La lógica de las aperturas contada a los principiantes

Beyond knowing one order or another in a variant, opening or defense, there is a reason, a logic that leads to some opening movements, in some given positions, being good, in others, anodyne and, in others, directly bad. Of course, the range of qualifiers is even wider: there are attractive, rogue, sad or directly sleepy movements, among many others.

Is there a logic underlying the moves we make in the early stages of a chess game? Is there a philosophy, a body, that explains it? What's more, have you ever wondered, for example, why in the Caro-Kann, in his third move Black usually always accepts the change of the central pawn on 'e4' and, on the other hand, does not do it in the French ? Or how did it come to be concluded that 3 ... a6 (against 3 Ab5) was good in Hispaniola? And do you know what are the similarities and differences between the Bird and the Dutch? Or why after 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 has to be played; and yet after 1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6, does the theory recommend 3 Nf3?

If you have ever asked yourself any of these questions, if you have ever mechanically played the opening and did not know why it moved here and not there, in this book you will find many why's, many hows, many when's and many answers.