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Winning Chess Openings (Chess Book) details Yasser Seirawan’s acclaimed principles of attack and defense, which will come in handy for any serious chess enthusiast. Summary Of The Book Chess players must not only last through the preliminary stages, but also focus on two critical elements of their game. Yasser Seirawan’s Winning Chess Openings (Chess Book) focuses on these crucial elements of defence and attack. Winning Chess Openings (Chess Book) shows chess players how to smoothen out their defensive and attacking formations. There are multiple formations showcased, which can be used seamlessly with both black and white chess pieces. Seirawan’s lucid and detailed inputs are easy to absorb and implement. Chess players do not need to study humungous and long descriptions of opening formations anymore. Winning Chess Openings (Chess Book) does the needful with a compact and insightful presentation of basic opening principles. Seirawan entertains readers with personal recollections, including his very first chess game. His obsession with using the Queen and Rook is recounted as well. The theory is tempered with many such personal accounts, thus making for a comfortable and friendly read. Openings with Queen and King pawns are covered in detail along with a subtle attack on modern principles on opening. Seirawan provides ample doses of motivation and solid logic in his book. Some major areas covered in this book include proper utilization of elements like pawn structures, force, space and time. Readers are also presented with concepts like creating a secure house for the king and estimation of losses resulting from ten moves or even less. Other prominent topics include combating white openings with black and favorite white opening techniques of world champions and grand masters. Readers are taught strategy and proper planning with illuminating theories, details, concepts and entertaining accounts. About Yasser Seirawan Four-time US champion Yasser Seirawan is a renowned chess grand master. He is a revered chess commentator and author. Seirawan has authored several books like Winning Chess Tactics, Winning Chess Brilliancies, Winning Chess Strategies, Winning Chess Endings, Chess on the Edge, Winning Chess Combinations, Take My Rooks and Chess Duels: My Games with the World Champions. Born in Damascus, Syria, Yasser Seirawan attended Garfield High School, Queen Anne Elementary School and Meany Middle School. In 1979, he won the World Junior Chess Championship. He also edited the Inside Chess Magazine for a period of twelve years. He is married to Yvette Nagel, a Woman FIDE Master.