Fundamental Chess Openings

Paul van der Sterren

Paperback · 479 pp. · 2009

The latest single volume opening guide is quite different from works like NCO, or MCO. It is closer to the Horowotz classic, Chess Openings Theory & Practice.

Grandmaster van der Sterren places emphasis on the plans and ideas in each opening, but at the same time takes a snapshot of the critical lines in modern practice, without drilling too deep.