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.
SHOPWORN - Tactics in the Chess Opening - VOLUME 6
CLEARANCE - NIC Yearbook 83 - PAPERBACK EDITION
Opening Hacker Files: The Bogo-Dutch
CLEARANCE - Tactics in the Chess Opening - VOLUME 5
White to Play and Win PLUS Simple Chess
Encyclopedia of Chess Openings - A13 - English Opening - HARDCOVER
Keep it Simple
The Perfect Pirc-Modern - New Edition 10 Years Later
The Mental Game - HARDCOVER
Opening Repertoire - Queen's Gambit Accepted
The Open Sicilian: An Ambitious White Repertoire for Club Players
The London Files
Unknown Weapons in the Grunfeld - HARDCOVER
Playing the English
The Modernized Queen's Gambit Declined - HARDCOVER
Delchev’s Practical Opening Repertoire - Volume 1 - HARDCOVER
Openings – Queen’s Pawn Games
A Complete Opening Repertoire for Black after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6! - Volume 2
King's Indian Killer: The Harry Attack
Opening Repertoire: Strategic Play with 1 d4
Origins: Ruy Lopez - Book I: Black Avoids 3...a6
CLEARANCE - The Modernized Anti-Sicilians - Volume 2
Basman's Folly
Opening Repertoire The English Defence
The Italian Opening for White
CLEARANCE - The Scotch Game
CLEARANCE - The Nimzo-Indian Bible for White - Volume 2
Playing the Sveshnikov
Keep it Simple for Black - HARDCOVER
Opening Repertoire - Queen's Gambit Declined - Tarrasch
Playing for a Win with ...b6
CLEARANCE - The Polish Defense
CLEARANCE - Gambits in the Slav
Winning Chess Openings
The Taimanov Bible - Extended and Revised Edition
