Reddit reviews FCO: Fundamental Chess Openings

Fundamental Chess Openings?
https://www.amazon.com/FCO-Fundamental-Paul-Van-Sterren/dp/1906454132

Edit: Oops. Just noticed you said old. Probably not that so

It's this one https://www.amazon.co.uk/FCO-Fundamental-Paul-van-Sterren/dp/1906454132

Author is Paul van der Sterren.

Someone on here recommended it to me (iirc).

If you're aiming to compete, try doing all of the following if you can:
 

1- Find a chess teacher. A rating above 2000 is preferred
 

2- Get Chess books that teach the basics of tactics, strategy, and endgame.
 

3- Make an account on Chesstempo.com and start solving tactics
 

4- Play many rapid games online. Chess.com allows you to play for free
 

5-For book recommendations : Endgame/
Middlegame
-As for opening, you really need a mentor to guide you in choosing the best opening for you. If you want to learn some opening, this is a good basic book

A book like Fundamental Chess Openings can help you navigate through the openings and find an opening system that you feel comfortable with. Once you are familiar with the basic themes and ideas of an opening your play will improve and you can check individual lines you may have trouble with an online database like this to see how strong players handle the position.

I really liked Paul van der Sterren book on openings. It explains ideas, rather than options.

Depending on your level FCO is a very good resource.

I think Fundamental Chess Openings is exactly what you are looking for. It covers all openings though, but I think it could still be useful in case you switch to something other than 1.e4. It gives good explanations of main opening lines and delves pretty deep, but not super in depth. Most books on specific openings go into exhaustive details and at 1200 that just isn’t very useful.

Fundamental Chess Openings

I recommend this book: FCO: Fundamental Chess Openings by Paul Van der Sterren