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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Chess Openings: Traps and Zaps

Chess Openings: Traps and Zaps

Pandolfini, Bruce

Paperback

Series: Fireside Chess Library

ChessGeneral Board Games

ISBN10: 0671656902
ISBN13: 9780671656904
Publisher: Touchstone Books
Published: Apr 15 1989
Pages: 244
Weight: 0.69
Height: 0.67 Width: 5.49 Depth: 8.43
Language: English
In the first completely instructional book ever written on chess openings, National Master and game strategist for Netflix's The Queen's Gambit Bruce Pandolfini teaches players how to take charge of the game's crucial opening phase.

Of the three traditional phases of chess play--the opening, the middle-game and the endgame--the opening is the phase average players confront most often. Unfortunately, though, many openings are not completed successfully, partly because until now most opening instruction has consisted of tables of tournament level moves that offer no explanations for the reasons behind them. Consequently, these classical opening patterns can serve as little more than references to the average player.

In Chess Openings: Traps and Zaps, Bruce Pandolfini uses his unique crime and punishment approach to provide all the previously missing explanation, instruction, practical analyses, and much, much more. The book consists of 202 short openers typical of average players, arranged according to the classical opening variations and by level of difficulty. Each example includes:

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