Better Chess Openings, by Jef Kaan
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An overview, selection, and improvement of chess openings; both for (post-)beginners and intermediate players. Including a unique and timeless 'repertoire', carefully selected for home player level (1.e4) and/or more advanced (chess club) players. For the latter, in addition to a second, more in depth repertoire with 1.e4, an optional repertoire is given with 1.d4 (besides some gambits, or general opening systems as well). The most suitable opening moves were selected by thorough analysis, to build up a rocksolid B/W 'repertoire', for two categories of players. Not only mentioning of the opening names, but also of most sub-variations. Compared with up to date opening books and actual Gm games, resulting in many opening novelties. Many diagrams to enhance memorization and understanding. An ideal study guide, and only opening book a chess player needs until about master level.
Better Chess Openings, by Jef Kaan- Amazon Sales Rank: #1651357 in Books
- Published on: 2015-05-26
- Released on: 2015-05-26
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 11.69" h x .58" w x 8.27" l, 1.37 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 254 pages
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. paperback version of the similar kindle book; highly recommended ! By chess player Many books have been written about the openings in chess. Unfortunately,most of them are meant for advanced players who are able to memorizehundreds of complicated variations.Now however, J.E.F. Kaan, a Dutch scientist, has produced a 'repertoirebook', suitable for beginners and aspiring club players. The lines arerelatively easy to remember, and make sure the reader can face theopening with confidence.A big advantage of the openings given in the book, is that they will rermainplayable for a long time. They have been analyzed in depth and checkedby computer analysis. This makes the book a timeless rerference guide.Many diagrams contribute to the learning process of the reader.Highly recommended.Willem GoudriaanPS the Kindle version of this book, with the same content except the opening tables in the end, is on Amazon here:http://www.amazon.com/Learning-Chess-Openings-intermediate-levels-ebook/dp/B00WKE1HJC
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. It is a pleasant surprise to discover how comprehensively easy it is to read this book in plain simple English By KrissyG J.E.F Kaan is a Masters degree physicist and MBA and lives in the Netherlands. He obviously has a very logical and mathematical brain. Thus it is a pleasant surprise to discover how comprehensively easy it is to read this book in plain simple English. It is geared towards beginners and those at intermediate (club) level looking to strengthen their game. There is a taster of advanced strategy, all laid out in an easy to follow format.This wonderful book deserves to have a wider audience and I cannot recommend it highly enough.I would recommend reading it in small chunks at a time, as you need to concentrate to follow the moves and the logic, and this takes pleasurable effort, despite the clean simplicity of the text.I have played chess for many years, although only for leisure. I have never read a chess book before. My knowledge of chess comes from playing the game with all levels of opponent, some of whom were trained to a high level and knew the advice of having a strong opening move and the importance of controlling the centre of the board. My two uncles, sadly now deceased, were both chess masters, winning many chess trophies and tournaments in Finland and for Finland, together with a clock, and often playing in the communist block where chess is strong, and I soon noticed they would always make the same opening move, with an occasional “crazy” move as a surprise tactic.Kaan has certainly encouraged me to resume the beautiful game and he recommends using a computer chess program to practice the recommended moves.Chess is a spatial game and it helps to have good spatial intelligence. Kaan nonetheless helps the reader with a three-dimensional chess board early on in the book to aid the reader’s visualisation of the chess board and the square letters and numbers. When dealing with the Black defence in the early chapters, he helpfully turns the diagrams upside down so it is from the perspective of the reader.The diagrams of all the moves and the artistic graphics used as illustrations between the chapters are excellent and artistically pleasing. There are black and white photos of various grandmasters, all of which are aspirational. The colour version shows the chessboard in a pleasing brown and yellow rather than stark black and white.Chapter One deals with the purpose of the book. Chapter Two the Opening Phase and why a good opening is essential to winning a game.Chapter Three is aimed at Beginners’ Openings, which can be skipped by those who want to go straight to intermediate.The introductions over, and familiarity with chess notation absorbed, Chapter Three continues with a complete tool kit of Opening Repertoires. Kaan explains why this is important and demonstrates what can go wrong by illustrating typical Patzer (=beginner) moves that lead to disaster by their rashness. Included in this are the Grob, or the Scholar’s Mate. All terms are explained. Kaan takes us through the (for example) Black Italian opening, or the Blackburne Shilling gambit, to name just a few.Kaan leads us through openings to avoid (as a relative beginner) such as the Giuoco Piano – white moving the bishop to C4, actually a start for sharp attack for the more skilled – the Scotch, the Panziani, Viena King’s Gambit, Bishop’s Opening, Centre Games, Alapins, Two Knights, etc, etc. He runs through opening defense moves for Black, explaining the possible pitfallsChapter Four deals with the Intermediate Repertoire, for example, the Deferred Schliemann, or the Modern Steinitz Defence. This leads on to the key Ruy Lopez variations, to name but one.Chapter Five progresses into Gambit Repertoire. These tactical plans include Gosing, Scotch , Sicilian, Gruenfeld and King’s Indian, amongst several others.Chapter Six deals with Positional Repertoire: – strategy. Amongst these are the Dutch, Austrian and Leningrad attacks.Then follows an Appendix of 34 pages that provides some notes, a glossary of terms, an Index of Variations in tabular form and comprehensive index of the contents of the book.I have no hesitation in endorsing this book.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Sound comprehensive repertoire for the beginner through intermediate player By RLBell Provides a complete opening repertoire, for both White and Black, targeted to the beginner-intermediate player. For White, repertoires based on 1.e4 (featuring the Ruy Lopez) and also on 1.d4 are offered (you have a choice!). For Black, against 1.e4 the repertoire recommends 1...e5 for beginners and 1...e6 (French Defense) for intermediate players. For Black against 1.d4, 1...Nf6 (Queen's Gambit and Indian Defenses) is featured, with recommendations for lines against 1.c4 and 1.Nf3 as well. Also included is a gambit repertoire for White beginning with 1.e4, for those who are interested in gambit play as White. Overall, a comprehensive and sound opening repertoire is provided. All recommended lines have been checked by computer. The Kindle version of this book has the title "Learning The Chess Openings" by the same author.
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