Mastering the Chess Openings Volu olume me 3 John Watson
Broad market appeal – will interest all chess enthusiasts A major new work by a renowned, award-winning chess writer Bestselling American author commands huge internet following
For many chess-players, opening study is sheer hard work. It is difficult to know what is important and what is not, and when specific knowledge is vital, or when a more general understanding is sufficient. Tragically Tragically often, once the opening is over, a player won’t know what plan to follow, or even understand why his pieces are on the squares on which they sit. In this highly-acclaimed and popular series, John Watson Watson helps chess-players achieve a more holistic and insightful view of the openings. He explains not only the ideas and strategies behind specific openings, but also the interconnections of chess openings taken as a whole. By presenting the common threads that underlie opening play, Watson Watson provides a permanent basis for playing playing openings of any type. This third volume focuses on flank openings while also drawing together many threads from the first two books in a wideranging discussion of general opening topics. Particularly in the context of reversed and analogous forms of standard structures, we understand why certain ideas work and others don’t, and experience the concept of ‘Cross-Pollination’ at work in even more varied forms than seen in the first two volumes. Comparative Titles: Mastering the Chess Openings Volume 1 (Watson) 978-1-904600-60-2 Mastering the Chess Openings Volume 2 (Watson) 978-1-904600-69-5
Publication Date: NOVEMBER 2008 978-1-904600-98-5 978-1-90460098-5 * 288 pp * 6.8 x 9.8 $29.95 pb ($32.95 Canada) DISTRIBUTED IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA BY PERSEUS DISTRIBUTION. TO ORDER CONTACT YOUR PERSEUS SALES REPRESENT REPRESENTA ATIVE ON TEL 800-343-4499, FAX 800-351-5073 OR E-MAIL
[email protected] About the Author: International Master John Watson Watson is one of the world’s most respected writers on chess. In 1999, Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy , Watson’s first book for Gambit, won the British British Chess Federation Book of of the Year Year Award Award and the United States Chess Federation Fred Cramer Award Award for Best Book. He reviews chess books for The Week in Chess and hosts a weekly radio show on the Internet Chess Club.
