This book gives kids – especially scholastic chess players - and adult improvers the tools to start their chess games with confidence – and have fun with exciting ‘weapons’ such as the Fried Liver Attack and the Center Fork Trick. These tricks can bring quick wins. But studying them also improves general chess knowledge and helps with understanding concepts such as ‘rapid development’ and ‘the importance of the center’. The author, the experienced American chess coach Dean Ippolito, has trained thousands of beginners and adult improvers with his ‘Dean of Chess Academy. He knows precisely how beginners should play the opening and what they can expect from their opponents. Tricks, Traps and Tips in the Chess Opening is an ideal first opening manual for ambitious starters who want to take their chess to the next level. Included are more than two hundred exercises.