Chess Openings for Dummies - Carsten Hansen

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Résumé :

Introduction 1

About This Book 2

Conventions Used in This Book 2

Foolish Assumptions 3

How This Book Is Organized 3

Icons Used in This Book 4

Beyond the Book 5

Where to Go from Here 5

Part 1: Principles of Play 7

Chapter 1: Understanding Chess Openings 9

Identifying a Chess Opening 9

Distinguishing the opening from an opening 10

Seeing how a move turns into an opening 10

Watching an opening transform right before your eyes 11

Finding an opening that's right for you 12

Reviewing Chess Shorthand 13

Describing the board and pieces 14

Describing the action 14

Chapter 2: Exploring the Elements of Chess 17

Getting Time on Your Side 18

When Spacing Out Is Good 19

Making the Most of Your Material 20

Structuring your pawns 22

Securing your king 24

Chapter 3: Picking the Right Type of Opening 25

Considering Naming Conventions 25

Examining Opening Types 27

Breaking open the board with open games 28

Counterattacking with semi-open games 28

Shutting down your opponent with closed games 29

Playing coy with semi-closed games 30

Playing on the sidelines with flank games 31

Part 2: Winning with Open Games 33

Chapter 4: Gambling with Gambits 35

Why Gamble with a Gambit? 35

Trotting Out the King's Gambit 36

The King's Gambit accepted 37

The King's Gambit declined 42

Delving into the Danish Gambit 47

When things go White's way 48

When things go Black's way 49

Gambits for Black 51

Gambits All the Way 52

Chapter 5: Opening Softly with a Big Stick: The Bishop Makes Its Move 53

Preying with the Bishop's Opening 54

When things go White's way 54

When things go Black's way 56

Keying Up for the Giuoco Piano 58

When things go White's way 59

When things go Black's way 61

Attacking with the Evans Gambit 63

When things go White's way 63

When things go Black's way 65

Chapter 6: Workin' on Some Knight Moves 67

Calling in the Calvary: The Four Knights 67

When things go White's way 68

When things go Black's way 70

Ambitious but a Bit Ambiguous: The Two Knights Defense 72

When things go White's way 72

When things go Black's way 74

Chapter 7: Employing the Royal Ruy 77

Running with the Ruy L?pez 77

Closing the Deal with the Open Variation 78

When things go White's way 78

When things go Black's way 81

Staying Open-Minded with the Closed Variation 84

When things go White's way 84

When things go Black's way 88

Marshalling Your Forces with the Marshall Attack and the Anti-Marshalls 91

When things go White's way 92

When things go Black's way 95

Chapter 8: The Best of the Rest of the Open Games 99

Pouring on the Scotch 99

When things go White's way 100

When things go Black's way 102

Waltzing with the Vienna Game 105

When things go White's way 106

When things go Black's way 109

Dabbling with Petroff's Defense 112

When things go White's way 113

When things go Black's way 115

Part 3: Having It Both Ways with Semi-open Games 119

Chapter 9: Sharpening the Sicilian 121

The People's Choice 121

Entering the Dragon 122

When things go White's way 123

When things go Black's way 126

Knocking Around the Najdorf 129

When things go White's way 130

When things go Black's way 132

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Biographie:

James Eade became a United States Chess Federation chess master in 1981. International organizations awarded him the master title in 1990 (for correspondence) and in 1993 (for regular tournament play). Today, he writes about and teaches chess.

Carsten Hansen is a FIDE Master (1990) and Trainer (2016) and is one of the most prolific authors of chess books, with more than sixty books to his credit....