Building on the tremendous success of Openings for Amateurs in 2014,
Pete Tamburro offers a new collection of practical tips to help
club-level and young chessplayers to play the opening on their own
terms. Centering the discussion around 67 selected model games, Openings
for Amateurs - Next Steps covers troublesome variations commonly seen in
amateur play, such as the Smith-Morra Gambit, Grand Prix Attack,
Schliemann Defense, Anti-Grünfeld, Two Knights, London System, Stonewall
Attack, and the Benko Gambit, among others. As befits an experienced
chess teacher, the author gives special attention to promoting
positional understanding of the Open Games, isolated queen's pawn
strategies, and plans revolving around the queenside pawn majority. In
combination with the original volume, you will enjoy over 600 pages of
common-sense explanations for average players and 122 model games,
enabling you to cope with your booked-up opponents because you
understand what the positions are about once you get out of the opening.