Improve Your Opening Play - Ward "Coach and Teacher Supplies" The chessboard is the ultimate

The chessboard is the ultimate mental battleground and the world champions themselves are supreme intellectual gladiators

and the second gives the theoretical material

but it's also a gift to set your child on their way to accomplishment

namely the art of playing with pieces

Improve Your Opening Play - Ward "Coach and Teacher Supplies" The chessboard is the ultimateGM Chris Ward explains the important ideas behind every major opening, unraveling among others the secrets of the Sicilian, the mysteries of the Modern and the fundamentals of the French. He emphasizes the need to understand the key elements of each opening rather than simply memorize a series of complicated variations which leave you stranded if the opponent varies from the expected route. Author Chris Ward is a leading member of the younger