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 - Oops! I Resigned Again!
CLEARANCE - The Najdorf Bg5 Revisited – Volume 1
Beating the Najdorf Rare Lines
CLEARANCE - A Complete Opening Repertoire for Black after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6! – Volume 1
The Basman-Williams Attack
Play the Orangutan: 1.b4
Coffeehouse Repertoire 1.e4 Volume 2
The London System in 12 Practical Lessons
CLEARANCE - Rakhmanov's Secrets of Opening Preparation
SHOPWORN - The Sicilian Four Knights
Catastrophes and Tactics In The Chess Opening - Volume 1 - Indian Defenses
CLEARANCE - The Scandinavian for Club Players
Coffeehouse Repertoire 1.e4 Volume 1
Grivas Opening Laboratory - Volume 7
The Exchange French Comes to Life
SHOPWORN - The Exchange French Comes to Life
Quick Course of Chess Openings
Winning with 1.e4!
CLEARANCE - NIC Yearbook 136 - PAPERBACK EDITION
CLEARANCE - 1. d4! The Chess Bible
CLEARANCE - The Modernized Ruy Lopez Volume 1 – A Complete Repertoire for White
CLEARANCE - The Modernized Anti-Sicilians Volume 1 – Rossolimo Variation
Understanding Before Moving - Volume 1 - Ruy Lopez and Italian Structures
CLEARANCE - Beat the French Defense with 3. Nc3 – A Complete Repertoire for White
CLEARANCE - The Modernized Modern Benoni
Openings - The Queen's Gambit
CLEARANCE - The Zaitsev System
SHOPWORN - The Zaitsev System
The London System - Properly Played
Grandmaster Repertoire 1B - 1. d4 - The Queen's Gambit
A Practical Black Repertoire with Nf6, g6, d6 - King's Indian - Vol. 2
Bf4 in the Queen's Gambit and the Exchange Slav
Complete Guide to the Queen's Pawn Opening - Vol 2
A Simple Chess Opening Repertoire for White
CLEARANCE - My First Chess Opening Repertoire for White
