Gabor Kallai: More basic Chess openings

Cadogan chess, paperback, English, ISBN: 1-85744-206-7, 158 Seiten, 1997.

Gabor Kallai provides a straightforward guide to surviving the maze of chess openings, covering all the popular modern openings starting with 1. d4, 1. c4, and 1. Nf3, as well as some of the lesser known alternatives to 1. e4.
Rather than present a mass of bewildering variations, Kallai concentrates on developing solid understanding of the ideas behind each opening.

Rather than present a mass of bewildering variations, as is common in most opening books, the author concentrates on developing a solid understanding of the ideas of each opening, so that readers can start each game with confidence.
He arms the aspiring player with the fundamental grounding essential for achieving sound and promising positions from the opening, with an emphasis on formulating good plans for the middlegame.

It deals with the "Closed Games", that is to say all openings which do not start with 1 e4.