Amateurs like Adams often have more time to pursue an obsession than the professionals who frequently become bored by the time they've spent 20 full years on chess . The amateurs can prepare openings more deeply .
Become a chess insider, starting from square one, in less than an hour!
In the pages of this book, you'll find an introduction to all the chess pieces including their strengths and weaknesses, tips on how to protect your pieces and prevent their capture, and guidance on when to attack and defend like a boss.
A collection of tactical positions from the world's best women chessplayers. Chess lovers of all levels can enjoy the puzzles, as the difficulty goes all the way from one-move killer blows to deep, complex combinations.
In How Life Imitates Chess Kasparov distills the lessons he learned over a lifetime as a Grandmaster to offer a primer on successful decision-making: how to evaluate opportunities, anticipate the future, devise winning strategies.
Chess is not a game of luck. Chess is a game of mathematics and precise calculations, just as life is an event of exact thoughts followed by orderly actions, This novel reveals 12 strategies of chess that can be applied to life.
Offers a guide to important chess techniques and principles to help players develop the skills needed to beat opponents, from the basics of play to specific tactics and strategies, as well as a look at the world of competitive chess.
It is the only story in which Zweig looks at Nazism, and he does so with characteristic emphasis on the psychological.
Absorb the material included in this volume and you will play chess at a fairly high level. Or read through it all and enjoy Fred's masterful explanations.
A group biography of seven enduring and beloved games, and the story of why—and how—we play them.
Teaches chess step-by-step, covering the board and pieces, notation, castling, draws, and basic tactics, and features a boy named George, who learns how to play chess from his tall-tale-telling pet alligator, Kirsty.