How to beat your kids at chess: an adult beginner's guide to chess

✍ Scribed by MacEnulty, David

Publisher: Russell Enterprises, Inc
Year: 2012
Tongue: English
Leaves: 304
Edition: 2nd ed
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

First patterns of chess -- The chess pieces: The king ; The rook ; The bishop ; The queen ; The knight ; The pawn -- Check, checkmate, and stalemate -- Chess notation -- Three special moves and the five ways to draw: Castling ; En passant ; Pawn promotion ; The five ways to draw -- Introduction to chess tactics: En prise ; Fork ; Pin -- Opening principles: Control the center ; Develop the pieces ; Shelter the king -- Two more tactics: Discovery ; Undermining -- The endgame: King and pawn endings ; Checkmate with a king and queen against a lone king ; Checkmate with a rook and king against a lone king ; Rook endings -- Middlegame lessons from the great Paul Morphy: Paul Morphy verses Count Isouard and the Duke of Brunswick ; Paul Morphy verses Daniel Harrwitz ; Pierre Charles de Saint Amant versus Paul Morphy.

✦ Table of Contents

First patterns of chess --
The chess pieces: The king
The rook
The bishop
The queen
The knight
The pawn --
Check, checkmate, and stalemate --
Chess notation --
Three special moves and the five ways to draw: Castling
En passant
Pawn promotion
The five ways to draw --
Introduction to chess tactics: En prise
Fork
Pin --
Opening principles: Control the center
Develop the pieces
Shelter the king --
Two more tactics: Discovery
Undermining --
The endgame: King and pawn endings
Checkmate with a king and queen against a lone king
Checkmate with a rook and king against a lone king
Rook endings --
Middlegame lessons from the great Paul Morphy: Paul Morphy verses Count Isouard and the Duke of Brunswick
Paul Morphy verses Daniel Harrwitz
Pierre Charles de Saint Amant versus Paul Morphy.

✦ Subjects

Chess;Collections;Electronic books;Rules;Chess -- Rules;Chess -- Collections of games

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