Chess Openings For Dummies^®

by James Eade

• ISBN13: 9780470882399
• ISBN10: 0470882395
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2010-07-01
• Publisher: For Dummies

Summary

Improve your chess game the fast and easy wayYou 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 toolWhether 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.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Principles of Play

Understanding Chess Openings

Exploring the Elements of Chess

Picking the Right Type of Opening

Winning with Open Games

Gambling with Gambits

Opening Softly with a Big Stick: The Bishop Makes Its Move

Workin' on Some Knight Moves

Employing the Royal Ruy

The Best of the Rest of the Open Games

Having It Both Ways with Semi-Open Games

Sharpening the Sicilian

Parlez-vous the French?

Anyone Can Caro-Kann

Rope-a-Dope with the Pirc and Modern Defenses

The Best of the Rest of the Semi-Open Games

Conquering with Closed and Semi-Closed Games

Offering the Queen's Gambit

Declining with the Slav and Semi-Slav

Getting Hypermodern with the Nimzo-Indian

Fighting Back with the King's Indian

Grinding in the Grünfeld

The Best of the Rest of the Semi-Closed Games

Advancing with Flank Openings

Speaking the King's English

Getting Réti

The Best of the Rest of the Flank Openings

The Part of Tens

Ten Common Mistakes to Avoid in the Opening

Ten Best Ways to Study Chess Openings

Ten Great Chess Web Sites

Index

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