Mastering the Opening

By Chris Johanson

Book Overview

The opening phase of the game throws up difficult questions for those keen to study and improve their chess. Should I open with 1 d4, 1 e4, or something else? What is the best strategy as Black - immediate counter-attack or solid development? Should I learn numerous different systems or concentrate on a few specialist lines? In Mastering the Opening, international master Byron Jacobs asnwers these and other key questions.
* Deals with every major opening
* Numerous test positions enables readers to guage their progress
* Revolutionary layout allows readers to absorb the key ideas

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566373697
• ISBN13: 9781566373692
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Goodheart-Wilcox Publisher
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.5" x 10.9"

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