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Here you will find chess books covering detailed chess opening theory, ideas which have been successfully tested by Grandmasters in actual play! From the hypermodern Alekhine's Defense to the classical Queen's Gambit, you can find the chess opening book you need at ChessCentral. Whether you want to learn a gambit chess opening or need a general chess book on opening principles, look no further. These chess opening books will treat you to the most up-to-date game analysis and boost your chess opening knowledge.
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Scandinavian Defense The Dynamic 3...Qd6 Chess Opening Book
Scandinavian Defense The Dynamic 3...Qd6 Chess Opening Book
Our Price: $27.95

Now, in the second edition of The Scandinavian Defense: The Dynamic 3...Qd6, the author has added a tremendous amount of new analysis, insight and practical recommendations. This revised and enlarged second edition will provide both a solid foundation for meeting 1.e4 while at the same time allowing considerable room for creativity and original play.
1.b4: Theory and Practice of the Sokolsky Opening Chess Opening Book
1.b4: Theory and Practice of the Sokolsky Chess Opening
Our Price: $27.95

This book, packed with fresh analysis and 95 illustrative games, clearly shows that White can look forward to a rewarding albeit complex or unusual struggle. There’s no need to dwell on the usual platitudes applied interchangeably to unorthodox openings, like “a good psychological choice to get your opponent into unfamiliar territory.”
The Morra Gambit – A Dynamic Weapon against the Sicilian Chess Opening
The Morra Gambit – A Dynamic Weapon against the Sicilian Chess Opening
Our Price: $27.95

In this second edition, chess book  the author probes the secrets of this gambit with tactical acuity and strategic objectivity. He concludes that "Most of Black's defensive systems objectively offer acceptable prospects in a complicated battle."
1.d4 – Beat the Guerrillas
1.d4 – Beat the Guerrillas!
Our Price: $22.95

After 1.d4, probably the most popular chess opening move in the world, Black can choose to employ a wide variety of unorthodox lines. Taken by surprise, White players may stumble into unknown and treacherous territory, where their fully-prepared opponent is waiting in ambush.
The Black Lion Chess Opening
The Black Lion Chess Opening
Our Price: $27.95

This robust, multipurpose chess opening system (in which Black plays d6, Nf6, Nbd7 and e5) looks quiet, like a sleeping lion - hence the name. But when this predator is provoked, and the game heats up, Black eats its prey in an extremely swift and efficient way.
The Flexible French Chess Opening Book
The Flexible French Chess Opening
Our Price: $24.95

The Flexible French is a revolutionary chess repertoire & resources book for both Black and White. Viktor Moskalenko presents a wealth of original and dynamic options in every main line, proving that the French is a very lively and intriguing defense.
The Modern Scandinavian Chess Opening
The Modern Scandinavian Chess Opening
Our Price: $29.95

This chess book features complete games with lots of smoothly written verbal explanations, making the material highly accessible for amateur chess players. Co-authors Karsten Müller and Hannes Langrock have added a new theoretical appendix that provides a condensed chess opening repertoire for Black players.
Sicilian Attacks, Chess Opening Book
Sicilian Attacks, Chess Opening Book
Our Price: $21.95

This chess book provides cutting-edge analysis full of original ideas, but also contains useful verbal guidelines to help you to recognize typical Sicilian plans and counter-plans. An abundance of highly instructive games illustrate the various strategic and tactical themes. At the end of each chapter you will find practical conclusions.
The Complete Sicilian, Volume 1
The Complete Sicilian, Volume 1
Our Price: $24.95

Volume One of the late Attila Schneider's Sicilian encyclopedia.
Schneider covers the subtleties and possibilities of either side in each substantial variation of the Sicilian Defense. Schneider's methodology consists of detailed analysis of two games per variation, with White succeeding in one and Black the other. There is plenty of annotative text intermingled with the raw chess moves.
The Complete Sicilian, Volume 2
The Complete Sicilian, Volume 2
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Volume Two of the late Attila Schneider's Sicilian encyclopedia.
Schneider covers the subtleties and possibilities of either side in each substantial variation of the Sicilian Defense. Schneider's methodology consists of detailed analysis of two games per variation, with White succeeding in one and Black the other. There is plenty of annotative text intermingled with the raw chess moves.
Center Counter Defense, Portuguese Variation
Center Counter Defense, Portuguese Variation
Our Price: $14.95

In the Portuguese, Black offers a pawn for rapid development and the chance to exploit weak squares in the enemy camp. The resulting play is sharp and trappy, with plenty of "coffeehouse" flavor for those wishing to mix it up as Black.
Grundlagen des modernen Eroffnungsspiels
Grundlagen des modernen Eroffnungsspiels
Our Price: $22.95

Grandmaster Aleksej Suetin teaches opening play in this well organized single-volume survey. Not a compendium (like E.C.O. or M.C.O.), Suetin instead offers guidelines and advice, grouped around annotated games, and according to the fundamentals of opening play.
Sizilianisch mit d6 und e6 , Band B
Sizilianisch mit d6 und e6, Band B
Our Price: $21.00

This volume is the second in a two-part exhaustive survey of the Sicilian Scheveningen. Whereas volume one covered general plans, here we find the latest opening theory and practice.
Sizilianisch mit d6 und e6, Band A
Sizilianisch mit d6 und e6, Band A
Our Price: $17.00

The Sicilian Scheveningen is given complete coverage in this 2-volume study! Band A lays the groundwork in a survey of the opening’s effect on middlegame and endgame play.
Scotch 4...Qh4
Scotch 4...Qh4
Our Price: $14.95

The venerable Scotch Game has enjoyed a great revival in recent years, with many top Grandmasters adding it to their repertoires. World Champion Kasparov's adoption of the opening aroused much interest, and the Scotch Game is regularly seen by his opponents.
Dangerous Weapons: The French
Dangerous Weapons: The French
Our Price: $24.95

In Dangerous Weapons: The French, International Master John Watson takes a revolutionary look at one of the most famous and widely-played chess openings: the French Defence. Instead of travelling down well-trodden and analyzed paths, Watson concentrates on fresh or little-explored variations of the French, selecting a wealth of dangerous options for both White and Black.
Gambiteer II
Gambiteer II
Our Price: $23.95

Are you fearless in your approach to chess openings? Do you like to attack your opponents from the very beginning? Are you happy to take calculated risks? Do you loathe trivial positional chess? Do you feel the need to sacrifice pawns early in the game? Are you a Gambiteer? If the answer to these questions is "yes!" then this is the book for you!
Gambiteer I
Gambiteer I
Our Price: $23.95

Are you fearless in your approach to chess openings? Do you like to attack your opponents from the very beginning? Are you happy to take calculated risks? Do you loathe trivial positional chess? Do you feel the need to sacrifice pawns early in the game? Are you a Gambiteer? If the answer to these questions is "yes!" then this is the book for you!
Discovering Chess Openings
Discovering Chess Openings
Our Price: $21.95

There's no denying that the opening is one of the most daunting phases of the game for newcomers to chess. There are literally hundreds of different opening lines, many with unusual sounding names, and some of these go up to twenty or so moves of theory. What is a chess player supposed to do: memorise countless variations
Play the Evans Gambit
Play the Evans Gambit
Our Price: $24.95

A revised edition of a chess title, last published in 1976, which provides coverage of the opening move known as the Evans Gambit, which Garry Kasparov used in 1995 to defeat Anand and Piket.