Opening For White According To Anand 1.e4, Volu...

Other 1.e4 repertoire books include: "chess openings for white explained" by Alburt and others, as well as "starting out 1.e4" by McDonald. I don't have either of these, but I have heard a lot of bad things about the first one, and the second one is a starting out book so the coverage won't be too detailed, especially since McDonald recommends the open sicilian as well as an answer to everything else in only 192 pages (the sicilian deserves 300+ pages alone). Both books focus on secondary lines I think, which probably won't give you an edge, but will allow you to get a playable game without knowing too much theory. I have a feeling that you may want to upgrade to better openings as you progress though.

I think it is best to figure out the lines you want to play, and then buy books on those lines, instead of playing whatever the book recommends. If you could tell me your favourite lines as white against all of black's responses, then I may be able to recommend some books on specific openings.

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Hmmm... You sort of sound like how I was when I started trying to build a repertoire. I played a lot of different things and didn't know much theory, but then I decided on 1.e4 as the only move I would play as white, ordered some books, and sort of just dove in haha. Of course I have made adjustments to my repertoire since then, upgrading to main lines against most openings, but at the same time I have stuck to my first move for over two years, and have learned a lot from it.

The Nc3 french is a lot of work, but there are several books out there covering the subject. Be prepared to learn a lot of forcing lines though. "Opening for white according to Anand volumes 6 and 7" are what I use for this, but they are very variation heavy and text light so if you want something that focuses more on the ideas of the variation than you may want to look elsewhere, but I am not sure exactly where....

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