Chess For Beginners And The Beginnings Of Chess

Chess is 99% tactics. If this celebrated observation is true for the master, how much more so for beginners and casual players! If you want to win more games, nothing works better than training combinations. There are two types of books on tactics, those that introduce the concepts followed by some examples, and workbooks that contain numerous exercises. Chess masters and trainers Franco Masetti and Roberto Messa have done both: they explain the basic tactical ideas AND provide an enormous amount of exercises for each different theme. Masetti and Messa have created a great first tactics book. It teaches you how to: ¯ identify weak spots in the position of your opponent ¯ recognize patterns of combinations ¯ visualize tricks. 1001 Chess Exercises for Beginners can also be used as a course text book, because only the most didactically productive exercises have been used.

Ilya Maizelis's masterpiece is the definitive introduction to the game of chess. It has inspired generations of Russians to take up the game, including arguably the two greatest players of all time, the 12th and 13th World Champions. In the original Russian, this landmark work is simply called "Chess"--no other explanation was considered necessary. The Soviet Chess Primer is a modern English translation of Maizelis's witty introduction to the royal game. This new edition of a timeless classic includes an original foreword from the 2nd World Champion, Emanuel Lasker, as well as an introduction from the most celebrated chess trainer of modern times, Mark Dvoretsky.

Targeted for beginning and novice players, this step-by-step approach uses more than a hundred actual chess diagrams to bring out the excitement of chess and show you an easy method of learning and playing. You learn the basic principles of opening, middle and end game strategies, development and pawn structure, different ways to checkmate opponents, and the important openings and defenses. You'll also learn how to join a chess club, use a chess clock, get rated, enter tournaments, and use notation to both record your own games and play back others. Two completely annotated games show you how strategic thinking is used in an actual game. More than 100,000 books sold! 168 pages

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 edition. Excerpt: ...The idea was not dead at the beginning of the century, as Mr. Christie, the auctioneer, of St. James's Street, published a handsome and learned quarto under the n0m de plume of 'Palamedes, ' in which he argued the direct descent of the game from the ancient Greek game of pettcia. In the oldfashioned frontispiece a tall man without any clothes on, but clean shaven and with hair well arranged, is reclining on a bank with a long crook sloped over his shoulder, watching sheep with a dog at his feet. A small palisaded sheep-pen is upon a rectangular artificial slope, with lines drawn leading from the middle of the sides, and the corners converging towards the interior of the pen. This pctteia was played with five or ten pebbles of a side moving on lines, and somehow or another one side had to block the other in. There was either a dividing line in the middle, or a position considered ' sacred'--about which there are several classical references--as a point only to be moved from in extremities. The descriptions of the game, as made up from fragmentary allusions in Greek and Latin writers, are not the same by Dr. Hyde, Daines Barrington, and Palamedes, and I cannot gather what the use of the sacred line or space in the middle was. This was the game which somebody supposed to be hopScotch (or Scot) that the suitors of Penelope played at outside her door. Imagine them at it if dressed H. COLERIDGE. in the tartan pantaloons in which Ulysses on his return is painted in a large picture in the National Gallery. 'Palamedes ' supposes that, somehow or another, chess grew out of it before the Hindus improved it; and certainly with other writers he seems to be correct in not accepting Sir W. Jones's idea that chess as we have it, at least as it was among..

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Excerpt from Chess for Beginners: And the Beginnings of Chess The object of this work is to give a clear summary of the elements of Chess, and to bring within a small compass much of the knowledge that has been gained about the literary and historical features of this ancient pastime. In carrying out the first part of his task the author has endeavoured to obviate the necessity of a teacher; and if to do this many words have been used, it should be remembered how many more would be employed in an oral lesson over a board. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Master the Ancient and Modern Game of Chess! Read this book for FREE on Kindle Unlimited – Order Now! When you read How to Play Chess, you’ll discover a fascinating world of the mind! This comprehensive and lengthy book explains how all the chess pieces move in simple, easy-to-understand language. You’ll easily absorb the quirks of the game, such as the en passent rule and how important kings become in the later stages of play. From pawns to queens, you’ll know exactly how to follow the rules – and make the most of your favorite strategies! How to Play Chess introduces many popular beginner tactics you can use right away to impress your friends and improve your rankings. You’ll discover the various strategies appropriate for each phase of the game—Beginning, Middle, and Endgame—and how to get an edge on your opponents! Inside, you’ll learn about chess masters from long ago – and meet the new masters. From William Steinitz and Magnus Carlsen to Garry Kasparov and Bobby Fisher, the chess world has created many fascinating and beautiful minds! This inspiring chess method for beginners helps you understand how to position your pieces in their “best squares” and create solid defenses. When it’s time to go on the offensive, you’ll enjoy thrilling attacks – and avoid your opponent’s counter-attacks. It’s time to win more games and have more fun!