Newly formatted and updated to appeal to beginning and intermediate players this popular book, one of the best-selling chess opening books ever, has taught tens of thousands of beginning players the key concepts of the opening, the most crucial part of every chess game. Players learn the best opening moves from both Black’s and White’s perspectives. More than 25 essential openings are shown: King’s Gambit, Center Game, Scotch Game, Giucco Piano, Vienna Game, Bishop’s Opening, Ruy Lopez, French, Caro-Kann, Sicilian, Alekhine, Pirc, Modern, Queen’s Gambit, Nimzo-Indian, Queen’s Indian, Dutch, King’s Indian, Benoni, English, Bird’s, Reti’s, and King’s Indian Attack. Includes actual examples from 25 grandmasters and champions including Fischer, Kasparov and Spassky. Bill Robertie is the author of 15 books on chess and backgammon. He is the world’s best backgammon player and the only two-time Monte Carlo World Championship. He was the former editor and co-publisher of Inside Backgammon, the game’s foremost backgammon magazine. He is also a chess master, winner of the U.S. Speed Chess Championship, and a best-selling author of some of the best beginning chess books ever written