A single-volume guide to playing various chess openings. It explains the ideas behind each major opening so that the reader can establish a feel for the positions which arise, and consequently will be confident of dealing with them in practical play.

How to play the opening in chess

Humor & Entertainment

Keene, Raymond D.

Puzzles & Games

Collins

Recounts and includes commentary on twelve chess matches involving the best players of all time

Duels of the Mind: The Twelve Best Games of Chess

Collier Books

Analyzes the forty-eight games in 1984 world chess tournament between Anatoly Karpov and Gary Kasparov

Moscow Challenge Karpov-Kasparov

Macmillan Pub. Co.

Traces the development of combinational thought from the early days of chess events up to the reign of world champion Anatoly Karpov. By identifying key recurring elements in the decisive combinations of the champions, Keene shows how to pull off crushing finishes.

The Chess Combination from Philidor to Karpov

Why are certain openings fashionable and why do others vanish? Is this based on an objective evaluation or on mere whim? How were Openings principles first elaborated and by whom? And are the experts on openings always right?

The Evolution of Chess Opening Theory: From Philidor to Kasparov

Pergamon Press

The Evolution of Chess Opening Theory: From Philidor to Kasparov (Cadogan Chess Books)

Pergamon Pr

Traces the history of the game, describing its origins, its rapid development during the Renaissance, early and modern tournaments, and the use of computers

Chess: An Illustrated History

Simon&Schuster

Aron Nimzowitsch, 1886-1935: A reappraisal

D. McKay Co.

Leonid Stein: Master Of Attack

Hale

Chess Olympiad, Skopje 1972,

Batsford

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