Openings will help you develop a solid understanding of opening principles that you can apply to every game you play -without having to memorise a dizzying array of tedious and lengthy opening lines.
Start every game with confidence!
The two greatest challenges for beginning chess players are not only to survive the openings phase, but also to choose appropriate attack and defense formations in the process.Winning Chess Openings shows you how to do both. In Yasser Seirawan's entertaining, easy-to-follow style, you're shown formations that can be used with other White or Black pieces.
Winning Chess Openings explains how to:
Winning Chess Openings will help you develop a solid understanding of opening principles that you can apply to every game you play - without having to memorise a dizzying array of tedious and lengthy opening lines.
Content
v Acknowledgments
vii Introduction
001 CHAPTER ONE Early Days
025 CHAPTER TWO Basic Opening Principles
033 CHAPTER THREE Classical King Pawn Openings
073 CHAPTER FOUR Classical Queen Pawn Openings
101 CHAPTER FIVE Modern King Pawn Defenses
153 CHAPTER SIX Modern Queen Pawn Defenses
199 CHAPTER SEVEN An Opening Solution
213 CHAPTER EIGHT A Solution to the Queen Pawn Opening
223 CHAPTER NINE A Solution to the King Pawn Opening
239 Glossary
251 Index
Start every game with confidence!
The two greatest challenges for beginning chess players are not only to survive the openings phase, but also to choose appropriate attack and defense formations in the process.Winning Chess Openings shows you how to do both. In Yasser Seirawan's entertaining, easy-to-follow style, you're shown formations that can be used with other White or Black pieces.
Winning Chess Openings explains how to:
- Build a safe house for a king
- Estimate losses of ten moves or fewer
- Utilise the elements: time, force, space and pawn structure
- Plan strategy based on time-tested opening principles
- Employ a defense for Black against any White opening
- Apply an opening for White used by World Champions
Winning Chess Openings will help you develop a solid understanding of opening principles that you can apply to every game you play - without having to memorise a dizzying array of tedious and lengthy opening lines.
Content
v Acknowledgments
vii Introduction
001 CHAPTER ONE Early Days
025 CHAPTER TWO Basic Opening Principles
033 CHAPTER THREE Classical King Pawn Openings
073 CHAPTER FOUR Classical Queen Pawn Openings
101 CHAPTER FIVE Modern King Pawn Defenses
153 CHAPTER SIX Modern Queen Pawn Defenses
199 CHAPTER SEVEN An Opening Solution
213 CHAPTER EIGHT A Solution to the Queen Pawn Opening
223 CHAPTER NINE A Solution to the King Pawn Opening
239 Glossary
251 Index