opening strategies

Hi I am new in chess.I want to learn opening but in forum I need opening principles.I found "mastering opening strategy by johan hellsten" Is This book for beginner to learn opening principles?

Any chance the name was Johan Hellsten? Hellsten wrote "Mastering Opening Strategy".

Yess thats right. Writer johan hellsten :-)

John Donaldson recommended the book highly on Silman's web page.

He said "MASTERING OPENING STRATEGY should enjoy a wide audience. Players from 1600-2200 will find it a first rate guide to learning intermediate and advanced opening principles and ideas, while teachers will find it offers a wealth of training material. A third group, those who simply enjoy playing through high quality comments (predominately prose) on instructive modern games, will also find what they are looking for."

Based on that and after looking at a selection from the book on Amazon, it looks very good but I think it is too advanced for new players like you. You will not be able to follow comments that assume you have achieved a certain level of understanding. (You should check out the selection and judge for yourself.)

I would do a forum search for books on openings for new players. There have been hundreds.

Here is a helpful thread:

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-equipment/big-ol-list-of-beginner-books-etc

are there any free ebooks on opening principles?

Wait a while.  Diakonia will have an excellent answer for you.  :)

To your last question.  I assume there are.  Just browse around.  The internet is a powerful tool!

http://www.chesszone.org/lib/lib.html

thank you GP2016

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