Mastering the Opening by Byron Jacobs

Mastering the Opening by Byron Jacobs

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Summary

This book enables keen students to improve their understanding of the opening phase of the game. It develops themes originally discussed in Improve Your Opening Play.

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Mastering the Opening by Byron Jacobs

The opening phase of the game throws up difficult questions for those keen to study and improve their chess. Should I open with 1 d4, 1 e4, or something else? What is the best strategy as Black - immediate counter-attack or solid development? Should I learn numerous different systems or concentrate on a few specialist lines? In Mastering the Opening, international master Byron Jacobs asnwers these and other key questions. * Deals with every major opening * Numerous test positions enables readers to guage their progress * Revolutionary layout allows readers to absorb the key ideas
International master Byron Jacobs is a highly experienced chess author and journalist, having worked for numerous newspapers, magazines and chess websites around the world. He has written extensively on all aspects of the game and is the chief adviser on the Everyman Chess list.
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ISBN 13 9781857442236
ISBN 10 1857442237
Title Mastering the Opening
Author Byron Jacobs
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Everyman Chess
Year published 2001-10-01
Number of pages 176
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.