- ISBN13: 9781904600602
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
A major new title from Gambit Publications Ltd. For most chess-players, opening study is sheer hard work. It is hard to know what is important and what is not, and when specific knowledge is vital, or when a more general understanding is sufficient. Tragically often, once the opening is over, a player won’t know what plan to follow, or even understand why his pieces are on the squares on which they sit. With this book John Watson seeks to help chess-players achieve a more holistic and insightful view of the openings. In his previous books on chess strategy, he explained vital concepts that had previously been the domain only of top-class players, and did so in ways that have enabled them to enter the general chess consciousness of club players. Here he does likewise for the openings, explaining how flexible thinking and notions such as ‘rule-independence’ can apply to the opening. Watson presents a wide-ranging view of the way in which top-class players really handle the opening, rather than an idealized and simplified model. This is a book that will make chess-players think hard about how they begin their games, while offering both entertainment and challenging material for study.
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This is a must have book along with volume 2. It begins with fundamentals and goes into details carefully. Notation is clear and it is easy to read.
Amazon User Rating: 4 / 5
From fromt to back, this book improved my game drastically. Openings are simplified and explained thoroughly. Watson breaks it down move by move and tells the reader the why’s and hows and backs it up with plentiful examples of real life games. Highly recommended!
Amazon User Rating: 5 / 5
I own vol 1 and vol 2 of this series. The notations are written in symbols and show the destination move only. In order to make it through any of the lessons (at least for me) a board with coordinates and graph paper (I use Excel) to break out all the information are necessary. Buy this book if you are willing to make that commitment but if not look elsewhere.
Amazon User Rating: 4 / 5
The author explains several opening lines from a strategic point of view, and not only by giving variants. This book is both useful and entertaining.
Amazon User Rating: 5 / 5
Another great work by one of the best chess authors in the business. For selfish reasons I wish he could have tackled more variations and more games, but, hey, I understand the Mr. Watson has other books to write. The book definitely gives a great understanding in words and analysis of modern approaches by some of the most novel thinkers in the game today concerning popular openings. Can’t wait for Volume II!
Amazon User Rating: 5 / 5