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.
Flank Openings
Sacrifices in the Sicilian
Play the Tarrasch
Dreispringerspiel bis Konigsgambit - GERMAN EDITION
CLEARANCE - Tricks, Traps, and Tips in the Chess Opening
Opening Repertoire - The Slav
CLEARANCE - Cheparinov’s 1.d4! Volume 2 – The Slav & Semi-Slav
Winning Chess Openings
Modern Chess Openings - 15TH EDITION
The King's Gambit
The Complete Kalashnikov
Chess Archives
The Caro-Kann - Move by Move
The Complete Kalashnikov - FRENCH EDITION
Mayhem in the Morra
The Sharpest Sicilian 2012
Complete Slav I
Panov Attack in Chess
The Symmetrical English
Magnus Carlsen's Norwegian Rat
The Guide to the English Opening: 1...e5
King's Indian 2 - PAPERBACK
The Arkhangelsk Ruy Lopez
NIC Yearbook 108 - PAPERBACK EDITION
Chess Openings
Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening Workbook Series - 1. d4 d5 - Vol. 2
King's Indian 1 - PAPERBACK
CLEARANCE - The Benko Revisited - Vol. 2
CLEARANCE - The Benko Revisited - Vol. 1
CLEARANCE - Your Jungle Guide to 1. D4! V. 1B
NIC Yearbook 108 - HARDCOVER EDITION
Handbuch Des Schachspiels - GERMAN EDITION
The Modernized Sicilian Kan
CLEARANCE - Beat the Anti-Sicilians
CLEARANCE - The Modernized Grivas Sicilian
