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Inside Chess Openings

Published in Paperback by International Chess Enterprises (1993)

Authors: Eduard Gufeld and N. Kalinichenko

Amazon base price: $13.97
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Not a good value

ICO is a typical openings reference book in that it gives the main lines in all the major openings out to 10-12 moves, some even a few moves deeper in the footnotes. An assessment of each line is given in the familiar languageless plus/minus system. But, this is a awfully skimpy book for $20. I'm sure it was meant as a light-weight reference for the amateur player to carry with him to weekend Swiss tournaments, but I'm not sure the few ounces saved over BCO or MCO would be worth it.

A Good Book

The book is simple and good, giving the best lines and most important analysis of the major openings. There are almost no words in the entire book! A nice navigation tool for chess opening theory, useful to players from the level of intermediate to advanced.

Schmidt-Fockes Discus Book

Published in Hardcover by TFH Publications (1991)

Authors: Schmidt and Eduard Schmidt-Focke

Amazon base price: $25.17
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Waste of time and money

What a disappointment! I'd expect the well-known and respected discus breeder to really share his experience, provide tips, give some helpful info, etc. Instead, we have a poorly translated and unorganized (ala TFH) coffee table book filled with fragmentary biographical memoirs and reiterations.
The same photos are repeated over and over again, and the great Dr.Axelrod is pictured and praised on almost every page (what a surprise for a TFH book!).
By the end of the book, the author is starting talking about his OBGYN practice and birth control, security at the airports and his years of medical residency. It sounds like he either got completely disoriented or was desperately trying to finish this literary nightmare.

Discus Book

I was thoroughly disappointed in this book. It seems more like a biography of E. S. Focke and his personal travels. I was not happy with the amount of technical advice concerning discus. The pictures are very good. All in all, I think I wasted money.

THE book for serious discus people!

Dr. Schmidt-Focke should have titled this the Discus Bible! This is THE book of Discus fish. His vision and groundbreaking work with this fish has taken the discus further than anyone could have imagined or DID imagine. His views, thoughts and teaching skills can be used by the beginner as well as the professional. A must have for anyone "in" the breed! Well worth every single penney you have to pay for it. Don't miss this one!