Chess Openings For Dummies
Series: For Dummies
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Hoboken
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780470882375
Subjects: Sport & Recreation; Openings; Chess; Handbooks, manuals
Description: 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.
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Table of contents: title: Chess Openings For Dummies℗ʾ; About the Author; Dedication; Author's Acknowledgments; Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; Part I: Principles of Play; Chapter 1: Understanding Chess Openings; Chapter 2: Exploring the Elements of Chess; Chapter 3: Picking the Right Type of Opening; Part II: Winning with Open Games; Chapter 4: Gambling with Gambits; Chapter 5: Opening Softly with a Big Stick: The Bishop Makes Its Move; Chapter 6: Workin' on Some Knight Moves; Chapter 7: Employing the Royal Ruy; Chapter 8: The Best of the Rest of the Open Games.; title: Part III: Having It Both Ways with Semi-Open GamesChapter 9: Sharpening the Sicilian; Chapter 10: Parlez-vous the French?; Chapter 11: Anyone Can Caro-Kann; Chapter 12: Rope-a-Dope with the Pirc and Modern Defenses; Chapter 13: The Best of the Rest of the Semi-Open Games; Part IV: Conquering with Closed and Semi-Closed Games; Chapter 14: Offering the Queen's Gambit; Chapter 15: Declining with the Slav and Semi-Slav; Chapter 16: Getting Hypermodern with.