Improve Your Opening Play

by Chris Ward

Grandmaster Chris Ward explains the important ideas behind every major opening, unravelling among others, the secrets of the Sicilian, the mysteries of the Modern and teh fundamentals of the French. He emphasizes the need to understand the key elements of each opening rather than simply memorize a series of complicated variations which leave you stranded if the opponent varies from the expected route.

Genres: Chess, Reference

144 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2000

Reviews

[Rustam]

My opening play has improved, even before I started reading this book!

[David Menčik · Rating 1 out of 5]

Completely useless both for tournament players and novice players. Most of the openings are analyzed but until move 8 if you are lucky. If is just not deep enough.