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The Starting Out: The Scotch Game by John Emms

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Part of Starting Out - Everyman Chess Ser series

Summary

Going back to the basics, this book studies the essential principles of the Scotch Opening and its numerous variations. Throughout this book there are an abundance of notes, tips and warnings to guide the improving player, while key strategies, ideas and tactics for both sides are illustrated.

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The Starting Out: The Scotch Game by John Emms

If you ve enjoyed reading our chess books, wait until you ve seen what s on this CD! Everyman Chess are delighted to be able to provide you with Starting Out: The Scotch Game in a format ideal for computer viewing. This will enable you to link to all the chess games, commentary and text from the original book, and replay and interact with the moves easily onscreen.The Scotch Game, one of the oldest openings, was catapulted back into the limelight due to the enterprise of Garry Kasparov, who completely rejuvenated it with an abundance of original ideas for White. As a result, this dynamic opening has once again become popular at all levels of chess.In this easy-to-read guide, opening expert John Emms goes back to basics, studying the essential principles of the Scotch Opening. The early moves and ideas are introduced and care is taken to explain the reasoning behind them, something that is often neglected or taken for granted.*User-friendly layout to help readers absorb ideas*Concentrates on the key principles of the Scotch Opening *Ideal for the improving playerJohn Emms is one of the UK s leading Grandmasters and has captained the English Team at two Chess Olympiads. He s also a highly respected writer; previous works for Everyman Chess include the best-selling Starting Out: The Sicilian.This CD contains Starting Out: The Scotch Game in ChessBase format.System requirementsPentium; Windows 95/98/2000/ME/XP; 32MB RAM; CD-drive.Viewed with Chessbase 6.0 and above; Chessbase Light (free download) and other Chessbase playing programs such as Fritz.

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John Emms is an experienced trainer and one of England's strongest grandmasters. He's also a talented and diverse writer, having written several opening monographs and general guides, as well as the wildly popular The Ultimate Chess Puzzle Book.

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ISBN 13 9781857443875
ISBN 10 185744387X
Title The Starting Out: The Scotch Game
Author John Emms
Series Starting Out - Everyman Chess Ser
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Everyman Chess
Year published 2005-09-05
Number of pages 224
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.