{"product_id":"chess-openings-for-dummies-isbn-9780470603642","title":"Chess Openings For Dummies","description":"\u003cb\u003eImprove your chess game the fast and easy way\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eYou never get a second chance to make a first impression?especially in the game of chess! \u003ci\u003eChess Openings For Dummies\u003c\/i\u003e gives you tips and techniques for analyzing openings and strategies for winning chess games from the very first move you make!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis friendly, helpful guide provides you with easy-to-follow and step-by-step instructions on the top opening chess strategies and gives you the tools you need to develop your own line of attack from the very start.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes illustrations to help ensure victory\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEquips you with the tools and strategies to plan a winning strategy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAlso serves as a valuable resource for curriculums that use chess as a learning tool\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhether you?re a veteran or novice chess player, \u003ci\u003eChess Openings For Dummies\u003c\/i\u003e is the ultimate guide to getting a grip on the openings and variants that will ensure you have all the right moves to open and win any chess game.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Principles of Play 7\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Understanding Chess Openings 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Exploring the Elements of Chess 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Picking the Right Type of Opening 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Winning with Open Games 35\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Gambling with Gambits 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Opening Softly with a Big Stick: The Bishop Makes Its Move 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Workin’ on Some Knight Moves 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Employing the Royal Ruy 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8: The Best of the Rest of the Open Games 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Having It Both Ways with Semi-Open Games 111\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Sharpening the Sicilian 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10: Parlez-vous the French? 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11: Anyone Can Caro-Kann 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12: Rope-a-Dope with the Pirc and Modern Defenses 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13: The Best of the Rest of the Semi-Open Games 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Conquering with Closed and Semi-Closed Games 195\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14: Offering the Queen’s Gambit 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 15: Declining with the Slav and Semi-Slav 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 16: Getting Hypermodern with the Nimzo-Indian 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 17: Fighting Back with the King’s Indian 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 18: Grinding in the Grünfeld 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 19: The Best of the Rest of the Semi-Closed Games 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: Advancing with Flank Openings 283\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 20: Speaking the King’s English 285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 21: Getting Réti 305\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 22: The Best of the Rest of the Flank Openings 313\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI: The Part of Tens 327\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 23: Ten Common Mistakes to Avoid in the Opening 329\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 24: Ten Best Ways to Study Chess Openings 339\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 25: Ten Great Chess Web Sites 345\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 349\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Eade\u003c\/b\u003e is a United States Chess Federation (USCF) chess master as well as a chess writer, tournament organizer, and teacher. 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