Description
Book SynopsisCheck out this updated chess guide - and up your endgame in no time Over half a billion people play chess worldwide, and the game has been adopted by cultures in every continent around the globe.
Table of ContentsIntroduction 1
Part 1: Laying the Groundwork for Champion Chess 5
Chapter 1: Tackling Chess Basics 7
Chapter 2: Getting to Know the Pieces and Their Powers 21
Chapter 3: Exploring the Elements of Chess 39
Chapter 4: Going after the King: Check, Stalemate, and Checkmate 63
Chapter 5: Making a Few Special Moves 79
Chapter 6: Got Notation? Reading and Writing about Chess 85
Part 2: Gaining Chess Know-How 97
Chapter 7: Trying Out Tactics and Combinations in Hand-to-Hand Combat 99
Chapter 8: Sacrifices: Understanding When It’s Better to Give than to Receive 125
Chapter 9: Building Pattern Recognition 137
Chapter 10: Recognizing Advanced Pawn Formations 157
Chapter 11: Mastering Mating Patterns 171
Part 3: Game Time: Putting Your Chess Foot Forward 189
Chapter 12: Selecting Your Strategy: The Principles of Play 191
Chapter 13: Coming on Strong in the Opening 209
Chapter 14: Making Headway during the Middlegame 227
Chapter 15: Exiting with Style in the Endgame 239
Part 4: Getting into Advanced Action 263
Chapter 16: Playing in Competition 265
Chapter 17: Hitting the Net with Computer Chess 279
Part 5: The Part of Tens 289
Chapter 18: The Ten Most Famous Chess Games of All Time 291
Chapter 19: The Ten Best Players of All Time (and a Few Others) 321
Chapter 20: Ten (or So) Cool Facts about Kids and Chess 345
Part 6: Appendixes 349
Appendix A: A Glossary of Chess 351
Appendix B: Chess Resources 371
Index 375
