Chess Openings For Dummies

James Eade

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For Dummies
16 July 2010

Chess

Improve your chess game the fast and easy way

You never get a second chance to make a first impression?especially in the game of chess! Chess Openings For Dummies gives you tips and techniques for analyzing openings and strategies for winning chess games from the very first move you make!

This friendly, helpful guide provides you with easy-to-follow and step-by-step instructions on the top opening chess strategies and gives you the tools you need to develop your own line of attack from the very start.

Includes illustrations to help ensure victory Equips you with the tools and strategies to plan a winning strategy Also serves as a valuable resource for curriculums that use chess as a learning tool

Whether you?re a veteran or novice chess player, Chess Openings For Dummies is the ultimate guide to getting a grip on the openings and variants that will ensure you have all the right moves to open and win any chess game.

By: James Eade
Imprint: For Dummies
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 185mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 544g
ISBN: 9780470603642
ISBN 10: 047060364X
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 16 July 2010
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Replaced By: 9781119814436
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1 Part I: Principles of Play 7 Chapter 1: Understanding Chess Openings 9 Chapter 2: Exploring the Elements of Chess 17 Chapter 3: Picking the Right Type of Opening 27 Part II: Winning with Open Games 35 Chapter 4: Gambling with Gambits 37 Chapter 5: Opening Softly with a Big Stick: The Bishop Makes Its Move 57 Chapter 6: Workin’ on Some Knight Moves 71 Chapter 7: Employing the Royal Ruy 79 Chapter 8: The Best of the Rest of the Open Games 99 Part III: Having It Both Ways with Semi-Open Games 111 Chapter 9: Sharpening the Sicilian 113 Chapter 10: Parlez-vous the French? 135 Chapter 11: Anyone Can Caro-Kann 155 Chapter 12: Rope-a-Dope with the Pirc and Modern Defenses 171 Chapter 13: The Best of the Rest of the Semi-Open Games 185 Part IV: Conquering with Closed and Semi-Closed Games 195 Chapter 14: Offering the Queen’s Gambit 197 Chapter 15: Declining with the Slav and Semi-Slav 213 Chapter 16: Getting Hypermodern with the Nimzo-Indian 229 Chapter 17: Fighting Back with the King’s Indian 241 Chapter 18: Grinding in the Grünfeld 255 Chapter 19: The Best of the Rest of the Semi-Closed Games 265 Part V: Advancing with Flank Openings 283 Chapter 20: Speaking the King’s English 285 Chapter 21: Getting Réti 305 Chapter 22: The Best of the Rest of the Flank Openings 313 Part VI: The Part of Tens 327 Chapter 23: Ten Common Mistakes to Avoid in the Opening 329 Chapter 24: Ten Best Ways to Study Chess Openings 339 Chapter 25: Ten Great Chess Web Sites 345 Index 349

James Eade is a United States Chess Federation (USCF) chess master as well as a chess writer, tournament organizer, and teacher. He is the author of Chess For Dummies.

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