Winning in The Chess Opening | Nikolay Kalinichenko
Winning in The Chess Opening | Nikolay Kalinichenko
Every chess player loves to win early in the opening. However you should never lose sight of the most important objective of your opening play: the proper development of your pawns and pieces.
That is why this book is more than just an enjoyable collection of traps and tricks. Prolific Russian chess author Nikolai Kalinichenko has collected 700 brilliant miniatures, topical games from a wide variety of players, from World Champions to amateurs. They are selected for their instructional value, and not merely to highlight blunders or accidents.
In his notes Kalinichenko always explains the ideas and plans behind the opening and how play could have been improved. The games are arranged by opening, so the book can be used as a manual. Playing through these exciting games is not just highly enjoyable but will also teach you how to recognize opportunities to ambush your opponent in the first 20 moves. And, reversely, how to avoid such pitfalls in the opening.
Nikolai Kalinichenko is a Russian Correspondence Chess Grandmaster and one of the most widely read chess authors in the world.
Who should read this book?Any player who either likes looking at chess games for fun, or who is serious about improving, would be well served by this book. This book can be used as a teaching resource when working with junior players who know opening principles, but have a rudimentary knowledge of specific standard openings and not an established repertoire. This book holds instructive openings explanations and helps you as no other to develop the ability to punish errors in the opening.