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Chess Openings For Dummies


Chess Openings For Dummies


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von: James Eade

16,99 €

Verlag: Wiley
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 08.07.2010
ISBN/EAN: 9780470882399
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 384

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<b>Improve your chess game the fast and easy way</b> <p>You never get a second chance to make a first impression?especially in the game of chess! <i>Chess Openings For Dummies</i> gives you tips and techniques for analyzing openings and strategies for winning chess games from the very first move you make!</p> <p>This friendly, helpful guide provides you with easy-to-follow and step-by-step instructions on the top opening chess strategies and gives you the tools you need to develop your own line of attack from the very start.</p> <ul> <li>Includes illustrations to help ensure victory</li> <li>Equips you with the tools and strategies to plan a winning strategy</li> <li>Also serves as a valuable resource for curriculums that use chess as a learning tool</li> </ul> <p>Whether you?re a veteran or novice chess player, <i>Chess Openings For Dummies</i> is the ultimate guide to getting a grip on the openings and variants that will ensure you have all the right moves to open and win any chess game.</p>
<p>Introduction 1</p> <p><b>Part I: Principles of Play 7</b></p> <p>Chapter 1: Understanding Chess Openings 9</p> <p>Chapter 2: Exploring the Elements of Chess 17</p> <p>Chapter 3: Picking the Right Type of Opening 27</p> <p><b>Part II: Winning with Open Games 35</b></p> <p>Chapter 4: Gambling with Gambits 37</p> <p>Chapter 5: Opening Softly with a Big Stick: The Bishop Makes Its Move 57</p> <p>Chapter 6: Workin’ on Some Knight Moves 71</p> <p>Chapter 7: Employing the Royal Ruy 79</p> <p>Chapter 8: The Best of the Rest of the Open Games 99</p> <p><b>Part III: Having It Both Ways with Semi-Open Games 111</b></p> <p>Chapter 9: Sharpening the Sicilian 113</p> <p>Chapter 10: Parlez-vous the French? 135</p> <p>Chapter 11: Anyone Can Caro-Kann 155</p> <p>Chapter 12: Rope-a-Dope with the Pirc and Modern Defenses 171</p> <p>Chapter 13: The Best of the Rest of the Semi-Open Games 185</p> <p><b>Part IV: Conquering with Closed and Semi-Closed Games 195</b></p> <p>Chapter 14: Offering the Queen’s Gambit 197</p> <p>Chapter 15: Declining with the Slav and Semi-Slav 213</p> <p>Chapter 16: Getting Hypermodern with the Nimzo-Indian 229</p> <p>Chapter 17: Fighting Back with the King’s Indian 241</p> <p>Chapter 18: Grinding in the Grünfeld 255</p> <p>Chapter 19: The Best of the Rest of the Semi-Closed Games 265</p> <p><b>Part V: Advancing with Flank Openings 283</b></p> <p>Chapter 20: Speaking the King’s English 285</p> <p>Chapter 21: Getting Réti 305</p> <p>Chapter 22: The Best of the Rest of the Flank Openings 313</p> <p><b>Part VI: The Part of Tens 327</b></p> <p>Chapter 23: Ten Common Mistakes to Avoid in the Opening 329</p> <p>Chapter 24: Ten Best Ways to Study Chess Openings 339</p> <p>Chapter 25: Ten Great Chess Web Sites 345</p> <p>Index 349</p>
<p><b>James Eade</b> is a United States Chess Federation (USCF) chess master as well as a chess writer, tournament organizer, and teacher. He is the author of <i>Chess For Dummies.</i>
<p><b>Learn to:</b> <ul> <li>Plan a winning strategy from the first move you make</li> <li>Analyze your opponent's opening</li> <li>Improve your game with tips and strategies</li> <li>Ensure victory with helpful diagrams</li> </ul> <p><b>The fast and easy way to improve your chess game</b> <p>You never get a second chance to make a first impression — especially in the game of chess! By using specific examples, detailed explanations, and diagrams, this friendly guide gives you tips and techniques for analyzing openings and developing strategies that will help you win any chess game . . . from the very first move you make! <ul> <li><b>Chess openings 101</b> — understand what an opening is, how they're classified, and how they differ from one another</li> <li><b>Keep an open mind</b> — get a grip on what it means to play an open game and how it allows for speedy mobilization of your pieces</li> <li><b>Get down and dirty</b> — discover how to play a semi-open game and shake things up by pulling out your best defensive moves</li> <li><b>Close in on a win</b> — learn how to maneuver your pieces to the right spot and plan long-range strategies to conquer in a closed game</li> <li><b>Advance your game</b> — take your skills to the next level with the English, Reti, and other flank openings that give you flexibility in responding to your opponent's moves</li> </ul> <p><b>Open the book and find:</b> <ul> <li>How to seize space and limit your opponent's options</li> <li>Coverage of popular openings, including the Ruy Lopez, the Sicilian, and the King's Indian</li> <li>Openings featuring rapid piece development</li> <li>What it means to play open, semi-open, and closed games</li> <li>Openings that fit your style of play</li> <li>Ten common mistakes to avoid in the opening</li> </ul>

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