This objective guide covers all 16 of White's alternative to 1 e4, 1 d4, 1 c4 and 1 Nf3. Some of these lines have a cult following while others are just sensible ways of starting the game, with their own subtleties and pitfalls for the unwary, while a

This inclusive guide to every unorthodox opening used by chess players contains more than 500 weird, contentious, controversial, unconventional, arrogant, and outright strange openings. A powerful part of any chess player's arsenal, these tricky tacky surprises fly in the face of tradition. 1,000+ illustrations and diagrams.

Start every game with confidence! The two greatest challenges for beginning chess players are not only to survive the openings phase, but also to choose appropriate attack and defense formations in the process. Winning Chess Openings shows you how to do both. In Yasser Seirawan's entertaining, easy-to-follow style, you're shown formations that can be used with other White or Black pieces. Winning Chess Openings will help you develop a solid understanding of opening principles that you can apply to every game you play without having to memorise a dizzying array of tedious and lengthy opening lines. * Build a safe house for a King * Estimate losses of ten moves or fewer * Utilise the elements: time, force, space and pawn structure * Plan strategy based on time-tested opening principles * Employ a defense for Black against any White Opening * Apply an opening for White used by World Champions Winning Chess Openings will help readers develop a solid understanding of opening principles that can be applied to every game they play--without having to memorize a dizzying array of tedious and lengthy opening lines.

A beginner-friendly study of chess openings and how you can use your first moves to your advantage Are you feeling frustrated that you’re losing your chess game in the first few moves? Do you want to learn the best strategies for a checkmate? In this accessible book, chess master I. A. Horowitz details how to step up your chess game. He outlines the principles and concepts of opening play, discussing the popular attack and defense openings—including the queen’s gambit, the Sicilian defense, the French defense, and many more— and breaks down their individual moves and grand plans. He also shows the tactical forte of each move and how it ties up with the overall strategical idea. Perfect for people who just learned the rules of chess or more advanced players who want to gain some strategy, How to Win in the Chess Openings will give you the tools you need to win your next game.

The single most remarkable property of my unique new chess opening guidebook is that it is fish friendly! As many a forlorn loser has discovered to their chagrin, if you ever try reading your average encyclopedia volume one on chess openings from start to finish with the bright idea of absorbing all of the precious information inside it with your fabulous photographic memory, you will inevitably emerge thoroughly bewildered; and still just fish for the boys. In stark contrast the opening strategies in my book are presented using only complete sample games featuring consistently good if not best play for our side (with occasional lapse thrown in, just to add a touch of realism and keep you on your toes), so that by merely playing through them the apt student's playing strength is bound to improve dramatically as they learn by direct example all aspects of chess starteg from first move to checkmate. Just as learning to speak or read may seem like a miraculous event which occurs practically overnight, so may learning to play chess like a supremely talented champion! It is merely a matter of thoughtfully packaging the information in a suitable format to be readily assiilated by eager minds at their own rate without inadvertently giving them a severe case of cerebral indigestion, as well might a voluminous reference work choked with endless truncated opening lines and variants terminating in evaluation symbols of questionable value if you let's say supposing just for argument's sake happened to try to memorize the darn thing. Naturally I maintain my book offers the most expedient means of achieving real competence at chess; and am quite prepard to wager on it!

When a chess master finds a winning strategic idea it is seldom by accident. An amateur, staring at a position on the chess board is often fumbling in the dark, his head spinning with a multitude of general rules and vague notions. The master’s approach is concrete. He knows how and where to look, because he has studied the games of other masters. Sarkhan Guliev presents a wide range of strategic manoeuvres that have been repeatedly employed by great chess players. He shows how masters generate ideas from the games of other masters: positional sacrifices, amazing counterplay concepts, unorthodox exchanges, winning with h2-h4, overcoming a blockade, the advantages of double pawns, the e5 pawn wedge, the uses of the queen-bishop battery, and much more. After studying this book, chess amateurs will find winning strategic manoeuvres quicker and more often. They will not find them by accident or by relying on general principles, but because they have built up a large stockpile of highly practical ideas.

"Dealing with the English, R'eti, King's Indian Attack and other annoying systems"..cover.