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From America's foremost chess teacher and author comes a new standard: a comprehensive course covering all aspects of the game, to improve your technique whether you are a newcomer or a longtime fan.
One of America's best-known chess masters, Bruce Pandolfini has helped millions learn the intricacies of chess through his acclaimed books and workshops. In this exciting volume, he presents a complete overview of the entire game and its culture. Structured as a dialogue between a beginning student and an expert teacher, Pandolfini's Ultimate Guide to Chess takes the student step-by-step from fundamentals to advanced, highly strategic play. Combining easy-to-follow diagrams with trenchant and up-to-date analysis, Pandolfini puts a new twist on accepted chess theory, offering a seamless beginning-to-end approach, including:
• a short introductory history of the game • the moves, rules, and contemporary notation forms • the basic principles of chess • how to develop an opening repertoire • the art of tactical play • pattern recognition and memory aids • traps and pitfalls to be avoided • middlegame play, strategy, and planning • defense and counterattack • transitions to the endgame and the endgame itself • computers and the future of chess • the best websites for playing chess online
With Pandolfini's expert insight into the history and modern world of chess, as well as several appendices to enhance play and appreciation, Pandolfini's Ultimate Guide to Chess makes the perfect gift for players of all ages and will be the benchmark title for chess players for years to come.
E-Book Information
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Year: 2,003
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Edition: Original
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Pages: 398
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Language: English
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Toc: Cover: Pandolfini's Ultimate Guide to Chess ......Page 1Coverpage ......Page 3Copyright......Page 4Contents ......Page 7Prologue ......Page 9Lesson 1 : The moves and rules ......Page 13Lesson 2 : Non-mating tactics......Page 53Lesson 3 : Mating patterns......Page 73Lesson 4 : The elements......Page 89Lesson 5 : Opening principals and the first move......Page 103Lesson 6 : Black's response......Page 126Lesson 7 : Development and the center ......Page 153Lesson 8 : Comparing minor pieces......Page 170Lesson 9 : Trades, pins and more on minor pieces......Page 191Lesson 10 : Pawn play and weaknesses......Page 207Lesson 11 : Doubled pawns, castling and open lines ......Page 225Lesson 12 : The middlegame, exchange values, how to analyse ......Page 246Lesson 13 : Strategy and tactics, the importance of material, avoiding errors......Page 269Lesson 14 : Endgame principals, centralization, the active king, and pawn promotion ......Page 299Lesson 15 : The past pawn and pawn majorities ......Page 314Lesson 16 : The 7th rank invasion and simplification ......Page 344Epilogue: C