Chess opening book

A chess opening book is a book on chess openings. This is by far the most common type of literature on chess. These books describe many major lines, like the Sicilian Defence, Ruy Lopez, and Queen's Gambit, as well as many minor variations of the main lines.

For the concept as used in programming computers to play chess, see Chess opening book (computers).
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