Chess Openings 1 Author:Stephen A. Schneider Chess Openings 1 is for anyone who knows the basics of chess and would like to learn more about chess strategies. Every game starts with an opening plan. Chess Openings 1 begins with openings most popular with scholastic players â?? how to play them, how to stop them. Challenging puzzles and instructional games demonstrate opening strategie... more »s for three main openings (The Queen's Raid; Two Knights Defense; The Stonewall) plus popular variations. Students use these strategies in their own games and record their moves in the algebraic system of chess notation. Chess Openings 1 is a great first openings book for children of all ages!« less