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Unorthodox chess openings

by Eric Schiller

Presents the most popular and sexy openings in the trilogy of opening reference guides for chess players - along with Gambit Chess Openings (GCO) and Standard Chess Openings (SCO). Unorthodox Chess Openings is aimed at beginning and intermediate players. Don't let the term unorthodox fool you - these moves represent the most popular openings played at lower level chess, 95 per cent of the market. chess players contains more than 1500 weird, contentious, controversial, unconventional, arrogant, and outright strange opening strategies. From their tricky tactical surprises to their bizarre names, these openings fly in the face of tradition. You'll meet such openings as the Orangutan, Raptor Variation, Halloween Gambit, Double Duck, Frankenstein-Dracula Variation, and even the Drunken King! The book includes more than 100 completely annotated games (including a game representative of each major opening) and more than 750 diagrams.

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