc3 (1 text)
1 e4 e5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 Bc4 (1 text)
1 e4 e5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 Bc4 Nc6 4 d3 (5 texts)
1 e4 e5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 Bc4 Nxe4 (1 text)
Frankenstein-Dracula Variation (2 texts)
1 e4 e5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 f4 (3 texts)
1 e4 e5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 g3 (2 texts)
1 e4 e5 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Bc4 (1 text)
1 e4 e5 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 f4 (3 texts)
1 e4 e5 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 g3 (1 text)
1 e4 e5 2 Bc4 (1 text)
1 e4 e5 2 Nc4 Nf6 3 d3 c6 4 Nf3 (3 texts)
Furthermore,
there is a database with 27,578 games, of which 294 have been annotated (in
addition to the ones by Huber in the database texts), a training database with
54 examples, and a database tree.
Huber
has made a phenomenal effort in exploring these openings in depth. He clearly
presents all the current data, with all sidelines labeled and evaluated, along
with adding hundreds of his own suggestions and improvements over existing
theory. This is an excellent effort, which I hope will find a wide readership.
Anyone playing these opening as White or Black will definitely want to obtain
this CD.
My assessment of this CD: * * * * *
Original review at www.chesscafe.com
