A guide to contemporary openings giving the strategic ideas and historical background. Gary Kasparov is a Grandmaster and World Champion and Raymond Keene is an International Grandmaster and author of The Pirc Defence, The Modern Defence and The Nimzowitsch/Larsen Attack.
Batsford Chess Openings Summary
Batsford Chess Openings by Raymond Keene
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Table of Contents
Unusual openings (1 b4; 1 g4; 1 knight-c3; 1 g3); Nimzo-Larsen attack and Bird's opening; Reti opening; English opening; Dutch opening; Catalan opening; 1 d4 miscellaneous; queen's gambit; Tarrasch and semi-Tarrasch defences; Slav and semi-Slav defences; Grunfeld defence; Benko gambit and Benoni defence; king's Indian defence; Nimzo-Indian defence; queen's Indian and Bogo-Indian defence; Pirc and modern defences; 1 e4 - miscellaneous, centre counter and Nimzowitsch defences; Alekhine's defence; French defence; Caro-Kann defence; Sicilian defence; 1 e4 e5 miscellaneous; king's gambit; Vienna opening; Philidor, Latvian and Petroff; Ponziani and modern bishop's opening; three knights, four knights and Scotch; Ruy Lopez.
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