In this highly-acclaimed series, John Watson helps chess-players achieve
a more holistic and insightful view of the openings. He explains not only
the ideas and strategies behind specific openings, but also
the interconnections of chess openings taken as a whole. By presenting
the common threads that underlie opening play, Watson provides a permanent
basis for playing openings of any type.

This final volume draws together many themes in a wide-ranging discussion
of general opening topics. By looking at familiar situations from new
angles, Watson helps us greatly increase our understanding of them. In the
process, he covers a wide variety of opening structures and variations not
seen in the earlier volumes and presents a great wealth of original analysis.

* Reti and Fianchetto Systems
* Reversed Openings
* Symmetry
* Irregular Openings
* Gambits: Primitive or Positional
* Universal Openings

In the final two chapters, Watson presents his views on the importance of
opening study and explains how players should best prepare and choose their
openings for the level at which they play. He looks at the future of chess
openings and explains which skills will be most important as chess evolves
in the forthcoming decades.

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