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Mastering the Chess Openings: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Modern Chess Openings,

By John Watson

Book information

Publisher
Gambit Publications
Year
2006
ISBN
1904600603, 9781904600602
Open Library ID
OL8772529M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
6 MB (5845549 bytes)
Volume
volume 1
Pages
337\337
Scanned
no
Time added
2014-10-05 02:30:00

Description

A major new title from Gambit Publications Ltd. For most chess-players, opening study is sheer hard work. It is hard to know what is important and what is not, and when specific knowledge is vital, or when a more general understanding is sufficient. Tragically often, once the opening is over, a player won’t know what plan to follow, or even understand why his pieces are on the squares on which they sit. With this book John Watson seeks to help chess-players achieve a more holistic and insightful view of the openings. In his previous books on chess strategy, he explained vital concepts that had previously been the domain only of top-class players, and did so in ways that have enabled them to enter the general chess consciousness of club players. Here he does likewise for the openings, explaining how flexible thinking and notions such as ‘rule-independence’ can apply to the opening. Watson presents a wide-ranging view of the way in which top-class players really handle the opening, rather than an idealized and simplified model. This is a book that will make chess-players think hard about how they begin their games, while offering both entertainment and challenging material for study.

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