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.
CLEARANCE - Sabotage the Grunfeld
SHOPWORN - A Cutting-Edge Gambit against the Queen’s Indian
NIC Yearbook 110 - PAPERBACK EDITION
NIC Yearbook 109 - HARDCOVER EDITION
Complete Slav 2
Small Encyclopedia of Chess Opening
CLEARANCE - Steamrolling the Sicilian
SHOPWORN - Steamrolling the Sicilian
CLEARANCE - The Bg5 Najdorf Revisited - Volume 2
CLEARANCE - The Modernized Grivas Sicilian
The Modernized Sicilian Kan
CLEARANCE - Beat the Anti-Sicilians
SHOPWORN - Oops! I Resigned Again!
CLEARANCE - The Najdorf Bg5 Revisited – Volume 1
Beating the Najdorf Rare Lines
CLEARANCE - A Complete Opening Repertoire for Black after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6! – Volume 1
Play the Orangutan: 1.b4
The Basman-Williams Attack
Coffeehouse Repertoire 1.e4 Volume 2
The London System in 12 Practical Lessons
CLEARANCE - Rakhmanov's Secrets of Opening Preparation
SHOPWORN - The Sicilian Four Knights
Catastrophes and Tactics In The Chess Opening - Volume 1 - Indian Defenses
CLEARANCE - The Scandinavian for Club Players
Coffeehouse Repertoire 1.e4 Volume 1
Grivas Opening Laboratory - Volume 7
SHOPWORN - The Exchange French Comes to Life
The Exchange French Comes to Life
Quick Course of Chess Openings
Winning with 1.e4!
CLEARANCE - NIC Yearbook 136 - PAPERBACK EDITION
CLEARANCE - 1. d4! The Chess Bible
Understanding Before Moving - Volume 1 - Ruy Lopez and Italian Structures
CLEARANCE - The Modernized Anti-Sicilians Volume 1 – Rossolimo Variation
CLEARANCE - Beat the French Defense with 3. Nc3 – A Complete Repertoire for White
