Winning Chess Openings 2nd Edition

by Robertie, Bill

• ISBN13: 9781580420518
• ISBN10: 1580420516
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-09-17
• Publisher: Cardoza

Summary

This popular book has taught tens of thousands of beginning players the key concepts of the opening, the most crucial part of every chess game. Players learn the best opening moves from both Black's and White's perspectives. More than 25 essential openings are shown: King's Gambit, Center Game, Scotch Game, Giucco Piano, Vienna Game, Bishop's Opening, Ruy Lopez, French, Caro-Kann, Sicilian, Alekhine, Pirc, Modern, Queen's Gambit, Nimzo-Indian, Queen's Indian, Dutch, King's Indian, Benoni, English, Bird's, Reti's, and King's Indian Attack. Includes actual examples from 25 grandmasters and champions including Fischer, Kasparov and Spassky.

Author Biography

Bill Robertie is the author of 15 books on chess and backgammon. He is the world’s best backgammon player and the only two-time Monte Carlo World Championship. He was the former editor and co-publisher of Inside Backgammon, the game’s foremost backgammon magazine. He is also a chess master, winner of the U.S. Speed Chess Championship, and a best-selling author of some of the best beginning chess books ever written

Table of Contents

Introduction	7	(2)
Chess Notation	9	(3)
The Notation System
Special Notations
Winning Ideas in the Chess Openings	12	(10)
Introduction
Development
Principles of Development
Pawn Structure
Double King-Pawn Openings	22	(46)
The Center Game
The Danish Gamit
Bishop's Opening
Giuoco Piano
Evans Gambit
The King's Gambit
Four Knights Game
The Vienna Game
The Ruy Lopez	68	(27)
The Ruy Lopez
Black Half-Open Defenses	95	(40)
Center Counter Defense
Alekhine's Defense
Caro-Kann Defense
French Defense
Sicilian Defense
The Queen's Gambit	135	(17)
The Queen's Gambit Accepted
The Orthodox Defense
Slav Defense
The Indian Defenses	152	(22)
Nimzo-Indian Defense
Gruenfeld Defense
King's Indian Defense
Next Steps	174