Beginning Chess

Author: Bruce Pandolfini
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671795015
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 278

Book Description
Presents three hundred chess problems for beginners, each of which requires no more than ten pieces on the board and can be solved in one move, covering eleven tactical themes including forks, pins, traps, and direct checkmates.

51 Chess Openings for Beginners

Author: Bruce Alberston
Publisher: Cardoza Publishing
ISBN: 1580425267
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 226

Book Description
Chess openings are the most important part of every novices journey and the most fun. The most common and important openings are presented in an easy-to-use format with large, frequent diagrams showing every position along with clear explanations of the goals, objectives, and concepts behind the moves. No other book so perfectly presents the openings in a manner so easy to learn and use. 176 pages.

1001 Chess Exercises for Beginners

Author: Franco Masetti
Publisher: New In Chess
ISBN: 9056915584
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 2069

Book Description
Chess is 99% tactics. If this celebrated observation is true for the master, how much more so for beginners and casual players! If you want to win more games, nothing works better than training combinations. There are two types of books on tactics, those that introduce the concepts followed by some examples, and workbooks that contain numerous exercises. Chess masters and trainers Franco Masetti and Roberto Messa have done both: they explain the basic tactical ideas AND provide an enormous amount of exercises for each different theme. Masetti and Messa have created a great first tactics book. It teaches you how to: ¯ identify weak spots in the position of your opponent ¯ recognize patterns of combinations ¯ visualize tricks. 1001 Chess Exercises for Beginners can also be used as a course text book, because only the most didactically productive exercises have been used.

The Game of Chess

Author: Siegbert Tarrasch
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486144550
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 450

Book Description
Classic introduction offers superb coverage of all aspects, especially Middle Game, combination play. Hundreds of games analyzed. Over 340 diagrams.

The Soviet Chess Primer

Author: Ilya Maizelis
Publisher: Chess Classics
ISBN: 9781907982996
Category : Chess
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Ilya Maizelis's masterpiece is the definitive introduction to the game of chess. It has inspired generations of Russians to take up the game, including arguably the two greatest players of all time, the 12th and 13th World Champions. In the original Russian, this landmark work is simply called "Chess"--no other explanation was considered necessary. The Soviet Chess Primer is a modern English translation of Maizelis's witty introduction to the royal game. This new edition of a timeless classic includes an original foreword from the 2nd World Champion, Emanuel Lasker, as well as an introduction from the most celebrated chess trainer of modern times, Mark Dvoretsky.

Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess

Author: Bobby Fischer
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0553263153
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 350

Book Description
A one-of-a-kind masterclass in chess from the greatest player of all time. Learn how to play chess the Bobby Fischer way with the fastest, most efficient, most enjoyable method ever devised. Whether you’re just learning the game or looking for more complex strategies, these practice problems and exercises will help you master the art of the checkmate. This book teaches through a programmed learning method: It asks you a question. If you give the right answer, it goes on to the next question. If you give the wrong answer, it explains why the answer is wrong and asks you to go back and try again. Thanks to the book’s unique formatting, you will work through the exercises on the right-hand side, with the correct answer hidden on the next page. The left-hand pages are intentionally printed upside-down; after reaching the last page, simply turn the book upside-down and work your way back. When you finish, not only will you be a much better chess player, you may even be able to beat Bobby Fischer at his own game!

Chess Fundamentals

Author: José Raúl Capablanca
Publisher: Mundus Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Chess
Languages : en
Pages : 262

Book Description

Chess for Everyone

Author: Robert M Snyder
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 224

Book Description
In Chess for Everyone, national chess master and coach Robert M. Snyder introduces chess to the beginner in twenty graduated lessons. Mr. Snyder teaches the basic principles and then builds the student's knowledge in a clear and consistent manner. The reader is given a solid foundation in: Basic rules(piece movements, checkmate, castling, en passant, drawn game and more). Opening principles, traps and a basic opening system. Middlegame strategy (checkmate patterns and tactics). Basic endgame strategy including basic checkmates and King and Pawn endings. Upon completing Chess for Everyone students can continue to expand their knowledge in all areas of the game by reading the other volumes in the Chess for Everyone series.

Play Winning Chess

Author: Yasser Seirawan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781857443318
Category : Games
Languages : en
Pages : 224

Book Description
'When most people learn to play chess, they usually memorise the movements of the pieces and then spend years pummelling away at each other with little rhyme and even less reason. Though I will show you how each piece leaps around, what it likes to do

Openings for Amateurs

Author: Pete Tamburro
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781936277506
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Learning how to start a game of chess is one of the most daunting tasks facing intermediate adult and young chess players. Award-winning chess teacher and championship scholastic coach Pete Tamburro offers practical guidance for avoiding common pitfalls at the chessboard, as well as effective strategies for meeting troublesome openings and a choice of openings reflecting his focus on ideas over memorization.