A ‘Book Move’ Relates to Moves Within Standard Opening Repertoire<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
A ‘book move’ in chess is a conventional move made by an individual pieces’ move to a position that has been recorded as part of a named opening repertoire development studied in chess theory. Some openings have more book moves than others, and an opening transforms to the middle game after the final book move is played.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Considered normal moves in a game of chess, book moves form an integral part of the opening phase of the game. Some openings have up to 32 book moves while others will have very few, and no more than can be counted on a single set of fingers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is one of my favorite questions in chess and can be answered as ‘twice as old as the U.S.A’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A book move, one would assume, is a move that has been committed to paper by pen at some point, and been recorded in chess opening principles<\/a> theory as part of an opening and named thus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Ponziani Opening is generally accepted as the first opening recorded in history<\/a> being penned toward the end of the 15th century and no later than 1497 making the ‘book move’ within this opening over 500 years old and varies from 6 to 15 book moves depending on the variation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/chessquestions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/book-moves-in-chess-image-2-1-1024x683.jpeg\")
When Were Book Moves Invented?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n