Presents strategies for the opening moves of chess for both white and black players, and includes specific examples, detailed explanations, and diagrams for analyzing and developing an effective opening game Gives you tips and techniques for analyzing openings and strategies for winning chess games from the very first move you make. This guide provides you with instructions on the opening chess strategies and gives you the tools you need to develop your own line of attack from the very start. 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.