Chess Opening Books
The first phase of a chess game is known as the Chess Opening. It is during
this phase of the chess game that the initial moves are made. Similarly, those
moves are commonly referred to in the chess world as the “Chess Opening”.
While there are literally billions of possible positions after the first 4 moves
have been made in a game of chess (288 billion to be exact), only a small number
of these chess openings have been studied by chess professionals and chess
computers and deemed to be sound for practical play.
To help differentiate one chess opening from another, each chess opening is
given a unique name to identify it. While it is common for a chess opening to be
named after the player/s that introduced them to popular play, including the
Benko Gambit (after Grandmaster Pal Benko), the Sicilian Najdorf (named
after Grandmaster Miguel Najdorf) and the Philidor Defense (named after Francois-Andre
Danican Philidor), this is not always the case Some chess openings are named
after the locations and/or cultures in which they originated, including the
London System, the French Defense, the Sicilian
Defense, The English Opening and
the Vienna Game. While others are named after the pieces that are moved during
that opening, including the Queen’s Pawn Gambit and the King’s Indian
Defense.
There are 6 basic objectives during the chess opening. They are Piece
Development, Control of the Center of the Board, King Safety, Prevention of Pawn
Weakness, Piece Coordination and to Create positions in which the player is more
comfortable than the opponent.
CLEARANCE - Russian Chess Report 2 - Sizilianische Verteidigung
CLEARANCE - The Schliemann Defense - Volume 1
CLEARANCE - Tarrasch French I - Guimard Variation 3...Nc6
CLEARANCE - The Spanish Inquisition Volume 1 - The Zaitsev Variation
CLEARANCE - The Polugayevsky Variation of the Najdorf Defense
CLEARANCE - The Modern Center Attack in the Ruy Lopez
CLEARANCE - Meran Defense
CLEARANCE - Secrets of Opening Surprises - VOLUME 11
The Queen's Gambit Accepted: A Modern Counterattack in an Ancient Opening
CLEARANCE - Three Double King Pawn Openings
CLEARANCE - NIC Yearbook 83 - PAPERBACK EDITION
CLEARANCE - Anti-Meran D45/46 - Hypermodern Theory of Openings
Beating the Queen’s Gambit – Indian Style! - PAPERBACK
CLEARANCE - Larsen's Opening
CLEARANCE - Tactics in the Chess Opening - VOLUME 5
CLEARANCE - Owen's Defense
The Center Game
CLEARANCE - Das Schach-Archiv - 46
CLEARANCE - Blackmar Diemer Gambit
CLEARANCE - Taimanov and Knight's - Tour Benoni
CLEARANCE - French Winawer Poisoned Pawn
CLEARANCE - Die Caro-Kann Verteidigung
CLEARANCE - Beating the Flank Openings
CLEARANCE - The Complete Encyclopedia of Chess Openings - King's Indian Defence E92
Play the Mackenzie!
CLEARANCE - The Neo-Sveshnikov
CLEARANCE - Lettisches Gambit
CLEARANCE - How to Play the Queen's Indian
CLEARANCE - Nimzo-Indian with 4 Qc2
CLEARANCE - Euwe Defense - Blackmar Diemer Gambit
CLEARANCE - Sicilian Richter-Rauzer With A6
CLEARANCE - The Panov Attack - At the Crossroads of Opening Theory - Volume 2 - The Main Lines
CLEARANCE - The French Defence - Winawer Variation C15-C19 - FR8-FR13.4
CLEARANCE - New Ideas In The Queens Gambit Accepted
CLEARANCE - Meran and Anti-Meran Variation
