Opening Books
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Nunn's Chess Openings by John Nunn, Joe Gallagher, John EmmsThis is a big, comprehensive book of all openings by the acclaimed John Nunn. Suitable for the more advanced player.
Winning Chess Openings by Yasser SeirawanWinning Chess Openings is the fifth book in the Microsoft Press instructional chess series. This book aims to guide the chess player through the most difficult part of a chess game, the opening. Seirawan explains how to build a safe house for a king, eliminate losses of ten moves or fewer, utilize the elements of time, force, space and pawn structure, plan strategy based on time-tested opening principles of play, employ a defense for Black against any White opening, and apply an opening for White used by World Champions.
Standard Chess Openings by Eric SchillerA comprehensive guide to opening chess play for players at all levels. The book covers 1000 important chess openings and variations. Emphasis is placed on understanding the openings and, unlike many other opening books of this nature, Schiller presents complete annotated games to illustrate the principles. Every opening includes a diagram of the opening position, the typical move order, clear explanations of the thinking behind the moves, the direction the opening is heading and how the ideas behind the opening are influential throughout the game.
The Ideas Behind the Chess Openings by Reuben FineThis is a classic guide to all opening variations. It explains the basic goals in various openings so that a chess player can play logical opening moves without the need to memorize millions of variations.
Basic Chess Openings by Gabor KallaiThis is a modern version of the Ideas behind the Chess Openings. It covers all the popular openings starting with 1.e4 and describes the ideas, plans and counter plans for each opening. Another volume called More Basic Chess Openings covers all the major alternatives to 1.e4.
More Basic Chess Openings by Gabor Kallai
A companion volume to Basic Chess Openings. It describes openings beginning with 1.d4 and other alternatives to 1.e4. Attempts to build an understanding of these openings and explains the plans and counterplans for the middlegames which result.
The Sveshnikov Sicillian by Mikhail Krasenkov
The Sveshnikov Sicillian is an extremely dynamic aggressive opening which has been used by top grandmasters including Kramnik, Shirov and Nunn. Black sacrifices pawn structure for dynamic piece play, and the middle game strategies can be very rich and complex as a result. White usually tries to get a grip on the light squares, to try and reduce black's counterplay, whilst black will try and exploit piece play, usually by trying for a violent king attack. This book by Krasenkov who is a loyal exponent of this opening, provides up to date coverage of this defence, and can increase the black player's confidence in playing this opening. Indeed it is the possibility of such as razor sharp defences like this, that is prompting White players to chicken out with moves such as 2. c3 :-) (Reviewer:Tryfon)
How to Play the Chess Openings by Eugene A. Znosko-BorovskiWith keen appreciation of the amateur's usual limitations, International Grandmaster Eugene Znosko Borovsky explains the importance of rapid development of the pieces, occupation of the center, the relation of the opening to the general plan of the player, and significance of control of the center.
Chess Openings for Juniors by J. N. WalkerIn this book, John Walker tackles the problems of opening play for the young player (though adult beginners will also find it very useful), providing a great deal of practical advice and demonstrating the dire consequences of ignoring basic rules. Topics include: development, space and the centre, the names of the openings, choosing your own repertoire.
Easy Guide to the Bb5 Sicilian by Steffen PedersenExplore the opening used by Gary Kasparov in his game against the World on the Microsoft Gaming Zone.
101 Chess Opening Surprises by Graham Burgess
How to Win in the Chess Openings (Fireside Chess Library) by L. A Horowitz
Chess Openings : Traps and Zaps by Bruce Pandolfini
Modern Chess Openings : MCO-13 by Walter Korn (Editor)
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