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 - The Fianchetto Solution
The Caro-Kann Defense - Classical Variation
Unknown Weapons in the Grunfeld
Better Late Than Never
SHOPWORN - Understanding the Scandinavian
CLEARANCE - Understanding the Scandinavian
CLEARANCE - The Double Queen's Gambit
SHOPWORN - The Hypermodern Game of Chess
CLEARANCE - The Lazy Man's Silcilian
CLEARANCE - Opening Originals
SHOPWORN - Opening Originals
CLEARANCE - The English Attack Against the Taimanov Sicilian
SHOPWORN - The English Attack Against the Taimanov Sicilian
Rossolimo and Friends
Modernized - The Open Sicilian
NIC Yearbook 113 - HARDCOVER EDITION
SHOPWORN - Chess Developments - Sicilian Najdorf 6. Bg5
NIC Yearbook 112 - PAPERBACK EDITION
NIC Yearbook 112 - HARDCOVER EDITION
SHOPWORN - French Defense
NIC Yearbook 111 - HARDCOVER EDITION
NIC Yearbook 111 - PAPERBACK EDITION
SHOPWORN - A Cutting-Edge Gambit against the Queen’s Indian
CLEARANCE - Sabotage the Grunfeld
CLEARANCE - A Cutting-Edge Gambit against the Queen’s Indian
NIC Yearbook 110 - PAPERBACK EDITION
NIC Yearbook 109 - HARDCOVER EDITION
Complete Slav 2
Small Encyclopedia of Chess Opening
CLEARANCE - Steamrolling the Sicilian
Encyclopedia of Chess Openings - Volume B - Part 2
Win with the Caro-Kann
Back to Basics - Chess Openings
Grivas Opening Laboratory - Volume 6
Opening Repertoire - The Iron English
