Download or read book Modern Chess Openings written by Nick De Firmian and published by Crown. This book was released on 1999 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fully revised and updated book is a comprehensive examination of all chess openings relevant in today's chess-playing world -- from the classic gambits to the newest innovations -- with up-to-the-minute evaluations of all known variations.
Download or read book Essential Chess Openings written by Jon Speelman and published by Owl Books. This book was released on 1992 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fundamental Chess Openings written by Paul van der Sterren and published by Gambit Publications. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * The perfect survival guide to the chess openings * All openings covered * Detailed verbal explanations of plans for both sides * Up-to-date and featuring many tips and recommendations * Insights into the 'character' of each opening * Written by one of the world's foremost opening experts The first moves of a chess game define the nature of the whole struggle, as both players stake their claim to the critical squares and start to develop their plans. It is essential to play purposefully and to avoid falling into traps or reaching a position that you don't understand. This is not a book that provides masses of variations to memorize. Paul van der Sterren instead offers a wealth of ideas and explanation, together with the basic variations of each and every opening. This knowledge will equip players to succeed in the opening up to good club level, and provide a superb grounding in opening play on which to build a more sophisticated repertoire. The strategies he explains will, unlike ever-changing chess opening theory, remain valid as long as chess is played, and so the time spent studying this book will be rewarded many times over. Grandmaster Paul van der Sterren has won the Dutch Championship on two occasions, and in 1993 reached the Candidates stage of the World Chess Championship. He is an internationally renowned chess writer and editor: he was one of the founding editors of New in Chess, for whose Yearbooks he has contributed more than 150 opening surveys.
Download or read book Batsford Chess Endings written by Jon Speelman and published by B. T. Batsford Limited. This book was released on 1993 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The endgame is the final phase of a game of chess, in which very little material is left on the board and the weaknesses forced earlier in the game can be exploited. Theory, while not changing as rapidly as in the openings, is no less important, and many games are won or lost because one player knew the winning plan and the other didn't.
Download or read book Opening Preparation written by Mark Dvoretsky and published by B T Batsford Limited. This book was released on 1994 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide, intended for tournament players, addresses all the factors that indicate the correct choice of opening lead. The format challenges players to think for themselves before being presented with the solution.
Download or read book Batsford s Modern Chess Openings written by Nick De Firmian and published by Batsford. This book was released on 2015-03-05 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic chess reference book – as seen in Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit. The standard reference work on chess openings for more than half a century, earning the epithet 'the chess player's bible'. Batsford's Modern Chess Openings is the most comprehensive single-volume work on the openings. Covering every standard line of play, it provides the distilled essence of contemporary opening theory. This edition is an indispensable reference work for club and tournament players.International Grandmaster Nick de Firmian is a three-times US Champion and an expert on opening theory. He helped develop computer Deeper Blue's opening repertoire in its match victory over arch-theoretician Gary Kasparov.
Download or read book The Batsford Book of Chess written by Sean Marsh and published by Batsford. This book was released on 2014-09-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Batsford Book of Chess is a landmark, full-colour chess instruction book, authoritatively written and beautifully designed. Arranged in the form of a course, it will take you all the way from tentative beginner to formidable chess player. 'Quick Start' reference pages help you retain the information you've learned, and puzzle sections let you test yourself as you go. To illustrate more advanced strategy and tactics, the author uses world-class 'chess heroes' such as Bobby Fischer and Mikhail Tal to bring the concepts to life. Essential topics include: • Pieces and Moves: the very basics, covering the chessboard, notation, the names of the pieces and how they move, plus an overview of chess etiquette • What Chess is All About: an exploration of chess culture and history • Winning, Drawing and Losing: Covers the various ways of winning at chess, and how games are drawn • Six Openings for Life: Coverage of six of the best chess openings, each illustrated by a different 'chess hero' • Tactical Weapons: An examination of forks, pins, skewers and other tactical devices, followed by illustrative games from Tactical Hero Mikhail Tal • Positional Play: Looks at good and bad positions, plus the art of planning, seen through the games of Positional Hero Tigran Petrosian • Human Factors: Typical mistakes and blunders you'll need to steer clear of Easy to follow, yet more thorough and more challenging than other chess instruction books on the market, this book is an essential companion for all budding chess champions.
Download or read book I Play Against Pieces written by Svetozar Gligoric and published by Batsford. This book was released on 2002-10-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yugoslav grandmaster Svetozar Gligoric, once rated the strongest European chess player outside of Russia, has pursued a long and distinguished chess career. This highly acclaimed collection of over 100 of his best games, including classic wins against world champions and other top players such as Euwe, Botvinnik, Smyslov, Tal, Petrosian, Spassky, Fischer, Keres, Korchnoi, Larsen, Najdorf, and Reshevsky, now appears for the first time in English.The title of the book 'I Play Against Pieces' reflects Gligoric's thoroughly objective approach to chess, which has always been characterised by great clarity and logic, resulting in a wealth of model games. The fact that these games, replete with instructive tactics and strategies, are classified under openings will particularly benefit readers interested in the study of Queen's Pawn Openings as White and the King's Indian Defence and Ruy Lopez as Black of which Gligoric was a true connoisseur.
Download or read book Mastering the Chess Openings written by John Watson and published by Gambit Publications. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents information on the ideas and strategies for chess openings.
Download or read book LOGICAL CHESS written by Irving Chernev and published by Touchstone. This book was released on 1971-06-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Simon & Schuster, Logical Chess: Move By Move: Every Move Explained is Irving Chernev guide to beginners chess and the basic moves for every player to improve. In this much loved classic, Irving Chernev explains 33 complete games in detail, telling the reader the reason for every single move. Playing through these games and explanations gives a real insight into the power of the pieces and how to post them most effectively.
Download or read book An Opening Repertoire for the Attacking Player written by Raymond D. Keene and published by Owl Books. This book was released on 1994 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ruy Lopez Explained written by Gary Lane and published by Batsford. This book was released on 2005-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ruy Lopez is one of the oldest and most famous openings with plenty of attacking options for White and Black. It is favoured by world champions, such as Kasparov and Anand, and played successfully at every level. It is possible to understand and improve by knowing the typical themes and tactical combinations that have been discovered in recent years. Popular amongst beginners and advanced players alike, the Ruy Lopez is easy to learn but difficult to beat.
Download or read book Winning with the Bishop s Opening written by Gary Lane (I.M.) and published by B. T. Batsford Limited. This book was released on 1993 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bishop's Opening is an ideal opening for club and tournament players as it leads to positions in which a successful outcome depends on a thorough knowledge of the important ideas for both sides rather than time-consuming theoretical preparation. This collection of fully-annotated games includes every important variation with an emphasis on currently fashionable systems of attack and defence.
Download or read book Caro Kann Defence Advance Variation and Gambit System written by Anatoly Karpov and published by Batsford. This book was released on 2006-07-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Caro-Kann Defence has a justified reputation for reliability, making it an attractive choice for players with a preference for positional play. However in recent years many new dangerous ideas have been discovered for White which makes a study of the theoretical main lines imperative for competitive players. In this first volume, former world champion Anatoly Karpov, a life-long adherent of the Caro-Kann, undertakes a detailed examination of Classical Systems against the Caro-Kann which commence 1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3, and also the Advance Variation 3 e5. With this approach, precision and good timing is vital and can promise Black a successful defence, counter-chances and even a strategical advantage.
Download or read book An Opening Repertoire for White written by Raymond D. Keene and published by B. T. Batsford Limited. This book was released on 1995 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This updated edition aims to provide all that an average club player needs to know about the opening as White. One line has been selected against each of Black's possible defences, with all the variations giving scope for originality.
Download or read book Transpo Tricks in Chess written by Andrew Soltis and published by Anova Books. This book was released on 2007-06 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In chess, a transposition is a known position reached by a different move order than usual – a less obvious way of getting to somewhere you want to go, leading to confusion for your opponent. Every chess player has a number of them in his arsenal, and they are used most often in openings. There are transpositional tricks in all openings, but this is the first book devoted to them. As the book covers all the key openings variations it can be used by most chess players. The introduction explains what transpositions are and why they're invaluable, followed by 8 chapters discussing transpositions, illustrated by some notorious examples from top-flight matches. Chapters are divided by opening group – Double e-pawn openings; Sicilian Defense; Other Semi-Open openings; Double e-pawn openings; Indian openings; Other 1 d4 openings; Reti, English, 1 g3. The benefits and drawbacks of each set of move orders are discussed throughout. This is an ideal book for all club players and is written by one of the best chess writers in the world today.
Download or read book The Bishop s Opening Explained written by Gary Lane and published by Batsford. This book was released on 2004-11-25 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bishop’s Opening allows White to dictate the pattern of play from as early as the second move. It is ideal for club and tournament players as it leads to positions in which a successful outcome depends on knowledge of the important ideas for both sides. The key plans and strategies are explained to make it easy for those who have limited time to study. A large number of world-class players employ it, clearly confirming that it is a highly respected and formidable opening. The opening was first recommended by Philidor in the 18th century, and then used to great effect by the legendary Paul Morphy and Howard Staunton. More recently Bent Larsen has inspired a new generation of players to take up the opening with victories at the highest level. The book covers: How to play the opening successfully by using model games Explains the basic elements and strategies for both sides The tricks and traps in the opening for both players How to play the middlegame by following easy plans
