365 Chess Master Lessons: Take One a Day to Be a Better Chess Player Paperback – October 3, 2017

Great book with a variety of good lessons in a wide range of openings. Exercises help you to master the types of tactics that arise in various lines.Only caveat is that there is no index, and that some of the ECO classifications are wrong or misleading (i.e. there is a transposition later into a main line that is probably of more interest to most people), though much of this is a flaw in the ECO system itself. However, I have created an index which I put here below, organized by ECO Code, followed by description of opening, followed by the game numbers/days in which the opening appears in the book. I hope this is helpful to customers of this great book!ECO Opening/Variation Game/Day---- --------------------- -------------A00 Irregular Openings 106, 108, 325A01 Nimzo-Larsen Attack 359A04-A06 Reti Opening without 2. g3 or 2. c4 101, 111, 365A07-A08 Reti Opening with 2. g3 51, 227, 326, 327, 361A09 Reti Opening with 2. c4 55, 220A10-A14 English Opening – 1…c6, 1…e6, etc. 341, 350, 352A15-A16 English Opening – Anglo-Indian without 2. Nc3 70, 83, 256, 323A17-A19 English Opening – 1…Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 125, 236, 242, 357A22-A27 English Opening – Reversed Sicilian, Three Knights System, etc. 9, 39, 180, 225, 304A28-A29 English Opening – Four Knights System 30, 53, 74, 230, 264A30-A33 English Opening – Symmetrical with 2. Nf3 46, 152, 196, 199, 247A34-A39 English Opening – Symmetrical with 2. Nc3 145, 238, 312, 314A40 English Defense (1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6) 71, 96, 349A43-A45 Old Benoni and Trompowsky Attack 25, 164A46 Torre Attack (1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5) and Wade-Tartakower Defense 93, 131, 210, 233, 337A47-A49 Indian Defense and King’s Indian, East Indian Defense (1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6) 92, 114A51-A52 Budapest Defense – 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 36, 170, 194A53-A55 Old Indian Defense 82, 157, 239, 239A60-A79 Benoni Defense 109, 193A80-A99 Dutch Defense 68, 87, 98, 146, 268, 313, 360B00 1. e4 various 46, 154B01 Center Counter Defense 1, 23, 58, 81, 257B02-B05 Alekhine’s Defense 42, 237B06 Modern Defense 6, 90, 153, 190, 241, 276310, 358, 363B07-B09 Pirc Defense 124, 197, 212, 223B10 Caro-Kann Defense – Various 144, 258B12 Caro-Kann Defense – Advance Variation 67, 129B15-B16 Caro-Kann Defense – 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 without 4…Bf5 or 4…Nd7 15, 26, 80, 203, 208, 254, 329B17 Caro-Kann Defense – 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 (Steinitz-Karpov Variation) 10, 28, 99, 224, 234B18-B19 Caro-Kann Defense – Classical 168B20 Sicilian Defense – Various 126, 148, 192, 287B21 Smith-Morra Gambit and early Grand Prix 181, 245, 295, 351B23-B26 Sicilian Defense – Closed Variation (including with later Grand Prix) 4, 133, 183, 252, 261, 311B27 Sicilian Defense – Hyperaccelerated Dragon 40, 340B29 Sicilian Defense – Nimzowitsch Variation 3, 61, 84, 251B30-B31 Sicilian Defense – Rossolimo Variation and other 2…Nc6 lines 49, 138, 198, 244, 285, 286, 353B32-B33 Sicilian Defense – 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 various and Pelikan/Sveshnikov 38, 79, 136, 171B40 Sicilian Defense – 2. Nf3 e6 various 20, 141, 266, 289B41-B43 Sicilian Defense – Kan Variation 110, 249, 274B45-B49 Sicilian Defense – Taimanov Variation 132, 188B50 Sicilian Defense – 2. Nf3 d6 various 235, 335B51-B52 Sicilian Defense – 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5 (Canal-Sokolsky Variations) 62, 120, 260B54 Sicilian Defense – 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Various 89B56-B58 Sicilian Defense – Classical Variation various 75, 324, 339B60-B69 Sicilian Defense – Richter-Rauzer Variation 50, 102, 179, 215B70-B74 Sicilian Defense – Dragon Variation – 6. Be3 without Yugoslav, 6. f4, etc. 5, 134, 139, 303B75-B79 Sicilian Defense – Dragon Variation – Yugoslav Attack 60, 63, 76, 77, 317B80-B83 Sicilian Defense – Scheveningen Variation without …a6 66, 161, 296, 345B86-B89 Sicilian Defense – Najdorf Variation, Fischer-Sozin Variation 33, 117, 272, 298, 348B90-B92 Sicilian Defense – Najdorf Variation, Various 52, 107, 209, 290, 291B94-B99 Sicilian Defense – Najdorf Variation, 6. Bg5 59, 275, 294C01-C02 French Defense – Exchange Variation and Various; Advance Variation 14, 19, 97, 186, 332C03-C04 French Defense – Tarrasch Variation – Various and Guimard (3…Nc6) lines 130, 284, 328, 362C05-C06 French Defense – Tarrasch Variation – Closed 22, 37, 147C07-C09 French Defense – Tarrasch Variation – Open 7, 35C10 French Defense – 3. Nc3 various 156C11-C12 French Defense – MacCutcheon Variation and non-standard 3. Nc3 Nf6 lines 176, 206, 308C13-C14 French Defense – Classical 169, 283C15-C19 French Defense – Winawer Variation 11, 95, 143, 201, 271C20-C24 1. e4 e5 2. Various, including 2. d4 and 2. Bc4 27, 299C25-C29 Vienna Game 167, 191C30 King’s Gambit, various and Falkbeer Counter-Gambit 119, 121, 158C33-C39 King’s Gambit Accepted 34, 217, 297C41 Philidor’s Defense (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6) 73, 123, 137C42-C43 Petroff Defense 142, 184, 202, 255, 309, 355C44 Ponziani Opening 17, 232, 300C45 Scotch Game 86, 105, 259C46-C49 Three Knights Game and Four Knights Game 13, 78, 278, 281, 305C50-C52 Italian Game and Evans Gambit 140, 177, 279, 330C53-C54 Giucco Piano 32, 187C55-C59 Two Knight’s Defense 104, 160, 218, 263, 301, 307C60-C62 Ruy Lopez – Various, Bird’s Defense, and Steinitz Defense (3…d6) 91, 163, 172, 265C63-C64 Ruy Lopez – Schliemann Variation and 3…Bc5 18, 222, 282C65-C69 Ruy Lopez – Berlin Defense and Exchange Variations 64, 204, 250, 270C70-C76 Ruy Lopez – 3…a6 4. Ba4 various and 4…d6 72, 216, 336C77 Ruy Lopez – 3…a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Various 166, 200, 316C78-C79 Ruy Lopez – 3…a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 various 226, 262, 321, 343, 354C84-C88 Ruy Lopez – 3…a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 various 85, 269D02 Queen’s Pawn Game with 2. Nf3 various 149, 243, 302D04-D05 Queen’s Pawn Game – Colle System 2, 88, 118, 128, 173, 228, 248D06 Queen’s Gambit 2…c5 219D07 Queen’s Gambit Declined – 2…Nc6 (Chigorin Defense) 12, 65, 135D08 Albin Counter Gambit 115D10 Slav Defense – Various 3…a6 4. Ba4 31, 331D12 Slav Defense – 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 29, 213D15 Slav Defense – 4. Nc3 155, 246D17-D19 Slav Defense – 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 (Czech Defense) 16, 69D20 Queen’s Gambit Accepted – 3. e4 24, 48, 320D21-D29 Queen’s Gambit Accepted – 3. Nf3 and 3. e3 21, 175, 288, 338D30-D39 Queen’s Gambit Declined – Various, Tarrasch, and Ragozin 56, 207, 211, 267, 280D40-D42 Queen’s Gambit Declined – Semi-Tarrasch Variation 100, 162D43-D49 Queen’s Gambit Declined – Semi-Slav 94, 178, 205, 214, 334, 342, 364D50-D69 Queen’s Gambit Declined – Classical 5. Bg5 103, 315, 333D70-D99 Grunfeld Defense 45, 113, 127, 150, 273, 344E01-E09 Catalan Opening 112E10-E11 Indian Defense with 2…e6 3. Nf3 185, 231, 319E12-E14 Queen’s Indian Defense – Various 151, 165, 292E15-E19 Queen’s Indian Defense – 4. g3 43, 189, 240, 253E20-E29 Nimzo-Indian Defense – Various and Spielmann and Saemisch Variations 44, 116, 229, 356E30-E39 Nimzo-Indian Defense – Leningrad (4. Bg5) and Classical (4. Qc2) Variations 8, 57, 277, 322, 347E40-E59 Nimzo-Indian Defense – 4. e3 174E60-E79 King’s Indian Defense – Various, Fianchetto, Averbakh, Four Pawns, etc. 54, 122, 182, 306, 318E80-E89 King’s Indian Defense – Saemisch Variation 41, 221, 293E90-E99 King’s Indian Defense – 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 195

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Terrible book, no guiding principle, no instructional value, a ridiculous number of mistakes. I bought it used for $4 and regret wasting the money