Back to Basics: Openings will help you understand and play the openings in chess much, much better. It will also help balance your studies of openings, and give you a recipe as to how to obtain better results from your openings and how to approach a variety of situations relevant to our topic of openings.
The book covers critical concepts, including:
My Own Experiences with Openings
Opening Principles
How do I decide which Opening to Choose?
An Introduction to Opening Theory
The Open Game
The Semi-Open Game
The Closed Game
The Semi-Closed Game
Flank Openings
Where do I go from here?
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Carsten Hansen is an Amazon bestselling author, an experienced chess coach as well as both a FIDE Master and a certified FIDE Trainer. He has authored 33 books on all phases of the game but is recognized as a particular expert on the opening phase of the game. Further, he is a columnist of Chess Life and American Chess Magazine.
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