More Chess Openings: Traps and Zaps 2

by Bruce Pandolfini

From America’s foremost chess coach and game strategist for Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit comes a collection of 200 brand-new openings, drills, and skills for players of all levels.

The opening is one of the most important parts of the chess game. Weaken your pawns by mistake, and they’re taken. Attack wildly and haphazardly, and your pieces are picked off. Misuse your queen, and it’s trapped. Carelessly neglect development, and you’re mated. You’ve scarcely begun, and the game is over. But with this handy guide, you can avoid these perils and pitfalls.

Including over 200 traps and 200 zaps, More Chess Openings presents everyday errors in openings and their immediate refutations. With detailed instruction and his usual precise explanation, Pandolfini teaches the defenses necessary to ward off the toughest opponents,

*Sicilian Defense
*Caro-Kann Defense
*Modern Defense
*Alekhine Defense
*French Defense
*Pirc Defense
*Center Counter Defense

Genres: Chess, Games

256 pages, Paperback

First published December 3, 1993

About the author

Bruce Pandolfini (born September 17, 1947) is an American chess author, teacher, and coach. A USCF national master, he is generally considered to be America’s most experienced chess teacher. As a coach and trainer, Pandolfini has possibly conducted more chess sessions than anyone in the world. By the summer of 2015 he had given an estimated 25,000 private and group lessons.

(Wikipedia)

Reviews

[DARWIN BAJO]

I need to read first before writing a review.

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

The author continues his approach of teaching the openings by illustrating brief disasters and tactical triumphs. In the 2nd book in this series, he targets the d pawn and irregular openings most likely to result in closed or semi-open games. This book is aimed at the young intermediate player who is well versed in the double king pawn openings.

[Josh · Rating 2 out of 5]

More traps and zaps, I think one book is more than enough.