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Openings Books

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Chess Books on Openings

The opening is where it all begins and can set the tone for the rest of the game. There are dozens of openings with hundreds of variations. These books will teach you all of the opening strategies for both white and black along with how to best respond to your opponent's many possible reactions. Establishing a strong opening position and recognizing your opponent's counter strategy is "must have" knowledge for the club and tournament player!

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Accelerated Dragons
Many players are attracted to the Dragon Sicilian, but are put off by the fierce mating attacks that White can launch. In the Accelerated Dragon, Black aims for an improved version, saving a move w...
Item: EM2083
$23.95
A Startling Chess Opening Repertoire
For those who want to keep up to date with main-line openings. This is a repertoire of opening lines for White, based on starting with Bobby Fischer's favorite move 1 e4, that are slightly off the ...
Item: EM5538
$16.95
Attacking with 1d4
Tired of playing the same old openings? Worried about having to learn too much theory? Then these books are what you're looking for! All-new and attacking opening repertoires based on the moves 1 d...
Item: EM2588
$17.95
Basic Chess Openings
In this comprehensive book for players of all ages, Grandmaster Kallai provides a straightforward, easy-to-use guide to surviving the maze of chess openings, covering all the popular modern opening...
Item: EM1133
$17.95
c3 Sicilian
The c3 Sicilian has been one of the most widely played openings among club and tournament players for more than a decade. It leads to dynamic play in which the better prepared player invariably com...
Item: EM2903
$17.95
Caro-Kann Main Line
An up-to-date survey of the always popular Main Line Caro-Kann, which remains one of the most dependable ways for Black to meet 1 e4 and plays a key role in the repertoires of such stars as Anatoly...
Item: EM3035
$17.95
Caro-Kann: Smyslov System 4...Nd7
An objective, detailed coverage of all of the lines of the Smyslov system, with special attention devoted to the most dangerous attacking systems available to White - such as that used in Deep Blue...
Item: EM1044
$16.95
Chess Explained: The English Opening
Chess Explained is a new series of books about chess openings. They are not theoretical works in the traditional sense, but more a series of lessons from a chess expert with extensive over-the-boar...
Item: GP0596
$17.95
Chess Explained: The Meran Semi-Slav
Chess Explained books provide an understanding of an opening and the middlegames to which it leads, enabling you to find the right moves and plans in your own games. It is as if you were sitting at...
Item: GP0817
$21.95
Chess Explained: The Modern Benoni
Chess Explained is a new series of books about chess openings. They are not theoretical works in the traditional sense, but more a series of lessons from a chess expert with extensive over-the-boar...
Item: GP0770
$21.95
Chess Explained: The Nizmo-Indian
Chess Explained books provide an understanding of an opening and the middlegames to which it leads, enabling you to find the right moves and plans in your own games. It is as if you were sitting at...
Item: GP0725
$21.95
Chess Explained: The Taimanov Sicilian
Chess Explained is a new series of books about chess openings. They are not theoretical works in the traditional sense, but more a series of lessons from a chess expert with extensive over-the-boar...
Item: GP0626
$17.95
Creative Chess Opening Preparation
Grandmaster Eingorn is an chess opening trendsetter. Throughout his career, he has introduced many novel concepts in the openings, and some of the systems he has introduced have gone on to become a...
Item: GP0589
$23.95
Dangerous Weapons: The French
Do you need a well-deserved break from your normal chess openings? Are you tired of constantly having to keep up with modern chess theory? Or perhaps you simply wish to try out something new and ex...
Item: EM4353
$22.95
Dangerous Weapons: The Queen's Gambit
Are you tired of playing the same old openings time and time again? Fed up with constantly having to keep up with modern chess theory? Or perhaps you simply wish to play something new and inspiring...
Item: EM5466
$21.95
Discovering Chess Openings : Building a repertoire from basic principles
There's no denying that the opening is one of the most daunting phases of the game for newcomers to chess. There are literally hundreds of different opening lines, many with unusual sounding names,...
Item: EM4193
$17.95
Easy Guide to the Classical Sicilian
The Classical Sicilian is perhaps the most natural way of treating the Sicilian Defence. Black develops in standard fashion, while inviting White to attack violently or choose a quieter approach. E...
Item: EM5244
$16.95
Easy Guide to the Najdorf
The Najdorf has always been one of the sharpest lines of the Sicilian Defence, where fearless, attacking play is usually rewarded, while even the smallest of errors by either side can be immediatel...
Item: EM5299
$16.95
Easy Guide to the Nge 2 King's Indian
An easy to follow guide to an aggressive and little-known system against the popular King's Indian. The reader is guided through the main themes of the Hungarian Attack and presented with a careful...
Item: EM2458
$16.95
Easy Guide to the Nimzo-Indian
The Nimzo-indian is one of the most important and popular chess openings among players of all standards. However, there is a dearth of good literature explaining the dynamics of the Nimzo - a need ...
Item: EM5139
$14.21
Easy Guide to the Queens Gambit Accepted
The Queen's Gambit Accepted is one of Black's most trustworthy and yet dynamic ways of facing the Queen's Pawn Opening. Black immediately accepts the invitation to open the position, leading to pos...
Item: EM5236
$16.95
Easy Guide to the Ruy Lopez
In this easy-to-follow guide, you are taken through the main concepts that underlie the Ruy Lopez, leading on to a carefully organized repertoire. The content is up-to-date and contains enough info...
Item: EM2202
$16.95
Easy Guide to the Sveshnikov Sicilian
All chess-players need a reliable defence to 1 e4, preferably one that is fun to play and provides real winning chances. The Sveshnikov Sicilian fits the bill perfectly. Black's active piece-play c...
Item: EM2806
$17.95
English ...e5
The 1...e5 variation of the English Opening, sometimes referred to as the reversed Sicilian, leads to a diversity of stimulating positions. From wild tactical moves to slow positional battles, ther...
Item: EM3394
$17.95
English Opening: Symmetrical
The English Opening is one of the most flexible and dynamic ways for White to begin the game, and it is no accident that it features in the repertoires of many leading grandmasters, including World...
Item: EM0324
$21.95
French Advance (2nd edition), The
The Advance Variation is a popular and direct way of meeting the ultra-solid French Defence. Very early on in the game White opts to fix the pawn structure and establishes a genuine space advantage...
Item: EM3912
$17.95
Italian Game and Evans Gambit
The Italian Game (sometimes referred to as the Giuoco Piano) is one of the oldest openings around, and also one of the first lines players learn when they are introduced to chess. It leads to play ...
Item: EM3738
$21.95
Mastering the Chess Openings Volume 1
For many chess-players, opening study is sheer hard work. It is difficult to know what is important and what is not, and when specific knowledge is vital, or when a more general understanding is su...
Item: GP0602
$26.95
Mastering the Opening
These three books are ideal for keen club players who want to improve and are seeking to better their understanding of the three key stages of a chess game: the opening, when the battle lines are d...
Item: EM2237
$21.95
Modern Benoni
The dynamic Modern Benoni Defence has undergone something of a revival over the past five or six years. It offers Black a fighting game right from the opening and is ideal for counter-attacking pla...
Item: EM2229
$17.95
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