The Complete Idiot's Guide to ChessPatrick Wolff, the current US Chess Champion and International Grandmaster, teaches readers quick and easy strategies for learning chess basics. From essential information on basic openings and basic endgames to tips on reading your rival's moves, readers will be armed and ready to take on their next opponents. |
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Contents
Lets Play Oms | 1 |
Drawing the Battlelines | 11 |
Rules of Engagement | 31 |
Copyright | |
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a b c d e f g h Diagram abcde f abcde fgh Exercise abcdefgh abcdefgh Diagram abcdefgh Diagram Anand Anatoly Karpov backward pawn best move Black plays Black to move black-squared Black's bishop Black's king Black's pawns Black's turn Bobby Fischer Botvinnik Capablanca capture the pawn center pawn Chapter checkmate Chess Lore chess players ChessTalk d-pawn defend diagonal Diagram 12 Diagram 24 Diagram 9 doubled pawns endgame example extra pawn f gh fgh Diagram fianchettoed Fischer fork Garry Kasparov give checkmate grandmasters isolated pawn Karpov Kasparov kingside Lasker lose material advantage middlegame Notice opening opponent opponent's pieces passed pawn Patrick's Pointers pawn duo pawn structure perpetual check play chess queen queenside recapture rook shown in Diagram side smothered mate space Spassky stalemate tactics weak squares White plays White to move White's king White's pawns White's turn win material World Champion
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Complete Idiot's Guide to Chess The Complete Idiot's Guide Series |
| Author | Patrick Wolff |
| Contributor | Christopher F. Chabris |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Alpha Books, 1997 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Jul 28, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0028617363, 9780028617367 |
| Length | 348 pages |
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