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Improve your chess game the fast and easy way
You never get a second chance to make a first
impression?especially in the game of chess! Chess Openings For
Dummies gives you tips and techniques for analyzing openings
and strategies for winning chess games from the very first move you
make!
This friendly, helpful guide provides you with easy-to-follow
and step-by-step instructions on the top opening chess strategies
and gives you the tools you need to develop your own line of attack
from the very start.
* Includes illustrations to help ensure victory
* Equips you with the tools and strategies to plan a winning
strategy
* Also serves as a valuable resource for curriculums that use
chess as a learning tool
Whether you?re a veteran or novice chess player, Chess
Openings For Dummies is the ultimate guide to getting a grip on
the openings and variants that will ensure you have all the right
moves to open and win any chess game.
You never get a second chance to make a first
impression?especially in the game of chess! Chess Openings For
Dummies gives you tips and techniques for analyzing openings
and strategies for winning chess games from the very first move you
make!
This friendly, helpful guide provides you with easy-to-follow
and step-by-step instructions on the top opening chess strategies
and gives you the tools you need to develop your own line of attack
from the very start.
* Includes illustrations to help ensure victory
* Equips you with the tools and strategies to plan a winning
strategy
* Also serves as a valuable resource for curriculums that use
chess as a learning tool
Whether you?re a veteran or novice chess player, Chess
Openings For Dummies is the ultimate guide to getting a grip on
the openings and variants that will ensure you have all the right
moves to open and win any chess game.
€16.99
Table of Content
Introduction 1Part I: Principles of Play 7
Chapter 1: Understanding Chess Openings 9
Chapter 2: Exploring the Elements of Chess 17
Chapter 3: Picking the Right Type of Opening 27
Part II: Winning with Open Games 35
Chapter 4: Gambling with Gambits 37
Chapter 5: Opening Softly with a Big Stick: The Bishop Makes Its Move 57
Chapter 6: Workin’ on Some Knight Moves 71
Chapter 7: Employing the Royal Ruy 79
Chapter 8: The Best of the Rest of the Open Games 99
Part III: Having It Both Ways with Semi-Open Games 111
Chapter 9: Sharpening the Sicilian 113
Chapter 10: Parlez-vous the French? 135
Chapter 11: Anyone Can Caro-Kann 155
Chapter 12: Rope-a-Dope with the Pirc and Modern Defenses 171
Chapter 13: The Best of the Rest of the Semi-Open Games 185
Part IV: Conquering with Closed and Semi-Closed Games 195
Chapter 14: Offering the Queen’s Gambit 197
Chapter 15: Declining with the Slav and Semi-Slav 213
Chapter 16: Getting Hypermodern with the Nimzo-Indian 229
Chapter 17: Fighting Back with the King’s Indian 241
Chapter 18: Grinding in the Grünfeld 255
Chapter 19: The Best of the Rest of the Semi-Closed Games 265
Part V: Advancing with Flank Openings 283
Chapter 20: Speaking the King’s English 285
Chapter 21: Getting Réti 305
Chapter 22: The Best of the Rest of the Flank Openings 313
Part VI: The Part of Tens 327
Chapter 23: Ten Common Mistakes to Avoid in the Opening 329
Chapter 24: Ten Best Ways to Study Chess Openings 339
Chapter 25: Ten Great Chess Web Sites 345
Index 349
About the author
James Eade is a United States Chess Federation (USCF) chess master as well as a chess writer, tournament organizer, and teacher. He is the author of Chess For Dummies.
Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 384 ● ISBN 9780470882375 ● File size 26.0 MB ● Publisher John Wiley & Sons ● Published 2010 ● Edition 1 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 2325383 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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