Chess Opening Essentials

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Most opening books are either too detailed or too shallow. Chess Opening Essentials, fresh in from the printers, has exactly the right balance. GM's Djuric & Komarov and IM Pantaleoni have created a prize-winning book which is an accessible primer and a reference work at the same time. This 360-page book:
  • helps beginners to develop a solid understanding of fundamental opening ideas
  • gives casual players the ability to choose the opening that suits their style and taste
  • is a tool for club players to test and review their opening repertoire
  • is a reference book to which advanced players keep returning.


Many opening reference books are little more than quickly outdating data base dumps, but this thorough, understandable and very readable manual is about the basics, not about the latest fashions!

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