Watson: Mastering the Chess Openings Vol. 1 metadata-enriched Smerdon identifies the four best

Smerdon identifies the four best friends of every chess swindler: your opponent's impatience

Any serious player can now attain a fluency with this tactic exceeding that held by most masters

and devise plans for exploiting them to the full

he was inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame as "one of the greatest writers in the history of American chess

Read this book and discover the stories behind the most powerful opening ideas of all time

Watson: Mastering the Chess Openings Vol. 1 metadata-enriched Smerdon identifies the four best'For many chess players, opening study is sheer hard work. It is difficult to know what is important and what is not, and when specific knowledge is vital, or when a more general understanding is sufficient. Tragically often, once the opening is over, a player won't know what plan to follow, or even understand why his pieces are on the squares on which they sit. John Watson seeks to help chess players achieve a more holistic and insightful view of the