INVITATION TO CHESSFrom Simon & Schuster, An Invitation to Chess is Irving Chernev and Kenneth Harkness guide to beginners chess and the strategies required to progress to intermediate levels and beyond. An Invitation to Chess is perhaps the most successful chess book ever written, with sales of over 100,000. It is a basic beginners book, starting with the moves of the pieces and rapidly advancing to more complex problems and examples. |
Contents
FOREWORD | 7 |
The Starting LineUp | 13 |
How the Pawn Captures | 24 |
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An Invitation to Chess: A Picture Guide to the Royal Game Kenneth Harkness,Irving Chernev No preview available - 2008 |
Common terms and phrases
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