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 - Fianchetto Against the West Indians
CLEARANCE - Smith-Morra Declined - A Game Collection
CLEARANCE - Tarrasch French I - Guimard Variation 3...Nc6
CLEARANCE - The Polugayevsky Variation of the Najdorf Defense
Battling the Aggressive Italian Game: Calm Precision Against Fierce Attacks - HARDCOVER
CLEARANCE - The Modern Center Attack in the Ruy Lopez
CLEARANCE - Queen's Indian Defense
CLEARANCE - The Arkhangelsk Variation of the Ruy Lopez - Volume 1
The English Opening Vol 2: The Continuations 1.c4 e5 and 1.c4 Nf6
CLEARANCE - The Schliemann Defense - Volume 1
PCO: Practical Chess Openings
CLEARANCE - Three Double King Pawn Openings
CLEARANCE - Benoni Defence Taimanov Variation - A67
CLEARANCE - How to Play the Queen's Indian
CLEARANCE - Arkhangelsk System in the Ruy Lopez
Chess Opening Repertoire: Benoni Mayhem
PRE-ORDER - Chess Opening Repertoire: London System
CLEARANCE - The Keres Attack in the Scheveningen Defense - Volume 1
Tackling the Trompowsky & Torre Systems
CLEARANCE - Blackmar Diemer Gambit
Chess Opening Repertoire: Semi-Slav
CLEARANCE - The Neo-Sveshnikov
The Modernized Catalan - Volume 1 - HARDCOVER
CLEARANCE - French Winawer Poisoned Pawn
Battling the French & Caro-Kann: A Practical Opening Repertoire for White – Volume 1 – HARDCOVER
CLEARANCE - Sokolsky Opening
CLEARANCE - Gruenfeld Defense - Russian Variations
CLEARANCE - The Spanish Inquisition Volume 1 - The Zaitsev Variation
Miniatures in the King's Indian: Fianchetto Systems
CLEARANCE - Veresov Opening
CLEARANCE - Modern Exchange Gruenfeld
CLEARANCE - How to Play the Chigorin Defense in the Queen's Gambit Declined
CLEARANCE - Lettisches Gambit
The Modernized Vienna of the Queen's Gambit Declined - HARDCOVER
More Chess Openings - Traps and Zaps - VOLUME 2
