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Introduction
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1
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Réti: Open and Closed Variations
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The 2... d4 Advance
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The Open Réti
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The Closed Réti
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2
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Réti: Slav Variations
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The System with ... Bg4
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The System with ... Bf5
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The Gambit Accepted
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The Double Fianchetto System
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3
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Modern Kingside Fianchetto
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The Modern Defence
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Tiger's Modern
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Modern Defence with an Early ... c6
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Classical Set-Up
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Other White Formations
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Averbakh Variation
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4
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Modern Queenside Fianchetto
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Owen Defence
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English Defence
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Larsen's Opening: 1.b3
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5
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Gambits
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Primitive Gambits
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Danish and Göring Gambits
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Milner-Barry Gambit
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Morra Gambit
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Blackmar-Diemer Gambit
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Other Primitive Gambits
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Positional Gambits
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The Ultra-Positional Benko Gambit
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6
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f-Pawns and Reversed Openings
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Dutch Defence/Bird Opening
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King's Indian Attack
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Reversing Double e-Pawn Openings
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7
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Symmetry and Its Descendants
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Petroff Defence
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Four Knights Game
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Symmetry in the English Opening
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English Double Fianchetto Variation
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8
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Irregular Openings and Initial Moves
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The Appeal of the Irregular
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Adventures with 1.e4
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Responding to the Unfamiliar
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Assessing the Initial Moves
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Sokolsky/Polish: 1.b4
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Linkspringer: 1.Nc3
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The Strange Ones
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Grob: 1.g4
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Universal First Moves for Black
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Specialized Black Debuts
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9
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Choosing and Preparing Openings
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How important is Opening Study?
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Openings Selection
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Improving Your Opening Play
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10
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The Future of Openings
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