Chess Strategy Open Games by Tim Sawyer

This Chess Strategy Open Games book shows how to win in selected 1.e4 e5 King Pawn Openings such as Petroff, Scotch, Game, Philidor Defence, Four Knights Game, Vienna Game, and more.
Tim Sawyer illustrates chess strategy from games played vs random “Advanced” players as Guests on chess.com. The book has 41 games with 171 diagrams. I scored +40 -1 =0 in these 10-minute blitz games. Opening theory and endgame knowledge help your play, but tactics win most games.
Not covered here are the Ruy Lopez, King’s Gambit, and Italian Game. Each of those openings has its own books in this Chess Strategy series covered This Open Games book covers the best of the rest after 1.e4 e5.
The author uses strategy for many comments to explain what’s going on. He follows any of these steps. 1. Describe the current position. 2. Imagine how to improve it. 3. Plan how to get there.
Tim picks a key position every few moves to make a comment. His plan is for you to browse through the book, look at the diagrams and read the comments with ease.
For those who prefer to read quickly, you can skim through the book from diagram to diagram. Note the change from the previous diagram and read any notes that interest you.
Sometimes a line of chess engine analysis is added. You may wish to work out those lines in your head, or just note that there was an alternative way to play and keep reading.
Tim Sawyer played chess for 50 years. As a Postal Chess Master, his usual opponents were rated 1800 to 2400. However, opponents in this book are often lower to intermediate. Tim’s peak Internet Chess Club blitz rating was 2492.
The author assumes that you can read algebraic chess notation. The diagrams have White at the bottom of the board. Thank you for reading. Enjoy this one!