How to Play Chess Openings

Clear, profound examinations of just what each opening is intended to do and how opponent can counter. Many sample games.

With this book, all one needs to know are the fundamental rules of chess and ordinary chess notation in order to gain a thorough understanding of the all-important opening game in its many variations. Simply, clearly, and with keen appreciation of the amateur’s usual limitations, International Grandmaster Znosko-Borovsky explains the importance of rapid development…