TY  - BOOK
AU  - Martin,Jessica E.
ED  - Collaborate Agency,
TI  - Chess openings for beginners: essential strategies every player should know 
SN  - 9781638076797
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Oakland, CA
PB  - Rockridge Press
KW  - Chess
KW  - Openings
KW  - Instructional and educational works
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Understanding chess openings -- Chess openings, defined -- A quick refresher on game play -- How to read and write notation -- Five general opening principles -- Tactics -- How to choose an opening -- Essential openings to know -- Scholar's mate -- Giuoco piano, or the Italian game -- Fried liver attack -- Ruy Lopez, or the Spanish -- Four knights game -- Scotch game -- French defense -- Caro-Kann defense -- Sicilian defense -- Petrov's defense -- Scandinavian defense -- Pirc defense -- Modern defense -- Queen's gambit -- Slav defense -- Semi-Slav defense -- Tarrasch defense -- Grunfeld defense -- London system -- Nimzo-Indian defense -- King's Indian defense -- Benoni defense -- English defense -- Reti opening -- Catalan opening -- Strategy challenges
N2  - During a chess match, your opening strategy can determine how the rest of the game will go--but how do you know which strategy to use? Learn the most effective tactics, master five key opening principles, and become a worthy opponent with this beginner-friendly guide to the top twenty-five openers, from the Ruy López to the Slav Defense
ER  -