opening book recomendations

Chess Openings for Black, Explained

Chess Openings for White, Explained

Author: Roman Dzindzichashvil 

"Discovering Chess Openings" by John Emms

Good Chess Openings Books For Beginners and Beyond...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/good-chess-openings-books-for-beginners-and-beyond

Chess Openings Resources for Beginners and Beyond...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/openings-resources-for-beginners-and-beyond

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell

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"Any book recomendations on openings for beginners?"
++ None at all. An opening book is obsolete while being printed. Best is to play according to opening principles and think carefully. You can study grandmaster games.

"I feel it's still the weekest part in my games and I often feel overwhelmed by them."
++ This is most likely not true. You will usually lose by tactics, not from the opening.

"It's the part of the game when I feel least in control."

++ This is true for grandmasters too. Positions with 32 men are most complex and nobody knows anything for sure.
"I don't know if I should just try to learn specific openings "

++ There is no need to learn specific openings. It only postpones the moment you have to think of your own. Many opponents will deviate from what you learn. When what you have learned really happens, you will have forgotten.

"or if I still lack some general opening principles"
++ Lasker in his 'Common Sense in Chess' offered 4 opening principles:

1) Play only your d- and e-pawns
2) Play knights before bishops
3) Do not play the same piece twice
4) Do not pin the king's knight with your queen's bishop before your opponent has castled

For beginners, outdated opening books are very useful. Learn first 6 to 8 moves. Useful article by chess.com

https://www.chess.com/article/view/the-best-chess-openings-for-beginners

sounds boring

oh my goodness, an 8 year old telling me to be quiet. crisis

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as a beginner my game has been revolutionized just by using the Queens pawn. Queens Gambit as white, Scandi defense as black. Its just opened up my game and made me more comfortable somehow

i grew up reading the "openings for dummies" by James Eade

Get MCO-15 if you want all the theory for openings. If you want ideas, follow @FordMoises 's advice

I've found the Everyman chess opening books pretty useful. I have one for opening as white and one for black with possible responses to E4 and d4. But the main thing is you have to play them to death. You can't switch between opening E4 as white then the next game play C4 and something else the next game. It may get boring but the more you see it the better.

Fundamental Chess Openings. Check it out. A wonderful mix of variations with lots of prose and explanations.

play  wares opening!

it achieves its purpose

At your level I would recommend Fundamental Chess Openings. It contains all mainline openings but doesn't go deep, instead explains some basic ideas of each opening. It should give enough knowledge in openings to reach a good club player level. As it stays at the well established domain, it will not become obsolete as easily as the more specialised ones. Reading it makes following top level chess more enjoyable as you understand what the commentators are talking about.

Thank you all for the advise! It is much appreciated. I’ve put the recommandations that I could find in pdf on my e-reader and found a book in Dutch (my language) that I bought. I also bought the opening book by John Emms. I look forward to read them and hope they are suited for my level

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