Chess Handbook is a comprehensive book for beginners learning the rules and basics of the royal game and the intermediate player looking to improve by gaining a better understanding of chess fundamentals. Learn basic tactics and strategies with hundreds of suggestions and tips for players wishing to increase their knowledge of the game and see rapid improvement. Chess Handbook has three sections: Rules, Tactics, and Strategy. Chess Handbook goes into details well beyond other beginner chess books and provides a solid foundation for the intermediate 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.