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 Modernized Sveshnikov
CLEARANCE - Beat the Najdorf and Taimanov Sicilians
Grivas Opening Laboratory - Volume 2
The Caro-Kann Revisited - A Complete Repertoire for Black
CLEARANCE - The Modernized Stonewall Defense
Keep It Simple 1.d4
Chess Opening Workbook for Kids
NIC Yearbook 132 - PAPERBACK EDITION
CLEARANCE - NIC Yearbook 133 - HARDCOVER EDITION
SHOPWORN - Attacking with g2-g4
CLEARANCE - Cheparinov's 1. d4! Volume 1 - King's Indian and Grunfeld
SHOPWORN - Fight 1. d4 With The Tarrasch
Grivas Opening Laboratory - Volume 1
CLEARANCE - The Modernized Berlin Wall Defense
CLEARANCE - The Modernized Delayed Benoni
CLEARANCE - The Richter-Rauzer Reborn - The Kozul Variation
Openings - The King's Indian Defense
SHOPWORN - Kaufman's New Repertoire for Black and White
Chess Openings for Juniors
NIC Yearbook 131 - PAPERBACK EDITION
SHOPWORN - First Steps - King's Indian Defence
Testbook of Opening Traps
Openings Semi-Open Games
CLEARANCE - An Attacking Repertoire for White with 1.d4
CLEARANCE - The Hippopotamus Defence
NIC Yearbook 130 - HARDCOVER EDITION
The Reti Opening - Properly Played
The Sicilian Accelerated Dragon
SHOPWORN - The King's Indian According to Tigran Petrosian
The King's Indian According to Tigran Petrosian
SHOPWORN - The 3... Qd8 Scandinavian
CLEARANCE - A Cunning Chess Opening Repertoire for White
NIC Yearbook 108 - PAPERBACK EDITION
NIC Yearbook 108 - HARDCOVER EDITION
The King's Gambit
