Chess Handbook: Rules, Tactics, and Strategies for the Improving Player

Todd Bardwick is a National Chess Master and one of the most experienced chess teachers in the United States having taught chess full-time for over 25 years. He has taught over 15,000 chess classes with some of his students becoming state and national scholastic chess champions and has the rare certification as a Professional Chess Coach by the United States Chess Federation. He is a five-time Denver Chess Champion, runs the Chess Academy of Denver, and founded the Rocky Mountain Chess Camp - one of the oldest children's chess camps in the nation. Todd wrote the chess column for the Rocky Mountain News from 1993-2009 and is nationally known as "The Chess Detective" through his column in the United States Chess Federation's publication, Chess Life for Kids (2002-2017). His best-selling books are published in four languages and are sold throughout the world.