An up-to-date and complete coverage of opening systems beginning with 1c4 written by a Soviet grandmaster and acknowledged expert in this line of play. After an apparently modest beginning the game can take either a strategical or tactical path into the middlegame. Whether you are attacking or defending, The English Opening is an attractive choice regardless of your individual style of play.

English Opening: Classical & Indian

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Grandmaster Edmar Mednis, a world expert on the endgame, shows how to proceed in the minimum number of moves from the opening to a favorable endgame, essentially bypassing the middlegame. He discusses 11 different openings, including both open and closed systems, in each case explaining the best routes to particular endgame positions. These positions are then analyzed, using master games to illustrate various winning plans. Because of the clear exposition of endgame principles, the student will learn not only about these specific positions, but also about endgame play in general.

From Middlegame Into Endgame

A chess title which covers the opening move called Queen's Gambit Accepted and gives advice on how best to use this move.

Queen's Gambit Accepted

Learn Chess: A Complete Course provides everything you need to know to get started in chess. The first part is devoted to first principles, explaining the rules and basic strategies, whilst the second develops a thorough understanding of the various winning methods, and includes a systematic study of openings, an introduction to attacking techniques, and a guide to fundamental endgame themes.

Learn Chess: A Complete Course

Grandmaster Mikhail Krasenkov is one of the leading experts on the Sveshnikov variation of the Sicilian Defense, one of the shaprest and most combative of all chess openings. Krasenkov, also author of the bestselling The Open Spanish, discusses the main ideas of the Sveshnikov Sicilian and provides a highly instructive selection of illustrative games to explain the key ideas.

Sveshnikov Sicilian

Attacking the King

A illustrated introduction to the fundamental principles of chess, which explains the important concepts of the game, with details of ninety exercises to test key chess skills.

Lessons In Chess

Art of Chess Analysis

FREE Chess Book Included * In this entertaining test-yourself book, suitable for young players and novices of all ages, John Walker shows how to master each of the pieces. Learn how to get the most from your pieces, answer the question and add up your score. Test your chess and watch yourself improve-and enjoy the fun at the end! * We'll send you an email with our, as of Feb. 4, 2019, 55 FREE selections, so that you may select your FREE Chess Book! ... unless you've requested sellers many not contact you, then you'll have to contact us first. Then you'll have to contact us via GEE Mail preceded by LVChessKing * Purchase (2) two or more individually listed items, and I'll upgrade your USA shipping to Priority Mail (2-3 days delivery estimate) for free! * Additionally, when 'earning' Upgraded shipping, you also qualify for an ADDITIONAL "'Thank You' Gift". When you're done making your selections, please send me an email requesting that I 'correct' your shipping to Upgraded, and to let me know your choice of your " 'Thank You' Gift"!! * 23 hr shipping or quicker!! Safely packaged with delivery tracking, with confirmation email. * From a SMOKE-FREE home * I've leased a 3bd-2ba house, and have turned my living room into a maze of bookcases, filled with 25,000 plus chess books, and am now able to receive Chess Friends (obviously with the idea of a purchase!), to view 25,000+ chess items in person!! If you're gonna be in Las Vegas and would like to view this enormous collection, let me know and we can make an appointment! * Thank you for looking - Edward Labate, National Chess Master, Las Vegas, NV USA

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