Taming Wild Chess Openings

How to Deal with the Good, the Bad and the Ugly over the Chess Board

John Watson

• Publisher: New in Chess
• eBook ISBN:
  9789056915711
• Year: 2015

No matter how unconventional, irrational or even crazy an opening is, sooner or later every chess player will have to face it. When that happens, you can count on a well-prepared opponent who is more than happy to roll out his pet line.
John Watson and Eric Schiller provide club-players with solutions to a huge selection of these rarely-played or tricky chess openings. They concentrate upon ideas and strategy, with enough analysis to satisfy the needs of practical play.
Only when a sharp reply is required, Watson end Schiller will recommend a more complex variation filled with tactics. In the vast majority of cases they present a simple and safe way to approach the position, requiring little memorization and still leading to a promising game.
There is a lot of fun material in this book, and you may be surprised to see how even strong grandmasters have indulged in the craziest variations. Chess isn’t all main lines and 20 moves of theory!

Table of contents

• Dedication
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Explanation of Symbols
• Icons
• Introduction
• Bad White Openings
• Bad Black Openings
• Ugly White Openings
• Ugly Black Openings
• Good White Openings
• Good Black Openings
• Index of Moves and Variation Names
• Opening Index