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Yau-ming wrote:
My favourite opening is the old pawn to king 4. Recently I've met
another player who (as white)does pawn to queen 4. I usually counter
that with pawn to king bishop 4. or just pawn to king 3- followed
by a development of the queen's pawn.

My question is - is there a good easy to follow book for chess
openings? Which would you recommend?

You could try Reuben Fine's `The Ideas Behind the Chess Openings'.
The important thing is to understand the ideas, rather than memorize
the individual moves.


Dave.

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