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Chess Opening E-Books
E-Books About the Opening in Chess. Most chess books are about the opening phase, and the same is true of chess e-books. We've organized the titles into King's...
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5 Chess Opening Rules to Follow When You Don’t Know Theory - Remote Chess Academy
Apr 23, 2026 - Learn 5 chess opening rules to follow when you don’t know theory. Improve your opening play, avoid mistakes, and get strong positions.
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How to Build Your Chess Opening Repertoire
In this book, the first to focus on these issues, Steve Giddins provides common-sense guidance on one of the perennial problems facing chess-players. He...
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opening - Why is this move bad? - Chess Stack Exchange
From a recent game'o'mine: 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 a6 (never seen that - of course I bogart the pawn) 6. Bxb8 Rxb8 7. Qd4 e6 (I expect...
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strategy - What is this opening called and what should I do to counter it as black? - Chess Stack...
Playing with beginners around my level I see this opening from time to time and it always gives me a headache as to how to counter it. In a recent game I was...
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