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Openings - general

If you can't survive the opening, you will lose many a game of chess. Here are chess opening books that don't focus on only one opening. These books cover the hows and whys of chess opening moves, opening traps, and some contain rudimentary knowledge covering a wide range of systems.

On sale openings - general books

Black Is Still OK! NEW!

Andras Adorjan

~~$22.95~~
Sale! $17.90

101 Chess Opening Traps (Gambit chess)

Steve Giddins

~~$14.95~~
Sale! $11.96

An Attacking Repertoire for White

Sam Collins Players who want to go on the attack will find here a complete, aggressive chess repertoire based on 1e4. Fifty-one model games-all... [read more]

~~$22.95~~
Sale! $17.21

An Explosive Chess Opening Repertoire for Black

Jouni Yrjola,Jussi Tella

~~$23.95~~
Sale! $16.29

Basic Chess Openings

Gabor Kallai

~~$19.95~~
Sale! $12.96

Chess Openings: Traps And Zaps (Fireside Chess Library)

Bruce Pandolfini

~~$14.00~~
Sale! $11.90

How to Win in the Chess Openings

I. A. Horowitz

~~$14.95~~
Sale! $13.45

Ideas Behind the Chess Openings: Algebraic Edition (Chess)

Reuben Fine In the chess opening, each player tries to control the center, set up a flexible pawn structure, develop the pieces rapidly and... [read more]

~~$15.00~~
Sale! $10.20

More Chess Openings: Traps and Zaps 2 (Fireside Chess Library)

Bruce Pandolfini

~~$17.95~~
Sale! $16.15

Play The Open Games As Black

John Emms

~~$23.95~~
Sale! $17.96

Standard Chess Openings, 2nd Edition

Eric Schiller

~~$24.95~~
Sale! $16.47

Unorthodox Chess Openings (Cardoza Publishing's Essential Opening Repertoire Series)

Eric Schiller

~~$24.95~~
Sale! $16.47

Winning Chess Openings (Winning Chess - Everyman Chess)

Yasser Seirawan

~~$24.95~~
Sale! $16.29

More openings - general books

Handbook Of Tricky Opening Strategies In Chess NEW!

John Watson,Eric Schiller

$39.95

101 Chess Opening Surprises (Gambit Chess)

Graham Burgess Most chess players are fed a set of dogmatic rules about how the opening must be played. The result: stereotyped, unimaginative play.... [read more]

$17.95

A Startling Chess Opening Repertoire (Cadogan Chess)

Chris Baker

$18.95

Batsford's Modern Chess Openings (Batsford Chess Book)

Walter Korn,Nick De Firmian

$30.55

Chess Openings the Easy Way (Chess)

Nick Defirmian Modern Chess Openings, known as MCO, is the best selling and most comprehensive one-volume reference on chess openings. Nick de Firmian, the... [read more]

$15.95

Concise Chess Openings (Everyman Chess)

Neil McDonald

$15.95

Gambit Chess Openings

Eric Schiller

$24.95

Gambit Openings Repertoire For Black (Essential Opening Repertoire Series)

Eric Schiller

$14.95

Grandmaster Secrets: Openings (Grandmaster Secrets)

Andrew Soltis

$25.00

How To Play Good Opening Moves (Chess)

Edmar Mednis

$12.95

Hypermodern Opening Repertoire For White (Cardoza Publishing's Essential Opening Repertoire Series)

Eric Schiller

$16.95

Improve Your Opening Play

Chris Ward

$14.95

More Basic Chess Openings

Gabor Kallai

$19.95

Nunn's Chess Openings (Everyman Chess Series)

John Nunn,Joe Gallagher,John Emms,Graham Burgess

$29.95

Survive & Beat Annoying Chess Openings

Eric Schiller,John Watson

$17.95

The Chess Advantage in Black and White: Opening Moves of the Grandmasters (Chess)

LARRY KAUFMAN

$18.95

Victory in the Opening!: The Art of Winning Quickly in Chess

Gary Lane

$15.95

Winning Unorthodox Openings (Everyman Chess)

Angus Dunnington

$19.95

World Champion Openings (World Champion series)

$18.95

New items!

	Controversial Samisch King's Indian ~~$22.95~~ Sale! $17.90
For players who want to develop their understanding of a unique opening, grandmaster Chris Ward... [read more]

	The Offbeat King's Indian: Lesser Known Tries to Counter This Most Popular of Defences $19.95
If you play queen's pawn openings as White you need something to counter the King's... [read more]

	The Unconventional King's Indian $29.95
John Watson offers Black a complete and detailed repertoire versus every 'unconventional' White move order... [read more]

	It's Your Move: Tough Puzzles (Everyman Chess) $18.95
In this highly original and instructive self-test book, Grandmaster Chris Ward presents a selection of... [read more]