Opening Tricks for Kids

Description

♟️ What will you learn from this book?

The opening is where most mistakes are made and where games can be won fastest. This book by Graham Burgess collects 100 of the most common tricks in the most frequently played openings, organised by system so the reader can find the resources relevant to their own openings quickly.

🎯 Who is this book for?

• Children who know the basic openings and want to punish the opponent’s mistakes
• Beginners who don’t spot the opponent’s traps or don’t know how to set their own
• Coaches looking for opening tactical resources for class

📖 Contents

100 tricks in the most common opening systems: Italian, Evans Gambit, Two Knights, King’s Gambit, Scotch, Ruy Lopez, Sicilian, French, Caro-Kann, Alekhine, Scandinavian, Pirc, Queen’s Gambit, Nimzo-Indian, King’s Indian, English and more. Includes practice positions and solutions.

📚 Specific resources for specific mistakes

Unlike a general tactics manual, every resource here is contextualised within a specific opening. Not «here’s a fork» — but «if your opponent plays this in the Italian, you can do this». That specificity makes tricks easier to remember and directly applicable.

👤 About the author

Graham Burgess is a FIDE Master and prolific author in La Casa del Ajedrez’s children’s series.

♟️ Why we recommend it at Chesscul

At Chesscul we recommend this as a complement to the opening theory books. For students starting tournament play, knowing the most common tricks in their own openings is an immediate practical advantage.

🔗 Recommended companions

• Chess Openings for Kids: the opening theory book providing strategic context for why the tricks in this book work.
• Chess Openings for Kids: Exercise Workbook: additional opening practice through positions and tests.
• Chess Tactics for Kids: develops the tactical patterns behind many of the tricks here.