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title: "Side-stepping Mainline Theory: Cut Down on Chess Opening Study and Get a Middlegame You are Familiar With Paperback – October 30, 2019"
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# Side-stepping Mainline Theory: Cut Down on Chess Opening Study and Get a Middlegame You are Familiar With Paperback – October 30, 2019

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- **What is this?** Side-stepping Mainline Theory: Cut Down on Chess Opening Study and Get a Middlegame You are Familiar With Paperback – October 30, 2019 by gerard wellingsteve giddins
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great Book for Certain Players
*by M***L on April 1, 2021*

I am not a very good chess player, about 1100. This is a book that is written for someone my level and a little bit above. I am not an expert but I would say about up to 1500. It delivers exactly what it claims to. The book gives you an opening against, d4, e4, and flank openings. It also gives you an opening when playing white. The openings are not world beaters but the goal as the authors state is to give you a decent entrance to the middle game. The authors' thoughts are that if you are a player in this range, like I am, you do not have a great deal of time to study. Also, you need to spend your time studying the middle game and then the end game. Also, the authors have a really good writing style and do a pretty good job of explaining things. It is a book that is enjoyable to work with. I have used the openings a couple times and they have done just what the authors said they would. In one game the opening got me into the middle game in which I blundered and lost. In the other game I played a higher rated player to a draw. After analyzing the game I saw that my inferior middle game play kept me from a win. If you want to simplify your opening play so you can work on your middle game, this book is for you. I highly endorse it for those of us who love chess and cannot find books at our level that really help us on our journey to understand this fabulous game.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Mixed feelings
*by A***R on April 27, 2020*

The book suggest playing the Old Indian against 1.d4 and the Hanham against 1.e4. AND it suggest playing the system as White as a Philidor reversed/KIA.There is a brief introduction of the strategy and thinking, followed by game examples.The good part is there is clear explanation. It's a solid system that can be played against anything and everything. That's the point... to be able to play the same thing in every game. Cuts down on study time and limits the game possibilities. The problem is there is little opportunity for advantage out of the opening since the position (strategy) is passive in nature.I've played the Old Indian and the Hanham reliably for almost 20 years. I was surprised because I learned a lot from this book about them. My hesitation comes in figuring out how to play it as White since I am not an 1. e4 player.To be comfortable with this system, you will need to be comfortable playing with your Knight on d7/d2 and blocking the King's Bishop with the pawn on d6/d3. Play generally revolves around Queenside play, which can be slow. Expect to play many endgames.I think in a world dominated by computers and young players this might a perfect remedy because there is little opportunity for tactical complications.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ no comment
*by L***. on November 10, 2019*

no comment

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