Product Description

This series shows you how to start your chess games as dynamically and accurately as the greatest grandmasters in the world.

Three-time US Champion Champion Lev Alburt, famous for his ability to turn aspiring players into masters, teams up with two-time U.S. Champion Roman Dzindzichashvili and young international star Eugene Perelshteyn to give you a complete repertoire of opening play-as well as a review of all openings and an explanation of the principles of playing this crucial stage of the game. And although these books concentrate on the first 20 moves or so of a chess game, they never leave you hanging without a plan. The authors make sure you know the themes and ideas so that you can follow up your great opening play with winning strategies.

Chess Openings for Black, Explained covers the game from the black side. The authors thoroughly ground you in the grandmaster-openings of modern chess, teaching you the opening that scores highest against 1. e4 on a master level. Fully illustrated with two-color chess diagrams throughout.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #124700 in Books
• Published on: 2005-06-13
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 448 pages

Customer Reviews

Questionable choice - the Nimzo?
This book is well written and easy to learn from. It has good production qualities (binding notwithstanding).

But it is a repertoire book, and we are paying for the authors' judgment in selection of lines. I find the choice of the Nimzo-Indian a terrible choice for an amateur repertoire. The Nimzo would be my Black opening of choice (I love it), but you just never get to play it. It's very disappointing to put so much time and energy into learning an opening only to confront the inevitable 3.Nf3 time after time after time (assuming you are even offered the Queen's Gambit).

If you can get to play it in your neck of the woods I'm envious and wish you well with it, but I'd check out your chances of facing 3.Nc3 before you invest too much effort learning it.

Chess Openings for Black, Explained
Excellent explanations of various black openings.
Very instructional....Good reference

Really useful
Useful for players of all the levels. A powerfull and complete repertoire for black. Typical positions, key ideas. Very good designed by Jami Anson and also it is possible to read without a board. A five stars book!!