Back to Basics: Openings will help you understand and play the openings in chess much, much better. It will also help balance your studies of openings, and give you a recipe as to how to obtain better results from your openings and how to approach a variety of situations relevant to our topic of openings. The book covers critical concepts, including: My Own Experiences with Openings Opening Principles How do I decide which Opening to Choose? An Introduction to Opening Theory The Open Game The Semi-Open Game The Closed Game The Semi-Closed Game Flank Openings Where do I go from here?
