Description of Mastering the Chess Openings: Volume 1
Mastering the Chess Openings: Volume 1, is written by International Master John Watson and published by Gambit Publications.
For many chess-players, opening study is sheer hard work. It is difficult to know what is important and what is not, and when specific knowledge is vital, or when a more general understanding is sufficient. Tragically, often once the opening is over, a player won't know what plan to follow, or even understand why his pieces are sitting on the squares where they are sitting.
John Watson seeks to help chess-players achieve a more holistic and insightful view of the openings. In his previous books on chess strateg, he explained vital concepts that had previously been the domain only of top-class players. Moreover, he did so in ways that have enabled them to enter the general chess consciousness of club players.
In Mastering the Chess Openings: Volume 1, he does likewise for the openings, explaining how flexible thinking and notions such as 'rule-independence' can apply to the opening.
In this major three-volume work, Watson presents a wide-ranging view of the way in which top-class players really handle the opening, rather than an idealized and simplified model.
Volume 1, focuses on king's pawn openings, and is a book that will make chess-players think hard about how they begin their games, while offering both entertainment and challenging material for study in openings such as the Sicilian and Ruy Lopez.
Customer Reviews of Mastering the Chess Openings: Volume 1
Brian from Concord Mastering the Chess Openings: Volume 1 ReviewA very large and educational book, and this is only Volume One, at a great price also. I can't wait to buy and read and put to use, Volume Two.
Hong from West Hartford Mastering the Chess Openings: Volume 1 ReviewGood book
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