Practical Opening Tips
In this book, Grandmaster Edmar Mednis provides a thorough grounding in the principles of opening play. He begins with an explanation of the basics of opening strategy and covers a wide range of subjects that are of particular significance to club and tournament players, including the aims of the opening, mastering a new opening, how to avoid bad variations, Garry Kasparov's influence on modern opening theory, and much, much more. Grandmaster Mednis is one of the world's leading chess writers. He is a regular columnist for Chess Life magazine and author of From the Opening into the Endgame, From the Middlegame into the Endgame, and How to Be a Complete Tournament Player, and co-author of Rate Your Endgame (all published by Cadogan).