Chess Openings for White, Explained: Winning with 1. E4 (Alburt's Opening Guide, Book 1)

547 Pages·2006·30.11 MB·English

by  Lev Alburt, Roman Dzindzichashvili, Eugene Perelshteyn

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Tale of Contents

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Part T; Introduction 9
fe Chnater I: The Aatvesin ae Bos 0
Chupler nw ss Uae Tis Boe 16
‘e Chaples 3. Howe ts Sty Openings 8

Part It: Development of the Openings 23

2 chiperd, Die Ebase Lot
Scope: hice Oe Fore haces 8
Part Il: I. e4 e5: The Open Games 73
chap Seok Gan 4
Super tanec tenn xo
Setapeess Tro Kgs ml sian ost 14
4 hper; Tekingho str Sn tp ine 118
Sper sh Taw Kale 5.68 he Sage Bip Mine 150
2 Cac et Dees vt
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Part IV: The Sicilian Defense 207

rand Fre Anach 208

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Part V: The French Defense
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4 Chote Bi, Bum Variion: 4, dao

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fb hape 9: Finmase 3. BO

Part Vi: Caro-Kann & Center Counter 389

Chops 20: Cao Kun Lxcbiaye Winn wo
Chapter 21: Center Canter ale
Part VI: Pirc, Modern, Alekhine, Nimzo, &
the Rest 435
Chap 22: ee me 6

4 Chiper 2 Mido iuponidae 482

4 Chapuer 24: Alekhine’ Defense wh 5. cade a4

© Chople 25: Ales Togs wih 3... ex =

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Part VIL: ilustrative Games su
4 Ghogtes 22, Muuative Games—tdeas to Aston st
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‘oard are called files and are lecered. ‘Ihe horizontal rows of
squares thal run sieseays are called candy and ate numbered. The
interscotion of a file amel rank: gives a aquare i naroe. Let's Took.
sta ura th gives the “addrens” of every square

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So, the move “Qe5" meany that the queen meer to the e5-
squae, Capfures are rrkeal with ane “i.” ag in “aNb,” which
teans that a pawn on ad captures x pawn or « pigoe om DS.

‘Another special convention: Although tho word “exchange™
means to trade, “Exchange” (with a capital "K") means the tne
‘of knight of hishop for a mose-vahuable rook. A player whe ian-
ages tis ade “wins the Exchange.”