Back to Basics: Chess Openings
249 pages, paperback, CarstenChess, 1. edition 2021
There are few things worse than starting a game of chess and before you get settled in, you are stuck with a bad position that has you on the heels for the rest of the game. This book will help you get off to a better start and select openings that suit your understanding and balance your chess studies.
Back to Basics: Openings will help you understand and play the openings in chess much, much better. It will also help balance your studies of openings, and give you a recipe as to how to obtain better results from your openings and how to approach a variety of situations relevant to our topic of openings.
The book covers critical concepts, including:
- Opening Principles
- How do I decide which Openingto Choose?
- An Introduction to opening Theory
- Opening traps
- and much more
| Weight | 400 g |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | CarstenChess |
| Width | 15 cm |
| Height | 22,5 cm |
| Medium | Book |
| Year of Publication | 2021 |
| Author | Carsten Hansen |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-8793812758 |
| Pages | 249 |
| Binding | paperback |
004 Author's Dedication; Bibliography
005 Introduction
008 1. My Own Experiences with Openings
013 2. Opening Principles
030 3. How do I Decide which opening to choose?
034 4. An Introduction to Opening Theory
039 5. The Open Games
084 6. The Semi-Open Games
141 7. The Closed Games
167 8. The Semi-Closed Games
207 9. Flank Openings
231 10. Where do I go from here?
237 Index of Names and Variations
