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Chess Openings for Dummies Paperback - 2010 - 1st Edition
by Eade, James
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- Title Chess Openings for Dummies
- Author Eade, James
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 384
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John, U.S.A.
- Publication date 2010-08
- Illustrated Yes
- Bookseller's Inventory # 4783315-6
- ISBN 9780470603642 / 047060364X
- Weight 1.26 lbs (0.57 kg)
- Dimensions 9.22 x 7.4 x 0.81 in (23.42 x 18.80 x 2.06 cm)
- Category Games / Gamebooks / Crosswords
- Library of Congress subjects Chess, Chess - Openings
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2010930725
- Dewey Decimal Code 794.122
- Quantity available 1
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From the publisher
From the rear cover
Learn to:
- Plan a winning strategy from the first move you make
- Analyze your opponent's opening
- Improve your game with tips and strategies
- Ensure victory with helpful diagrams
The fast and easy way to improve your chess game
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!
- Chess openings 101 -- understand what an opening is, how they're classified, and how they differ from one another
- Keep an open mind -- get a grip on what it means to play an open game and how it allows for speedy mobilization of your pieces
- Get down and dirty -- discover how to play a semi-open game and shake things up by pulling out your best defensive moves
- Close in on a win -- learn how to maneuver your pieces to the right spot and plan long-range strategies to conquer in a closed game
- Advance your game -- 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
Open the book and find:
- How to seize space and limit your opponent's options
- Coverage of popular openings, including the Ruy Lopez, the Sicilian, and the King's Indian
- Openings featuring rapid piece development
- What it means to play open, semi-open, and closed games
- Openings that fit your style of play
- Ten common mistakes to avoid in the opening
