Mastering the chess openings
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 volume, focusing on queen's pawn openings, is a book that will make chess-players think hard about how they begin their games. It also offers both entertainment and challenging study material in openings such as the Nimzo-Indian, King's Indian and the entire Queen's Gambit complex.
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- Full title :Mastering the chess openings. / John Watson.
Summary
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 volume, focusing on queen's pawn openings, is a book that will make chess-players think hard about how they begin their games. It also offers both entertainment and challenging study material in openings such as the Nimzo-Indian, King's Indian and the entire Queen's Gambit complex.
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- Publication Date:2007.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Gambit
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2007.
Notes
"Unlocking the mysteries of the modern chess openings"--Cover
The Physical Object
- Description:318 pages : : illustrations ; : 25 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1904600697, 9781904600695
- oclc:ocn156416858
- LC Classification:GV1450
- Dewey Decimal:794.122
Table of Contents
Sect. 1. Closed games. Introduction to 1 d4 and closed games -- Queen's gambit declined -- Slav and Semi-Slav -- Sect. 2. Indian Systems. Introduction to the Indian defences -- Nizmo-Indian defence -- Queen's Indian defence -- King's Indian defence -- Grunfeld defence -- Modern Benoni.
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