James Eade

Chess Openings for Dummies

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781394344994
• ISBN-10: 1394344996
• Artikelnr.: 72487346

Autorenporträt

James Eade is a United States Chess Federation (USCF) chess master as well as a chess writer, tournament organizer, and teacher. He is the author of Chess For Dummies.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1
Part I: Principles of Play 7
Chapter 1: Understanding Chess Openings 9
Chapter 2: Exploring the Elements of Chess 17
Chapter 3: Picking the Right Type of Opening 27
Part II: Winning with Open Games 35
Chapter 4: Gambling with Gambits 37
Chapter 5: Opening Softly with a Big Stick: The Bishop Makes Its Move 57
Chapter 6: Workin' on Some Knight Moves 71
Chapter 7: Employing the Royal Ruy 79
Chapter 8: The Best of the Rest of the Open Games 99
Part III: Having It Both Ways with Semi-Open Games 111
Chapter 9: Sharpening the Sicilian 113
Chapter 10: Parlez-vous the French? 135
Chapter 11: Anyone Can Caro-Kann 155
Chapter 12: Rope-a-Dope with the Pirc and Modern Defenses 171
Chapter 13: The Best of the Rest of the Semi-Open Games 185
Part IV: Conquering with Closed and Semi-Closed Games 195
Chapter 14: Offering the Queen's Gambit 197
Chapter 15: Declining with the Slav and Semi-Slav 213
Chapter 16: Getting Hypermodern with the Nimzo-Indian 229
Chapter 17: Fighting Back with the King's Indian 241
Chapter 18: Grinding in the Grünfeld 255
Chapter 19: The Best of the Rest of the Semi-Closed Games 265
Part V: Advancing with Flank Openings 283
Chapter 20: Speaking the King's English 285
Chapter 21: Getting Réti 305
Chapter 22: The Best of the Rest of the Flank Openings 313
Part VI: The Part of Tens 327
Chapter 23: Ten Common Mistakes to Avoid in the Opening 329
Chapter 24: Ten Best Ways to Study Chess Openings 339
Chapter 25: Ten Great Chess Web Sites 345
Index 349