CHESS OPENINGS FOR KIDS (John Watson & Graham Burgess)
128 pages (230 mm by 178 mm),
hardback.
£9.99/$16.95/€13,50
For chess-players of all ages and abilities, it is vital to
get off to a good start. This simple guide provides all the tips and ideas
needed to play purposefully from move one. That's because these 50 Mighty
Openings are the very ones used by chess masters and grandmasters to outwit
opponents time and again.
This book teaches the names and starting moves of all the
main chess openings, and explains the basic ideas. Beginners will learn how to
position their pieces for maximum impact. More experienced players will
discover some remarkable tactical and strategic themes that are vital for chess
mastery.
Throughout the book, numerous devastating opening traps are
highlighted. You will have fun posing difficult problems for your opponent -
whether a friend, a chess-club rival or your Dad!
Chess Openings for Kids makes learning the chess
openings fun. Playing these powerful openings helps develop an understanding of
how the pieces work together. Soon you will be able to play strong moves in any
opening position, and approach every game with confidence - and success.
International Master John Watson is a former US
National High School Chess Champion. He is arguably the world's foremost writer
on chess openings, and the author of award-winning books on chess strategy.
FIDE Master Graham Burgess has written more than twenty chess books,
ranging from general guides to works on specific openings. He also holds the
world record for marathon blitz chess playing.
Download a pdf file with a
sample from the book.
"Highly recommended as a first book on openings and maybe as
the book that will replace all the unread opening books in your chess library."
- farbrortheguru.blogspot.com
"...provides a very succinct overview of the main openings
and the ideas behind them. ... my favourite aspect of the book was the set of
pithy subtitles given to each chapter. Sometiems flippant, they nevertheless
shed just a little light on the opening in question. ... one of those
sentiments may inspire you to try the opening in question, and that's exactly
what the authors recommend" - GM Luke McShane, New-in-Chess
"There are many good books available to help kids improve,
and Gambit Publications in England has some of the best. A good new
instructional book from Gambit called Chess Openings for Kids would make
ideal summer reading. ... The book is really an ideal way for a parent to help
a child enhance his or her chess knowledge. It introduces kids to the otherwise
bewildering array of names and variations of the openings. Along the way, it
discusses every significant principle of strategy." - Cecil Rosner, Winnipeg
Free Press
"...a quality book that will help players of all ages and
strengths. ... Not only will the player learn the names of these openings, but
he will also have the basic ideas behind the moves explained in a very user
friendly way. The book teaches the beginner how to place his pieces in the best
possible manner. ... Players of all ages will benefit as well as the stronger
player who will have many strategic and tactical themes revealed that are
essential for mastery of the game." - Patrick Foley, Sunday Times (South
Africa)
"The first few pages go through algebraic notation and some
of the principles of how to play the opening. Then we are into the openings
with two pages being afforded to each one. I believe that great skill was
required to do this because it is very hard to try to explain the key elements
of any opening in just two pages - but the authors pull this off with aplomb.
... If this book had been available to me when I was learning chess at the age
of 12, I would have more easily been able to work out what openings I wanted to
play according to my own style and preferences. To have 50 opening choices in
one very handy volume (and tremendously well priced for a hardback!) is
excellent and parents/teachers wishing to work on openings with children - and
indeed adults should obtain a copy whilst you can. ... Great for kids." -
Carl Portman, carlsplanet.co.uk
"...all major chess openings plus all the strategies...A
lovely easy learning openings book!" - John Elburg,
chessbooks.nl
"The idea of the book is to provide basic information for
juniors on 50 Mighty Openings. Six pages of introductory comments,
highlighting the merits of thing such as development, King safety and pawn
structure. Then it's on to the 50 Mighty Openings in question. These include
all of the classics, starting with the Giuoco Piano and ending up with the Reti
Opening. Each one received a double-page spread of coverage, with good notes
and plenty of diagrams to explain the first few moves. ... The book succeeds in
its aim. Juniors, familiar with the moves and basic tactics and now wanting to
take the next step, should be able to strengthen their play and worry their
opponents with some judicious name-dropping." - Sean Marsh,
marshtowers.blogspot.com
Gambit books by Watson: The Gambit
Guide to the Modern Benoni, Secrets of
Modern Chess Strategy, Chess Strategy in
Action, Mastering the Chess Openings volume
1, Mastering the Chess Openings volume
2, Mastering the Chess Openings volume
3, Mastering the Chess Openings volume
4, Chess Openings for Kids,
A Strategic Chess Opening Repertoire for
White.
Gambit books by Graham Burgess: 101 Chess Opening Surprises, Chess
Highlights of the 20th Century, Gambit Guide to
the Torre Attack, The Slav, The Taimanov Sicilian, Chess Openings for Kids, The Gambit Book of Instructive Chess
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