This volume 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, as well as a reference book to which advanced players keep returning. The authors do not propagate forcing tactical variations to be memorized mechanically, but explain what you should actually be trying to achieve when playing the opening of your choice. Chess Opening Essentials helps you to get out of any opening in good shape and gives you a foundation on which to build your repertoire

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If you want to be a better player, you owe it to yourself to pick up a copy. It may well be the crown jewel of your chess book collection! (Jeremy Silman, International Master, author of "How to Reasses Your Chess")

The entire presentation is extremely well done. A fantastic and challenging book for ambitious and advanced club players. (KARL Magazine)

Chess coaches will have a quality supply of superb examples and explanations, and self-motivated students will benefit immensely if they are over, say, 1800 strength. (Pete Tamburro, State of New Jersey, Award-winning Educator Chess Life)

One of my three favorite chess teaching books. Grooten supplies nice examples and great explanation in a very structured way. (Jan Van De Mortel, Chess Education Partners, Chicago, IL)

This book will certainly improve your middlegame and boost your results. (Gary Lane, International Master Australasian Chess Magazine)

Extremely interesting and instructional lectures on the themes: positional elements, positional judgments, and finding the right plan. A fantastic book for chess training. (Martin Rieger Rochade Europa Magazine)

An excellent teaching tool with over 400 pages of clear instruction. (Joe Petrolito Australasian Chess Magazine)

The depth is very impressive, with lucidity and thoroughness going hand in hand. (Marshtower Chess Reviews)

Excellent. Literally hundreds of instructive examples. (Paul Motwani, Chess Grandmaster The Scotsman)

An outstanding positional primer. (Steve Goldberg ChessCafe.com)

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