Chess: Beginners and Intermediate, Openings, Strategies and Endgames (Puzzle Power)

Patterson, Hugh

ISBN 10: 1786648083 / ISBN 13: 9781786648082

Published by Flame Tree Illustrated, 2018

About this Item

Very good condition paperback with minimal wear. Content is clean.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Chess: Beginners and Intermediate, Openings, Strategies and Endgames (Puzzle Power)
• Publisher: Flame Tree Illustrated
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1786648083
• ISBN 13: 9781786648082
• Binding: spiral_bound
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

Chess is a popular and fascinating game, it’s good for the mind, and satisfying to play with others, in clubs, or alone, in travel, against a computer, or an app. This new book will take you quickly through the movement of the pieces to good opening strategies, middle game techniques, and how to either finish off or defend against your opponent.

About the Author

Hugh Patterson (author) has been a full-time chess instructor, coach and writer for over 10 years. He writes a weekly chess column for Grandmaster Nigel Davies’ website, The Chess Improver. Hugh is a senior instructor at Academic Chess, and teaches chess weekly at schools in the San Francisco Bay Area. Prior to chess, Hugh was the guitarist and singer in many ground-breaking punk rock bands including KGB, The Offs and No Alternative. He has recorded extensively and currently plays jazz guitar, but chess is his first love.

Nigel Davies (foreword) is an International Chess Grandmaster, has won 15 international tournaments, several national titles and represented both England and Wales at international level. He has written numerous books on chess, presented over 35 DVDs and runs several chess tuition websites, including The Chess Improver. Nigel works mainly as a coach, and several of his former students have gained the Grandmaster title.