Author: Bruce Pandolfini Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 067170186X Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 260
Book Description
The perfect, and necessary, addition to any personal chess library, Pandolfini's Chess Complete is a comprehensive, accessible reference. National Master Bruce Pandolfini has covered every aspect of the game, from chessboard and pieces to history and strategy, and has responded to virtually any possible question or situation that could arise.
Author: Bruce Pandolfini Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 0743260988 Category : Games & Activities Languages : en Pages : 404
Book Description
From America’s foremost chess coach and game strategist for Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit comes a comprehensive guide covering all aspects of the game, to improve your technique whether you are a newcomer or a longtime fan. One of America's best-known chess masters, Bruce Pandolfini has helped millions learn the intricacies of chess through his acclaimed books and workshops. In this exciting volume, he presents a complete overview of the entire game and its culture. Structured as a dialogue between a beginning student and an expert teacher, Pandolfini's Ultimate Guide to Chess takes the student step-by-step from fundamentals to advanced, highly strategic play. Combining easy-to-follow diagrams with trenchant and up-to-date analysis, Pandolfini puts a new twist on accepted chess theory, offering a seamless beginning-to-end approach, including: • a short introductory history of the game • the moves, rules, and contemporary notation forms • the basic principles of chess • how to develop an opening repertoire • the art of tactical play • pattern recognition and memory aids • traps and pitfalls to be avoided • middlegame play, strategy, and planning • defense and counterattack • transitions to the endgame and the endgame itself • computers and the future of chess • the best websites for playing chess online With Pandolfini's expert insight into the history and modern world of chess, as well as several appendices to enhance play and appreciation, Pandolfini's Ultimate Guide to Chess makes the perfect gift for players of all ages and will be the benchmark title for chess players for years to come.
Author: Bruce Pandolfini Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc. ISBN: 0375722068 Category : Chess Languages : en Pages : 258
Book Description
Here are 111 instructive, quirky, surprising, and fun tactical chess problems to improve anyone's game, created by renowned chess teacher Bruce Pandolfini. Designed to promote creativity and imaginative play, all the problems are endgame miniatures, with seven or fewer pieces on the board. · Every solution has two parts, the setup and the requisite tactic, each of which also reveal broader lessons on general game play · Points are awarded with each solution, so players can track their progress as they work through the book · Answer pages offer descriptions and explanations of the winning procedure employed · Problems are organized thematically, to reinforce the lessons they impart
Author: Bruce Pandolfini Publisher: Random House Reference & ISBN: 0375722041 Category : Games & Activities Languages : en Pages : 290
Book Description
From world-renowned chess expert Bruce Pandolfini comes the perfect book for anyone who appreciates the game of chess–no matter what age or skill level. This fascinating compendium is filled with history, lore, trivia, quotes, and puzzles that celebrate the wonderful world of chess. Inside you’ll find: ·Anecdotes about famous players and famous games ·Puzzles and brainteasers ·Tips, tricks, and secrets from chess experts ·Quotes, jokes, and writings on chess from Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Will Smith, Stanley Kubrick, and many more
Author: Bruce Pandolfini Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 067179499X Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 260
Book Description
Pandolfini, who will be the commentator for the 1993 World Chess Championships in Los Angeles this fall, illustrates 200 new and effective moves for the challenging first phase of the game, explaining strategies and principles in a clear and understandable way. 200 line drawings.
Author: László Polgár Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal ISBN: 9781579129507 Category : Games & Activities Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Win at chess with practical instruction from one of the world's leading teachers! With clever strategies for more than 5000 situations and clear diagrams, Chess is for the enthusiastic novice as well as the competitor taking the game to the next level. Chess takes you through more than 5,000 unique instructional situations, many taken from actual matches, including 306 problems for checkmate in one move, 3,412 mates in two moves, 744 mates in three moves, 144 simple endgames, and 128 tournament game combinations. Organized by problem type, each combination, or game is keyed to an easy-to-follow solution at the back of the book.. More than 6,000 illustrations make it easy to see the possibilities regardless of where your pieces are on the board. The book also includes the basic rules of the game and an international bibliography. Chess is the ultimate book on winning the game.
Author: Bruce Pandolfini Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 0671884247 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 260
Book Description
From America’s foremost chess coach and game strategist for Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit comes the best chess drill book for beginners of all ages. From ever-popular chess instructor Bruce Pandolfini comes this entertaining, interactive, and effective book for teaching young chess players and other newcomers to the game. Filled with hundreds of questions and answers, fill-in-the-blanks, and true-or-false posers, Square One combines traditional chess drills with diverting games and problems to stimulate the analytical skills of beginners of all ages. Besides covering the basics—the board, moves, rules, and notation—Square One goes on to include information on attacks, checkmate, draws, and special rules, giving the beginner a broad overview of the game. With more than 200 instructional diagrams, and answers to all questions and problems, it is a complete workbook for chess players starting at square one.
Author: Bruce Pandolfini Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 0684801213 Category : Chess problems Languages : en Pages : 292
Book Description
Pandolfini, author of Beginning Chess and Chess Openings, has nursed players of all levels through the rigors of learning chess and participating in competitions. Now he focuses on the chronic deficiencies that prevent chess players from playing their best game every time. 200 bandw line drawings.
Author: Bruce Pandolfini Publisher: Random House Incorporated ISBN: 0812936582 Category : Games Languages : en Pages : 303
Book Description
A leading chess coach brings together a collection of excerpts and articles from his chess column for the ChessCaf Web site, answering 150 questions about the game from readers from all around the world. Original. 15,000 first printing.
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Author: Bruce Pandolfini
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Author: László Polgár
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Author: Bruce Pandolfini
Author: Bruce Pandolfini