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. |
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Page 116
... BxPch or QxPch . Quick ! Our King is in danger ! A &公告气 DOX $ 8 16 We have come to the defense of our King by playing Kt ( at Q2 ) to B3 . Our KRP is attacked twice ( by Black's Queen and Bishop ) but is now guarded twice ( by our ...
... BxPch or QxPch . Quick ! Our King is in danger ! A &公告气 DOX $ 8 16 We have come to the defense of our King by playing Kt ( at Q2 ) to B3 . Our KRP is attacked twice ( by Black's Queen and Bishop ) but is now guarded twice ( by our ...
Page 154
... BxPch and Black has moved his King to K2 . Black could not capture KxB as then White would have played Kt- Kt5ch , attacking both King and Queen and winning the Queen .主管 DOX o4 8 主 6 However , the errant Queen is lost in another way ...
... BxPch and Black has moved his King to K2 . Black could not capture KxB as then White would have played Kt- Kt5ch , attacking both King and Queen and winning the Queen .主管 DOX o4 8 主 6 However , the errant Queen is lost in another way ...
Page 184
... 10 Q - Q5 wins the Kt at K5 as Black must guard the threat of 11 QxP mate ; or if 9 ... KtxBP ; 10 Q - Ktz with a murderous attack ( threat : 11 BxPch followed by 12 B - Kt5 , etc. ) . ++ 卫生 A 昏 DO Ž Ž 9 Black has played. 184.
... 10 Q - Q5 wins the Kt at K5 as Black must guard the threat of 11 QxP mate ; or if 9 ... KtxBP ; 10 Q - Ktz with a murderous attack ( threat : 11 BxPch followed by 12 B - Kt5 , etc. ) . ++ 卫生 A 昏 DO Ž Ž 9 Black has played. 184.
Contents
FOREWORD | 7 |
The Starting LineUp | 13 |
How the Pawn Captures | 24 |
Copyright | |
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An Invitation to Chess: A Picture Guide to the Royal Game Kenneth Harkness,Irving Chernev No preview available - 2008 |
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