51 Chess Openings for Beginners Bruce Albertson
Publisher: Cardoza Publishing

If you did not add your personal top 3, please do so. October 19th, 2011 at 19:51 | #12. No more reason not to master your favorite openings. Now it is time to add your top 3 for non-opening books. Practice playing your chess openings anywhere, anytime! An interesting question came in this week about the openings someone should use in correspondence chess and whether these should be the same as the ones in over-the-board games. ™ Build and maintain your repertoire (index cards are obsolete!). Imagination in Chess (Gaprindashvili). Calculate." After the students had warmed up, GM Ramirez moved into the theme for the week: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 0-0 8.Bd3 Nbc6 9.Qh5 Alejandro mentioned here that students should understand why they are making theoretical moves in the opening; this mate in 1 threat, for example, is prophylaxis against f5. Here is my two lists: Non-Quality Chess. Full Description ChessTrain - Fun game to learn chess openings easier. 2000+ openings learned in Jo-Go supports PBEM (play-by-email) and a handicapping system so beginners can play advanced players on fair ground. I am much more comfortable with the traditional responses, and since most beginner books recommend them, I am no longer missing out on the rich and more explanation-heavy literature on openings for beginners that is out there. This second edition is fully updated to reflect new developments in chess during the last three years, thoroughly grounding the player in the grandmaster-openings of modern chess, teaching you the opening that scores highest against . For example, you cannot ask a beginner to study the openings like a Grand Master, or even just a Master. "You're not beginners, so I don't have to tell you not to call out the first move in your head. Second, a method for studying openings varies according to the category and chess strength of the player. I always return to this when I feel my motivation for playing beginning to flag. The Dvoretsky Endgame Manual (Dvoretsky).