THE CHESS OPENINGS GUIDE

This book covers the chess openings in a very original and very effective way. The era of books 200 pages long to explain a single opening is over! In this book, no less than 21 openings are explained to you. The tools provided in this book will allow you to learn and experience very easily the most common openings. The variants and sub-variants can be viewed at a glance as well as their traps.
Learning the chess openings has never been so accessible. This book will become for you a real workout partner.

A tree opening is descriptive of an opening with its variations and sub-variations. The chess trees of this book offer an original method to approach chess openings. They allow you to learn the openings in a clear, entertaining and motivating way. You can quickly reproduce them on the board to assimilate them easily.

Using this powerful tool, you will be reconciled with chess theory. Openings have never been easier to understand!

Table of contents

Preamble

Chapter I - Tactics and strategy openings
Overview
The different types of games
The principles of development

Chapter II - Chess Trees
Presentation
Algebraic chess notation
Key for chess trees
Open games
Semi-open games
Closed games
Semi-closed games

Chapter III - Open games 1.e4 e5
Italian game
Two knights defense
Scotch game
Spanish game
Morphy defense
Vienna game
King's gambit
Parham attack

Chapter IV - Semi-open games 1. e4 ... all but e5
Alekhine defense
French defense
Caro-Kann defense
Pirc defense
Sicilian defense

Chapter V - Closed games 1. d4 d5
Queen's pawn game (all but 2. c4 ...)
Queen's gambit (2. c4 ...)

Chapter VI - Semi-closed games 1. d4 ... all but d5
East Indian defense
Indian defense - Modern variation
Catalan opening
Nimzo-Indian defense
Budapest gambit
Dutch defense