Opening books on black openings, excluding full opening repertoires for black. Every major defense has been covered, with the most common ones, such as the Sicilian, Spanish, or the Nimzo represented with multiple books. Every review is somewhat subjective, but I’ve tried not to be biased based on what openings I personally like.
Rating:
- 1600
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- 2200+
- A complete Opening Repertoire for Black after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6! 1, Nimzo-Indian
- Dariusz Swiercz
Rating:
- 1600
- -
- 2200+
- A complete Opening Repertoire for Black after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6! 2, Ragozin & Anti-Catalan
- Dariusz Swiercz
Rating:
- 1200
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- 2200
- The Triangle System, Noteboom, Marshall Gambit and other Semi-Slav Triangle lines
- Ruslan Scherbakov
Rating:
- 1000
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- 2000
- Play 1e4 e5! A complete repertoire for Black in the Open Games
- Nigel Davies













