The chess openings guide

This book covers the chess openings in a very original and very effective way. The era of books 200 pages long to explain a single opening is over! In this book, no less than 21 openings are explained to you. The tools provided in this book will allow you to learn and experience very easily the most common openings. The variants and sub-variants can be viewed at a glance as well as their traps. Learning the chess openings has never been so accessible. This book will become for you a real workout partner.A tree opening is descriptive of an opening with its variations and sub-variations. The chess trees of this book offer an original method to approach chess openings. They allow you to learn the openings in a clear, entertaining and motivating way. You can quickly reproduce them on the board to assimilate them easily.Using this powerful tool, you will be reconciled with chess theory. Openings have never been easier to understand!Table of contentsPreambleChapter I - Tactics and strategy openingsOverviewThe different types of gamesThe principles of developmentChapter II - Chess TreesPresentationAlgebraic chess notationKey for chess treesOpen gamesSemi-open gamesClosed gamesSemi-closed gamesChapter III - Open games 1.e4 e5Italian gameTwo knights defenseScotch gameSpanish gameMorphy defenseVienna gameKing's gambitParham attackChapter IV - Semi-open games 1. e4 ... all but e5Alekhine defenseFrench defenseCaro-Kann defensePirc defenseSicilian defenseChapter V - Closed games 1. d4 d5Queen's pawn game (all but 2. c4 ...)Queen's gambit (2. c4 ...)Chapter VI - Semi-closed games 1. d4 ... all but d5East Indian defenseIndian defense - Modern variationCatalan openingNimzo-Indian defenseBudapest gambitDutch defense