Clearly written guide covers all openings: the Benko Gambit, Bird's Opening, Centre Game, Dutch Defence, Four Knights Game, King's Gambit, others. Techniques are designed to help moderate players whose games are confined to club play or by correspondence, and aid good players who want to improve in tournament or club events.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent openings manual,
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This review is from: Chess Openings for the Average Player (Paperback)
I disagree with the previous reviewer who claims this book suffers from too many typos, etc. I've used the book for over a decade, and have found very few such errors; indeed fewer than most newer chess books. It is intelligently written and easy to follow, and includes a decent index of openings.
This slim book packs a lot of information between the covers. It's remarkably comprehensive and offers fairly deep analysis, with many partial and complete example games. The main ideas for each opening are clearly and succinctly explained, often from an original perspective. Notes to the many variations greatly enhance understanding of the salient strategic and tactical ideas. "Chess Openings For the Average Player" is especially recommended to those looking for lesser-known but highly effective opening variations. Those rated over 1800 might want to augment this book with a more encyclopedic and up-to-date book on the openings, but for the intermediate adult player, this modest book should prove quite useful. Thank you Dover, for keeping this minor classic in print.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Reasonable overall, but let down by some type errors,
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This review is from: Chess Openings for the Average Player (Paperback)
This book covers many of the basic openings in reasonable depth, and also touches on some more advanced ones. The biggest problem I had with it were typing errors, and missing information. Some descriptions of openings have moves missing, and there are some sentences which do not make sense. This couold confuse some readers (It confused me!). I think there are better books out there.
5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
An excellent chess improvement book for beginning players,
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This review is from: Chess Openings for the Average Player (Paperback)
A practical guide to improving your play. Includes all aspects of chess including openings, middle games and endings. Based on an imaginary club, readers at the club level will find a lot to identify with. The chapter on move selection is one of the best on the subject.
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