Chess Opening Books
The first phase of a chess game is known as the Chess Opening. It is during
this phase of the chess game that the initial moves are made. Similarly, those
moves are commonly referred to in the chess world as the “Chess Opening”.
While there are literally billions of possible positions after the first 4 moves
have been made in a game of chess (288 billion to be exact), only a small number
of these chess openings have been studied by chess professionals and chess
computers and deemed to be sound for practical play.
To help differentiate one chess opening from another, each chess opening is
given a unique name to identify it. While it is common for a chess opening to be
named after the player/s that introduced them to popular play, including the
Benko Gambit (after Grandmaster Pal Benko), the Sicilian Najdorf (named
after Grandmaster Miguel Najdorf) and the Philidor Defense (named after Francois-Andre
Danican Philidor), this is not always the case Some chess openings are named
after the locations and/or cultures in which they originated, including the
London System, the French Defense, the Sicilian
Defense, The English Opening and
the Vienna Game. While others are named after the pieces that are moved during
that opening, including the Queen’s Pawn Gambit and the King’s Indian
Defense.
There are 6 basic objectives during the chess opening. They are Piece
Development, Control of the Center of the Board, King Safety, Prevention of Pawn
Weakness, Piece Coordination and to Create positions in which the player is more
comfortable than the opponent.
The Complete Kalashnikov - FRENCH EDITION
Play the Tarrasch
CLEARANCE - Cheparinov’s 1.d4! Volume 2 – The Slav & Semi-Slav
Spanish Inquisition - Zaitsev Variation
Schliemann's Defense
Dreispringerspiel bis Konigsgambit - GERMAN EDITION
Chess Archives
The Sharpest Sicilian 2012
Complete Slav I
Mayhem in the Morra
Gruenfeld Defense Russian Variations
Chess Camp - VOLUME 7
Queen's Gambit Declined - Orthodox Variation
Fly the Pterodactyl
Panov Attack in Chess
The Caro-Kann - Move by Move
CLEARANCE - Secrets of Opening Surprises - VOLUME 14
SHOPWORN - Secrets of Opening Surprises - VOLUME 14
Tarrasch French Guimard Variation with 3...Nc6
Attack with the Boden-Kieseritzky-Morphy Gambit
Chess Openings for Kids
Spanish Gambits - UPDATED
CLEARANCE - Secrets of Opening Surprises - VOLUME 13
Queen's Gambit Accepted - Smyslov Variation
Grob's Angriff - GERMAN EDITION
CLEARANCE - Chess Movies 1
SHOPWORN - Chess Movies 1
The Guide to the English Opening: 1...e5
The Symmetrical English
CLEARANCE - Secrets of Opening Surprises - VOLUME 12
Magnus Carlsen's Norwegian Rat
Chess Openings For Dummies
SHOPWORN - The Zaitsev System
The London System - Properly Played
King's Indian 2 - PAPERBACK
