The Four Knights Game: A New Repertoire in an Old Ches...
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The Four Knights Game is one of the oldest chess openings and continues to be a popular choice among beginners and club players.
In recent years leading grandmasters such as Alexey Shirov and Emil Sutovsky have injected the Four Knights with numerous fresh ideas and changed its peaceful reputation.White has quite a few ways to create tension and play for the attack. . . .
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Chess Developments: The Modern Benoni
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Chess Developments is a brand new series providing state-of-the-art openings coverage. Chess Developments focuses on the current trends – concentrating on critical lines, theoretical novelties and powerful new ideas. It offers players of all levels the opportunity to keep up-to-date with current opening theory whilst also expanding and improving their repertoires.
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Beating Unusual Chess Defences: 1 e4
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Anyone who plays 1 e4 as White must be prepared not only for Black’s main defenses, but also an assortment of less popular lines. These, when taken together, represent a significant percentage of the replies you can expect to meet when opening 1 e4. Dealing with these slightly offbeat variations is often a daunting task, especially since your opponents are likely to be . . .
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Move by Move: The Ruy Lopez
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This is a new series which provides an ideal platform to study chess openings. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the learning and practicing of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of opening knowledge. Carefully selected questions and answers are designed to keep . . .
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Mastering the Chess Openings: Volume 4
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In this highly-acclaimed series, International Master John Watson helps chess-players achieve a more holistic and insightful view of the openings.
He explains not only the ideas and strategies behind specific openings, but also the interconnections of chess openings taken as a whole. By presenting the common threads that underlie opening play, Watson provides a . . .
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The New Old Indian
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The Old Indian Defence is considered to be a sound way for Black to meet 1 d4. Some might argue that it is steady rather than spectacular, but is this reputation totally deserved?
Grandmaster Alexander Cherniaev disagrees, and in this book he has reexamined this ancient opening and the result is a “new” Old Indian. In this modern interpretation, he has introduced . . .
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Understanding the Chess Openings
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Understanding the Chess Openings, a 240 page paperback chess book by Sam Collins, is published by Gambit Books.
This major work surveys all chess openings, providing a guide to every critical main line and featuring descriptions of the typical strategies for both sides.
These commentaries will be welcomed by all club and tournament players. It . . .
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Chess Openings: Traps and Zaps
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Chess Openings: Traps and Zaps, is the first completely instructional book ever written on chess openings. National Master Bruce Pandolfini teaches players how to take charge of the game's crucial opening phase.
Of the three traditional phases of chess play -- the opening, the middle-game and the endgame -- the opening is the phase average players confront . . .
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Attacking Chess: Kings Indian: Volume 2
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The King’s Indian remains a hugely popular opening – unsurprising given the attacking
opportunities it offers. In many of the ultra-sharp main lines, White wins the queenside
battle but this often turns out to be a Pyrrhic victory as Black wins the war by checkmating
on the kingside! Black is hunting the enemy king and – in practical play – . . .
Chess Opening Essentials, 1.c4 / 1.Nf3 and Other First Moves, is an accessible primer and a reference book at the same time. The book gives a flavor of how every opening works and explains the similarities with other openings as well as the differences. In addition, it also points at the various middlegame plans that apply after the opening has ended.
Grandmasters . . .
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The Greatest Ever Chess Opening Ideas
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What are the greatest opening ideas in chess history?
This is a fascinating question that would undoubtedly spark endless debate and discussion amongst all the experts and enthusiasts of the game. From the invention and development of openings which are now considered to be mainline, to the wealth of stunning one-move novelties which have convincingly overturned . . .
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Declining the Queens Gambit
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This book provides a repertoire for Black with the ever-popular Queen’s Gambit Declined.
Opening expert John Cox covers not one but two key options for Black. The Tartakower
Variation is a sophisticated defence used successfully by world champions such
as Kasparov, Karpov and Kramnik. The Lasker Variation is an easy-to-learn and reliable
option devised by . . .
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Mastering the Chess Openings: Volume 1
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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 . . .
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Mastering the Chess Openings: Volume 2
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Mastering the Chess Openings: Volume 2, helps you unlock the mysteries of modern chess openings.
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 . . .
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Discovering Chess Openings
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There's no denying that the opening is one of the most daunting phases of the game for newcomers to chess. There are literally hundreds of different opening lines, many with unusual sounding names, and some of these go up to twenty or so moves of theory. What is a chess player supposed to do: memorise countless variations?Don't panic! In Discovering Chess Openings: . . .
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Mastering the Chess Openings: Volume 3
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Mastering the Chess Openings is written by International Master John Watson and is published by Gambit Publications. This is volume three of the highly acclaimed series of Mastering the Chess Openings.
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 . . .
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A FerociousOpening Repertoire
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Former American Open Champion Cyrus Lakdawala presents a range of weapons for
White in a repertoire which is perfect for those who have little time for study, but enjoy
taking opponents out of their comfort zones and causing them problems from the outset.
The backbone of the repertoire is provided by the aggressive Veresov Opening (1 d4, 2
Nc3 and 3 Bg5) and . . .
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Chess Openings for Black, Explained: A Complete Repert...
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Three-time US Champion Champion Lev Alburt, famous for his ability to turn aspiring players into masters, teams up with two-time U.S. Champion Roman Dzindzichashvili and young international star Eugene Perelshteyn to give you a complete repertoire of opening play-as well as a review of all openings and an explanation of the principles of playing this crucial stage of the game. And . . .
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Chess Opening Essentials Vol 3: Indian Defences, Compl...
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Chess Opening Essentials, Volume 3, Indian Defenses, Complete,is the third in the series of Openings books published by New In Chess. The series presents the ideas & plans behind ALL chess openings!
Chess Opening Essentials, Volume 3, is an accessible primer and reference book about chess openings focusing on the variations of Indian Defenses. It provides a . . .
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101 Chess Opening Traps
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101 chess opening traps, a 112 page paperback chess book, is written by Steve Giddins and published by Gambit Publications.
The only thing more humiliating than losing a game quickly is to lose a game quickly to a known opening trap. On the other hand, the easy point scored by the trapper is a great confidence booster, and allows the winner a good rest before the . . .
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Dangerous Weapons: 1e4e5 Dazzle Your Opponents in the ...
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Dangerous Weapons: 1e4e5--Dazzle Your Opponents in the Open Games!, is published by Everyman Books.
If you need a well-deserved break from your normal chess openings or are tired of constantly having to keep up with modern chess theory--or perhaps you simply want to try out something new and inspiring but cannot decide among the embarrassment of choices available . . .
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Chess Openings for White & Black, Explained (2 Book Co...
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Three-time US Champion Champion Lev Alburt, famous for his ability to turn aspiring players into masters, teams up with two-time U.S. Champion Roman Dzindzichashvili and young international star Eugene Perelshteyn to give you a complete repertoire of opening play-as well as a review of all openings and an explanation of the principles of playing this crucial stage of the game.
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Winning Chess Openings
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The two greatest challenges for beginning chess players are not only to survive the openings phase, but also to choose appropriate attack and defense formations in the process. Winning Chess Openings shows you how to do both. In Yasser Seirawan's entertaining, easy-to-follow style, you're shown formations that can be used with other White or Black pieces. Winning Chess . . .
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More Chess Openings: Traps and Zaps 2
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More Chess Openings: Traps and Zaps 2 is a follow up to the ever-popular book, Chess Openings: Traps and Zaps, Volume 1.
It is written by US National Master and chess instructor, Bruce Pandolfini. In More Chess Openings: Traps and Zaps 2, Pandolfini illustrates 200 new and effective moves for the challenging first phase of the game, He explains strategies and . . .
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How to Play the Chess Openings
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In his book, How to Play the Chess Openings by Eugene Znosko-Borovsky, the author offers you a clear, profound examination of just what each opening is intended to do and how opponents can counter.
It provides many sample games using many of the most frequently used openings in chess.
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Starting Out Slav & Semi-Slav
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The very closely linked Slav and Semi-Slav Defences are two of the most popular and combative openings that Black can play against the Queen's Gambit.
They have provided the battleground for thousands of exciting encounters between the world's chess elite, including Garry Kasparov, Vishy Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, Alexei Shirov and Alexander Morozevich. . . .
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Winning Chess Openings from Cardoza Publishing - 2nd E...
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Winning Chess Openings will help you learn crushing, powerful attacks like the Ruy Lopez--sizzling asymmetrical defenses like the Sicilian Defense--stunning openings like the Kings Indian and the Slave Defense--and so much more!
This popular book has taught tens of thousands of beginning players the key concepts of the opening, which is the most crucial part of . . .
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Chess Opening Essentials Vol 1: The Complete 1.e4
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Most chess opening books are either too detailed or too shallow. Chess Opening Essentials has exactly the right balance and is an accessible primer and a reference book at the same time. It gives a flavor of how every opening works and explains the similarities with other openings, as well as the differences. In addition, it also points at the various Middlegame plans that apply . . .
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Fundamental Chess Openings
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The first moves of a chess game define the nature of the whole struggle, as both players stake their claim to the critical squares and start to develop their plans. It is essential to play purposefully and to avoid falling into traps or reaching a position that you don't understand.
This is not a book that provides masses of variations to memorize. Paul van . . .
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Play the Najdorf Sicilian
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The Najdorf Sicilian has a unique place amongst chess openings: for several decades it has been regarded by the top grandmasters as the best way for Black to play soundly for a win against 1 e4. It was a particular favourite of World Champions Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov, and plays a vital role in the repertoires of current top players such as Viswanathan Anand and Veselin . . .
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Back to Basics: Openings
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Because of the sheer volume of variations, possible transpositions and ever-changing theory, chess openings can be overwhelming - even intimidating. This book is an introduction to understanding and playing chess openings.
The author, Danish FIDE Master Carsten Hansen, stresses opening play based on comprehending opening principles as well as useful, fundamental . . .
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Dangerous Weapons: Anti-Sicilians
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Do you need a well-deserved break from your normal chess openings? Are you tired of constantly having to keep up with modern chess theory? Or perhaps you simply wish to try out something new and inspiring, but cannot decide amongst the numerous choices available? Look no further for the answer!
In Dangerous Weapons: Anti-Sicilians, prominent opening specialists . . .
Chess Opening Essentials, Volume 2, is an accessible primer and reference book about chess openings focusing on the variations of 1.d4 d5, the 1.d4 various and the Queens Gambits. It provides a solid foundation to build your opening repertoire on. It also explains what you should be trying to achieve, with clear indications for further study.
Chess Opening . . .
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Chess Opening Essentials: Volume 1, 2, 3 , 4
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This four volume Saver-Special of Chess Opening Essentials will not only save you cash but will provide an unparalleled wealth of information on Openings.
Most chess opening books are either too detailed or too shallow. The four volumes of Chess Opening Essentials have exactly the right balance and are an accessible primers and a reference books at the same time. . . .
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Chess Openings for the Average Player
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Clearly written guide covers all openings: the Benko Gambit, Birds Opening, Centre Game, Dutch Defence, Four Knights Game, Kings Gambit, Ruy Lopez, Stonewall Attack, among others. Techniques are designed to help moderate players whose games are confined to club play or games by correspondence and aid good players who want to do even better in tournament or club events. Players at . . .
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Dangerous Weapons: The Dutch, Dazzle Your Opponents
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In this book, three renowned opening experts, Richard Palliser Simon Williams and James Vigus get together to take a revolutionary look at the Dutch Defense, one of Black's most ambitious answers to 1 d4. In doing so they take the road less traveled and concentrate on fresh or little-explored variations - selecting a wealth of 'dangerous' options for both colors. . . .
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Chess Developments: The Sicilian Dragon
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Chess Developments focuses on the current trends – concentrating on critical lines, theoretical novelties and powerful new ideas. It offers players of all levels the opportunity to keep up-to-date with current opening theory while also expanding and improving their repertoires.The Sicilian Dragon is undeniably one of the most popular and eagerly discussed chess openings. The . . .
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The Caro-Kann: Move by Move
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This new series provides an ideal platform to study chess openings. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the learning and practicing of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of opening knowledge. Carefully selected questions and answers are designed to keep you actively . . .
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The Triangle System
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Grandmaster Ruslan Scherbakov presents an opening system for Black based on the Semi-Slav Triangle –an ambitious way to fight the ever-popular Queen’s Gambit.Black’s weapons include the Noteboom Variation – a dynamic counterattack which takes White out of his comfort zone and offers Black the chance to dictate the game from the outset. Scherbakov also . . .
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Slay the Sicilian!
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Former US Open Champion Timothy Taylor presents a repertoire for White against the most popular opening in chess – the Sicilian Defence.Taylor’s repertoire is based first and foremost on the Open Sicilian, which is regarded as White’s most ambitious and challenging response to the Sicilian. He focuses on the classical Be2 lines, which were popularized by the . . .
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The Sicilian Scheveningen: Move by Move
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The Move by Move series provides an ideal platform to study chess openings. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the learning and practicing of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of opening knowledge. Carefully selected questions and answers are designed to keep you . . .
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Mastering Opening Strategy
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Study brings wisdom. Practice brings perfection!This is the eagerly awaited follow-up to Johan Hellsten’s acclaimed Mastering Chess Strategy. In this new book Hellsten focuses exclusively on opening play. He examines a wide variety of key subjects, including development, the centre, attack and defense, pawn breaks, typical mistakes and how to punish them, and opening . . .