In this highly-acclaimed series, John Watson helps chess-players achieve a more holistic and insightful view of the openings. He explains not only the ideas and strategies behind specific openings, but also the interconnections of chess openings taken as a whole. By presenting the common threads that underlie opening play, Watson provides a permanent basis for playing openings of any type. pThis final volume draws together many themes in a wide-ranging discussion of general opening topics. By looking at familiar situations from new angles, Watson helps us greatly increase our understanding of them. In the process, he covers a wide variety of opening structures and variations not seen in the earlier volumes and presents a great wealth of original analysis. p R ti and Fianchetto Systemsbr Reversed Openingsbr Symmetrybr Irregular Openingsbr Gambits Primitive or Positionalbr Universal Openings pIn the final two chapters, Watson presents his views on the importance of opening study and expl