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.
"Checkmate in One Move" is the ultimate tool for chess enthusiasts of all levels who want to improve their tactical skills and take their game to the next level. With 500 mate-in-one chess puzzles and solutions, you'll be able to challenge yourself and track your progress as you work through each puzzle. Here's what you can expect from this book: 500 mate-in-one chess puzzles: Each puzzle is designed to help you develop your ability to find the best move to achieve a checkmate in just one move. Clear diagrams: Each puzzle is presented with clear diagrams that make it easy to visualize the board and the moves that lead to a checkmate. Space for answers: Each puzzle is followed by a space for you to write your answer, so you can compare it with the solution and explanation provided. Solutions and explanations: The solutions and explanations are provided at the end of the book, so you can check your answers and understand the thought process behind each solution. Four diagrams per page: With four puzzles per page, you can work through puzzles efficiently and quickly. Range of difficulty levels: The puzzles are organized into different difficulty levels, so you can progress at your own pace and work your way up to more challenging puzzles. Perfect for beginners: This book is the ideal starting point for chess beginners who want to learn the basics of the game and improve their skills. Develop tactical skills: By working through these mate-in-one chess puzzles, you'll be able to develop your tactical skills and gain a deeper understanding of the game. Fun and challenging: With a range of puzzle types and difficulty levels, "Checkmate in One Move" is both fun and challenging, making it the perfect tool for chess enthusiasts of all levels. Whether you're a beginner looking to improve your chess skills or an experienced player seeking a new challenge, "Checkmate in One Move" is the perfect puzzle book for you. So grab your chessboard and get ready to take your chess game to the next level!
A 21st-Century Edition of a Great Checkmate Collection! Ask most chessplayers from the “baby boomer” generation how they acquired and sharpened their tactical skills, and chances are a Fred Reinfeld tactics collection will be part of their answer. And now, for the first time, 1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate is available in modern algebraic notation. This may be the all-time great checkmate collection, with forced checkmate positions culled mainly from actual play. And Reinfeld's selection is simply marvelous, touching on all the important tactical themes. In short, this is an outstanding book to hone your tactical abilities. It will help you recognize mating patterns, develop visualization skills, enhance imagination, and improve tactical sharpness. And now, with a modern 21st-century edition of this great checkmate collection finally available, there is no excuse for not only improving your tactical skills, but also enjoying yourself along the way.
THE POLGAR WAY TO BETTER CHESS! Learn Chess the Right Way is a five-volume chess puzzle book series aimed at the novice, beginner and intermediate level player, using the unique methods of the award-winning coach and former world champion Susan Polgar. It introduces the most important checkmate and material-winning tactics, as well as defensive techniques to the new chess player. Each of the five volumes will consist of 500 puzzles. In Book 1, the focus is on one-move checkmate exercises. In each of the first five chapters, a specific piece delivers checkmate (in Chapter 1 – the queen, Chapter 2 – the rook, and so on). In Chapters 6-8, checkmates which involve special tactics (such as pins, discovered attacks, etc.) are introduced. Chapter 9 has a mixed collection of puzzles, without any hint about which piece is to deliver checkmate. Chapter 10 builds on the previous 9 chapters, and introduces basic patterns of checkmate in two moves. With over 40 years of experience as a world-class player and coach, international grandmaster Susan Polgar has developed the most effective way to help young players and beginners – Learn Chess the Right Way. Let her show you the way to understanding the most common and critical patterns and let her show you the way to becoming a better player. SUSAN POLGAR is a winner of four Women’s World Championships and the top-ranked woman chess player in the United States. She became the #1 woman player in the world at 15 and remained in the top 3 for over 20 years. In 2013, she received the U.S. Coach of the Year Award and the following year, she was named the Chess Trainer of the Year by the International Chess Federation (FIDE). She thus became the first person in history to be accorded both honors. Under her guidance, SPICE chess teams at both Texas Tech University and Webster University have won a combined five consecutive National Division I Collegiate Chess Championships.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing many of these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
