This popular book has taught tens of thousands of beginning players the key concepts of the opening, the most crucial part of every chess game. Youll learn the best opening moves from both Blacks and Whites perspectives. More than twenty-five essential openings are shown: Kings Gambit, Center Game, Scotch Game, Giucco Piano, Vienna Game, Bishops Opening, Ruy Lopez, French, Caro-Kann, Sicilian, Alekhine, Pirc, Modern, Queens Gambit, Nimzo-Indian, Queens Indian, Dutch, Kings Indian, Benoni, English, Birds, Retis, and Kings Indian Attack. Includes actual examples from twenty-five grandmasters and champions including Fischer, Kasparov, and Spassky. 176 pages
This popular book has taught tens of thousands of beginning players the key concepts of the opening, the most crucial part of every chess game. Youll learn the best opening moves from both Blacks and Whites perspectives. More than twenty-five essential openings are shown: Kings Gambit, Center Game, Scotch Game, Giucco Piano, Vienna Game, Bishops Opening, Ruy Lopez, French, Caro-Kann, Sicilian, Alekhine, Pirc, Modern, Queens Gambit, Nimzo-Indian, Queens Indian, Dutch, Kings Indian, Benoni, English, Birds, Retis, and Kings Indian Attack. Includes actual examples from twenty-five grandmasters and champions including Fischer, Kasparov, and Spassky. 176 pages