Winning Chess Openings: Learn 25 Essential Opening Strategies Today!

by Bill Robertie

A chess player's opening sets the tone for the entire game, creating the advantages or disadvantages that lead to victory or defeat. In this step-by-step guide, former U.S. speed chess champion Bill Robertie reveals more than 25 openings that will help beginning and intermediate players seize the early advantage.

Genres: Chess, Games, Education, Nonfiction

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

Reviews

[Tim Wetzel]

The most confusing moves are explained very well, but there’s a fair number of notation errors in this edition that made it hard to follow. Also, it’s a chess book.

[Neil]

Inspired by an encounter with an old friend, I've been trying to rebuild my chess game. It's a challenge at this age, and one of the things I've lost is my opening theory, so I thought this little book might help me remember. But it's very much a survey and doesn't have enough depth to be really useful. It helped me recall a few things, but only because I once knew them. For a beginner, about all it would do is help you find the names of different openings. It's better on king pawn openings than queen pawn openings and mostly ignores everything else.

[Rob]

I feel like following the moves helped me see chess in a new way. I doubt I could remember the sequence if I were in a game with an actual opponent. But, I really enjoyed watching how chess masters set up their games. They made moves I'd never see. It was fascinating.

[William]

There were a few typos, and notation errors in the edition I got, but I found it a solid introduction to common chess opening strategies, as someone trying to learn how to play beyond the basic rules. Robertie's writing also flows well, and is easy to read.

[Arayah Sunshine]

Concise and clear.

[Amy McGraw]

chess. been working on my chess strategy. this is a book about chess strategies. 5 stars.

[Amy]

I think I'll be re-reading this. My 10 year old wanted to learn the game so we played - she beat me.

[Dave]

Pretty good. My openings are weak, and this book definitely helped.