Chess Openings For Dummies

James Eade is a United States Chess Federation (USCF) chess master as well as a chess writer, tournament organizer, and teacher. He is the author of Chess For Dummies.

• Introduction 1Part I: Principles of Play 7Chapter 1: Understanding Chess Openings 9Chapter 2: Exploring the Elements of Chess 17Chapter 3: Picking the Right Type of Opening 27Part II: Winning with Open Games 35Chapter 4: Gambling with Gambits 37Chapter 5: Opening Softly with a Big Stick: The Bishop Makes Its Move 57Chapter 6: Workin’ on Some Knight Moves 71Chapter 7: Employing the Royal Ruy 79Chapter 8: The Best of the Rest of the Open Games 99Part III: Having It Both Ways with Semi-Open Games 111Chapter 9: Sharpening the Sicilian 113Chapter 10: Parlez-vous the French? 135Chapter 11: Anyone Can Caro-Kann 155Chapter 12: Rope-a-Dope with the Pirc and Modern Defenses 171Chapter 13: The Best of the Rest of the Semi-Open Games 185Part IV: Conquering with Closed and Semi-Closed Games 195Chapter 14: Offering the Queen’s Gambit 197Chapter 15: Declining with the Slav and Semi-Slav 213Chapter 16: Getting Hypermodern with the Nimzo-Indian 229Chapter 17: Fighting Back with the King’s Indian 241Chapter 18: Grinding in the Grünfeld 255Chapter 19: The Best of the Rest of the Semi-Closed Games 265Part V: Advancing with Flank Openings 283Chapter 20: Speaking the King’s English 285Chapter 21: Getting Réti 305Chapter 22: The Best of the Rest of the Flank Openings 313Part VI: The Part of Tens 327Chapter 23: Ten Common Mistakes to Avoid in the Opening 329Chapter 24: Ten Best Ways to Study Chess Openings 339Chapter 25: Ten Great Chess Web Sites 345Index 349