But I am weak against queen's pawn openings and cannot sort through the hundreds of names.
is it e4 or d4 defenses you are looking for (or both)?
you could start with:
Every Chess Opening - Defenses to 1.e4
Every Chess Opening - Defenses to 1.d4
and then the "Openings for Beginners" series.
and for d4 defenses you could look into the series "How to Play the Queens Gambit"
he asks for videos and you advertise for books...
that is really heavy
nope, that are videos here on chess.com
sorry im hallucinating again, i thought you said everyman chess books...
sorry im hallucinating again i thought you said everyman chess books... man i think i have tumor or something is putting stuff in my tea.
don't worry, it's just the ability of the brain for selective reading. you see one word and the brain adds the rest automatically ;)
garybf, a mediocre player like you shouldn't be discussing chess.
I have joined this site to learn from the videos, as opposed to the trial and error method I have been using, but the names of the different variations are confusing. I have studied 2 series so far ( fighting dragon & Evans gambit) and find the 2nd & 3rd time through it starts to sink in. But I am weak against queen's pawn openings and cannot sort through the hundreds of names. A short series 3 to 7 videos would be great as I can watch it over and over till I get it. Enough to get 5 to 8 moves in would be perfect. Thanks for any suggestions.