文档介绍：Transpo Tricks in Chess
Finesse your Chess Moves and Win
Andrew Soltis
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Contents
Page
Introduction 5
Chapter One: Double KP Openings 14
Chapter Two: Ruy Lopez 34
Chapter Three: Sicilian Defense 54
Chapter Four: Semi-Open Games 94
Chapter Five: Double QP Openings 120
Chapter Six: Indians 153
Chapter Seven: Dutch Defense and Flank Openings 191
Index of Opening Variations 213
3
4
Introduction
Openings have e so
complex and convoluted that we've
forgotten our basic goal in them.
The reason we pick, say, 1 e4 over
1 d4 - or 11 h3 rather than 11 .te3,
for that matter - is simply to reach a
middlegame we want to play.
Unfortunately, our opponents are
making choices too, in order to In 99 of 100 games Black
reach the middlegame they want continues 5 ... ttJd6 or 5 ... .te7 and
to play. It's rarely the same life goes on.
middlegame. But lurking in the warren of
footnotes of 'book' is 5... a6!? It's
How do you get the one you usu