John Watson: Mastering the Chess Openings vol.1

336 pages
published 2006
Publisher: Gambit Publications Ltd.

On over 330 pages the well known IM and author John Watson writes about a general view of the openings. In this first volume he discusses the open and semi-open games. All in all a book interesting for players from 1600 to 1900 ELO. The idea is to learn the basics with this book and then study the details with other books or websites like Chessfriend.com.

Table of contens:

• The Nature of Chess Openings: Fundamentals
• Opening Ideas and Positional Features
• The Significance of Structure
• Section 1: Open Games
• Introduction to 1.e4 and  the Open Games
• Giuoco Piano
• Two Knights Defence
• Philidor Defence
• Ruy Lopez
• King's Gambit
• Section 2: Semi-Open Games
• Introduction to the Semi-Open Games
• Sicilian Defence
• Caro-Kann Defence
• French Defence
• Pirc Defence

Summary:

Well written by a chess authority. Valuable for younger players who want to build an opening repertoire and experienced players who want to deepen their understanding of the chess openings.

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