Both a fascinating challenge and great training tool, these 303 awesome tactic puzzles are not only super fun to solve but great for beginners, advanced beginners, and intermediate players to use as tools to win chess games. Tactics are presented in order of difficulty so that players can advance from the simple to the complex positions. Finding the right answer will bring about a forced checkmate or a winning material superiority. Puzzles cover the gamut from straightforward moves right up to tricky traps. A book for chess winners! table { }tr { }col { }br { }td { padding: 0px; color: windowtext; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: medium none; white-space: nowrap; }.xl66 { font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", sans-serif; border: 0.5pt solid windowtext; }

A fascinating challenge and great training tool, these two- three- and four-move checkmates are great for beginning, intermediate, and expert players. Mates are in order of difficulty, from simple to very complex positions. Learn the standard patterns for cornering the king, corridor and support mates, attraction and deflection sacrifices, pins and annihilation, the quiet move, and the dreaded zugzwang. Mate challenges are presented from both Blacks and Whites perspective so players learn to see both sides of the board. Examples from old classics to the new millenium illustrate a wide range of ideas. This book is lots of fun and an easy way for a player to improve skills! 192 pages

A complete step-by-step course which shows you how to play and deepen your understanding of chess.

From opening, middlegame, and endgame strategy, to psychological warfare and tournament tactics, you are taken through the thinking behind each essential concept. Examples, discussions, and diagrams show the full impact on the game's direction. Tons of diagrams, examples, sidebars, and sample games illustrate the concepts, making this book easy-to-read and a joy for players looking to delve deeper into the mysteries of chess and become a better player. Called one of the ten best chess books ever written, readers will learn the thinking and concepts behind every aspect of a chess game. An absolute must for players who love the game of chess. 432 pages

Nine information-packed chapters and twenty-two diagrams show beginning players how to play and win at chess in one quick and easy reading. You'll learn the moves of the pieces, the rules and principles of play, the standard openings, as well as chess notation. Cantrell also introduces the basic concepts and strategies of middle and endgame play. Victor Boriskoff says, "For a beginner, this is the best chess book on the market! Recommended." 64 pages

Both a fascinating challenge and great training tool, these tricky tactical problems are not only fun to solve but great for advanced beginners, intermediate, and expert players to use as tools to improve their game. Tactics are presented in order of difficulty so that players can advance from simple to complex positions. Examples from actual games illustrate a wide range of tactics from the classics right up to the current games. You'll learn to use pins, single and double forks, double attacks, skewers, discovered and double checks, multiple threat tactics and other crushing tactics as part of their problem-solving challenges. Great stuff and fun too! Illustrations

The most important concepts, strategies, tactics, wisdom, and thinking that very chess player must know, plus the golden nuggets of knowledge behind every attack and defense, are collected in this one highly focused volume targeted to beginning and intermediate players.