The books from Jeremy Silman are great, also the Chessbrah-videos.
Anyone recommend books on openings ?
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Sep 16, 2020
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On YouTube there is a guy who goes by hangingpawns. He does very in depth videos on openings. For instance he has a dozen or more for the Ruy Lopez, maybe half a dozen on the Kings Indian, maybe 10 on the Queen’s Gambit Declined. There are a couple of dozen openings covered and is adding to them all the time.
Good Chess Openings Books For Beginners and Beyond...
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/good-chess-openings-books-for-beginners-and-beyond
Chess Openings Resources for Beginners and Beyond...
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/openings-resources-for-beginners-and-beyond
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell
Sep 17, 2020
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There is a fellow on YouTube named Dereque Kelly who does some wonderful opening videos on lots of different lines. At a beginner level, though, I would not suggest studying openings very much perhaps look strongly at the Ruy Lopez (Spanish) opening from both white and black perspectives, and the same for the Sicilian. These are the two most popular and most played, and a strong familiarity with both will carry you for years. Better than memorizing lots of opening lines is understanding the ones you do play.
To that end, I would suggest using Openings and Explorer on this site under "Learn" in the menu. Good luck.
"Winning Chess Openings" by Yasser Seirawan is a very good introduction to the openings. I have also heard good things about "Chess Openings for Amateurs" by Peter Tamburo. Both books are more about understanding the ideas behind the openings and less about memorizing
Sep 17, 2020
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Laskersnephew wrote:
"Winning Chess Openings" by Yasser Seirawan is a very good introduction to the openings. I have also heard good things about "Chess Openings for Amateurs" by Peter Tamburo. Both books are more about understanding the ideas behind the openings and less about memorizing
When returning to chess I bought several books, including a few by GM Yasser Seirawan. Winning Chess Openings was one of those books and I found it extremely helpful. I enjoy his writing style and he makes opening concepts very easy to understand. The last chapters provide suggestions for playing both as Black and White that I follow to this day. I have since purchased a few more of his "Winning Series" books. Well worth the investment. Good luck. 
or videos or any material ?