Chess For Beginners

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Simon and Schuster, Sep 15, 1971 - Crafts & Hobbies - 144 pages
In this book, I. A. Horowitz, Chess Editor of the New York Times and former U.S. Open Champion, applies some of the ideas and convictions acquired from thirty-five years of playing, teaching and analyzing the royal game. He emphasizes the tactical aspects of the game: how to recognize the big chance and hit hard when it occurs. He also stresses the ideas and methods in opening play, rather than the routine memorizing of variations that takes the joy out of chess for so many beginners.
When you have completed this book, you will be able to play chess with pleasure and some ability.
 

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BASIC RULES
1
LONG LIVE THE KING
10
Two MORE IMPORTANT RULES
19
How To RECORD GAMES
25
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Israel Albert Horowitz was an American International Master of chess. In 1989 he was inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame.

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