Chess Openings For Dummies

Introduction.Part I: Principles of Play.Chapter 1: Understanding Chess Openings.Chapter 2: Exploring the Elements of Chess.Chapter 3: Picking the Right Type of Opening.Part II: Winning with Open Games.Chapter 4: Gambling with Gambits.Chapter 5: Opening Softly with a Big Stick: The Bishop Makes Its Move.Chapter 6: Workin' on Some Knight Moves.Chapter 7: Employing the Royal Ruy.Chapter 8: The Best of the Rest of the Open Games.Part III: Having It Both Ways with Semi-Open Games.Chapter 9: Sharpening the Sicilian.Chapter 10: Parlez-vous the French?Chapter 11: Anyone Can Caro-Kann.Chapter 12: Rope-a-Dope with the Pirc and Modern Defenses.Chapter 13: The Best of the Rest of the Semi-Open Games.Part IV: Conquering with Closed and Semi-Closed Games.Chapter 14: Offering the Queen's Gambit.Chapter 15: Declining with the Slav and Semi-Slav.Chapter 16: Getting Hypermodern with the Nimzo-Indian.Chapter 17: Fighting Back with the King's Indian.Chapter 18: Grinding in the Grünfeld.Chapter 19: The Best of the Rest of the Semi-Closed Games.Part V: Advancing with Flank Openings.Chapter 20: Speaking the King's English.Chapter 21: Getting Réti.Chapter 22: The Best of the Rest of the Flank Openings.Part VI: The Part of Tens.Chapter 23: Ten Common Mistakes to Avoid in the Opening.Chapter 24: Ten Best Ways to Study Chess Openings.Chapter 25: Ten Great Chess Web Sites.Index.