Chess Openings for Black, Explained, first published in 2005, gives you a complete repertoire of carefully selected, interrelated openings. Three-time U.S. champion and master teacher Lev Alburt, along with his grandmaster co-authors, provides every- thing you need to know to defend with confidence against each and every one of White's first moves. This second edition is fully updated to reflect new developments in chess during the last three years, thoroughly grounding the player in the grandmaster-openings of modern chess, teaching you the opening that scores highest against White on a master level. Fully illustrated with two-color chess diagrams throughout.
- Genre: Games
- Subgenre: Chess
- Publisher: Lev Alburt
- Pages: 552
- Edition: Revised / Updated
- Language: English
- Format: paperback
- Release Date: January 5, 2009
- Date Published: January 6, 2009
- Author: Eugene Perelshteyn, Lev Alburt, Roman Dzindzichashvili