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.
SHOPWORN - Tactics in the Chess Opening - VOLUME 6
Chess Camp - VOLUME 7
The Modernized Colle Zukertort Attack - HARDCOVER
SHOPWORN - The 3... Qd8 Scandinavian
The Modernized London System - HARDCOVER
The Modernized Flank Attack - HARDCOVER
The Modernized Semi-Slav - HARDCOVER
SHOPWORN - Steamrolling the Sicilian
Playing the Nimzo-Indian
Spanish Inquisition - Zaitsev Variation
Queen's Gambit Declined - Orthodox Variation
Opening Hacker Files: The Bogo-Dutch
Tarrasch French Guimard Variation with 3...Nc6
Gruenfeld Defense Russian Variations
Encyclopedia of Chess Openings - A13 - English Opening - HARDCOVER
The Mental Game - HARDCOVER
Dragon Masters Volume 1
The Modernized Trojan Knight 1.Nc3
Spanish Gambits - UPDATED
Attack with the Boden-Kieseritzky-Morphy Gambit
Unknown Weapons in the Grunfeld - HARDCOVER
The Modernized Trojan Knight 1.Nc3 - PAPERBACK
Queen's Gambit Accepted - Smyslov Variation
The Modernized Queen's Gambit Declined - HARDCOVER
Delchev’s Practical Opening Repertoire - Volume 1 - HARDCOVER
Openings - The English Opening Volume 1 - Symmetrical Variation
Chess Openings for Kids
None Shall Pass! The Damiano Petroff
More Chess Openings - Traps and Zaps - VOLUME 2
Chess Opening - Traps and Zaps - VOLUME 1
Origins: Ruy Lopez - Book II
Double Trouble Scandinavian Style
SHOPWORN - Double Trouble Scandinavian Style
Play the French with 3...dxe4
Keep it Simple
