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 - The Catalan
CLEARANCE - The Rossolimo for Club Players
CLEARANCE - How To Play the Winawer Countergambit
Defensa Nimzoindia - Spanish Version
CLEARANCE - The Fischer Attack in the Najdorf
CLEARANCE - The Sicilian Scheveningen for Black
CLEARANCE - Queen's Gambit Accepted
CLEARANCE - The Tchigorin Defense
CLEARANCE - Tricks, Traps, and Tips in the Chess Opening
CLEARANCE - Henning Schara Gambit
CLEARANCE - The Noteboom Variation
CLEARANCE - Modern Postal Masterpieces
CLEARANCE - Win with the Djin
CLEARANCE - Nimzo-Indian E32
CLEARANCE - New Ideas in the Nimzo-Indian Defence
CLEARANCE - Exchange Variation in the Ruy Lopez - Volume 1
CLEARANCE - New Ideas In The Queens Gambit Accepted
Opening Repertoire - The Slav
CLEARANCE - The French Defence - Winawer Variation C15-C19 - FR8-FR13.4
CLEARANCE - Die Caro-Kann Verteidigung
CLEARANCE - Russian Chess Report 2 - Sizilianische Verteidigung
CLEARANCE - The Modernized French Defense - Volume 1 - The Winawer
CLEARANCE - NIC Yearbook 130 - PAPERBACK EDITION
NIC Yearbook 129 - PAPERBACK EDITION
Openings - The Sicilian Defense
Play the Dutch! - Part 1
Play the Dutch! - Part 2
NIC Yearbook 129 - HARDCOVER EDITION
Openings - Open Games
Learn To Play the Queen's Gambit
Chess Opening Traps for Kids
CLEARANCE - The Modernized Najdorf
The Modernized Reti - Revised Extended Edition
SHOPWORN - Sicilian Defense - The Chelyabinsk Variation
The Full English Opening
