How long does it take to read Discovering Chess Openings?
Building Opening Skills from Basic Principles
John Emms
Discovering Chess Openings by John Emms takes about 3 hours 11 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 11 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2006. 174 pages, about 47,850 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 19 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 11 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Few would disagree that the opening is one of the most daunting phases of the game for newcomers to chess. There are literally hundreds of different lines, many with bizarre-sounding names, and some of these include twenty or so moves of theory. What is an aspiring chess player supposed to do: memorize countless variations from mammoth encyclopedias? Don't panic! In Discovering Chess Openings, John Emms argues that studying openings doesn't have to be hard work at all; indeed it can be both enjoyable and enlightening. The key to successful opening play is not simply learning lines off by heart; it's the understanding of the basic principles. In this book you are guided through the vital themes: swift development, central control and king safety. An appreciation of these principles and their many offshoots will actually allow you to recreate and discover opening theory, giving you the opportunity to choose the most suitable lines to play in your games. This book is a complete introduction to opening play, written by an opening expert, ideal for improving players. - Back cover.
Subjects: Chess, Openings, Chess, openings
