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.
NIC Yearbook 127 - PAPERBACK EDITION
NIC Yearbook 128 - PAPERBACK EDITION
NIC Yearbook 128 - HARDCOVER EDITION
The King's Indian Attack - Properly Played
Play the Trompowsky Attack
CLEARANCE - Gambit Killer
Specialized Chess Opening Tactics
CLEARANCE - Winning in the Chess Opening
CLEARANCE - French Defense: The Solid Rubinstein Variation
NIC Yearbook 126 - HARDCOVER EDITION
SHOPWORN - How Ulf Beats Black
The French Defense - Properly Played
CLEARANCE - Positional Repertoire - The Modernized Nimzo - Queen's Gambit Declined
A Complete Guide to Queen's Gambit Play
CLEARANCE - How to Beat the Open Games
Bc4 Against the Open Games
Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening - Volume 9 - Caro-Kann & French
Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening - Selected Brilliancies from Volume 1-9
CLEARANCE - Sabotaging the Sicilian, French & Caro-Kann with 2. b3
Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening - Volume 7: Minor Semi-Open Games
Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening - Volume 8: 1. e4 e5
NIC Yearbook 125 - PAPERBACK EDITION
SHOPWORN - Dismantling the Sicilian - New and Updated Edition
Miniatures in the Ruy Lopez: Main Lines
Miniatures in the Queen's Indian: 4.g3
CLEARANCE - The Chameleon Variation
SHOPWORN - The Chameleon Variation
Winning With the Modern London System - Part 2
Miniatures in the Sicilian Najdorf
Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening - Volume 5: Anti-Sicilians
Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening - Volume 6: Open Sicilians
CLEARANCE - My First Chess Opening Repertoire for Black
SHOPWORN - The Berlin Defense Unraveled
CLEARANCE - The Berlin Defense Unraveled
NIC Yearbook 124 - PAPERBACK EDITION
