Learn In A Weekend:14 Chess

Kenneth-whyld

ISBN 10: 0751300217 / ISBN 13: 9780751300215

Published by Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd, 1993

About this Item

Photos included in listing. About the book: Part of the "Learn in a Weekend" series that examines various activities, this book shows the reader how to learn to play chess. Concentrated and highly structured for the absolute beginner, the book can be completed within a 48-hour period. Each of the books outlines the techniques so that at the end of the weekend the beginner can have mastered the basics. Ken Whyld is a regional champion chess player and in this book he teaches readers 15 skills including basic board orientation, understanding various chess pieces and tactics and strategy in chess. Ken Whyld also wrote "The Oxford Companion to Chess" and "Chess: The Records".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Learn In A Weekend:14 Chess
• Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0751300217
• ISBN 13: 9780751300215
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 400 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Chess

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Synopsis

Learn Chess in a Weekend provides in one clear handbook a concentrated, highly structured program that shows the novice -- step by step, hour by hour -- how to master the fundamental skills of chess in one weekend.

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in a Weekend provides in one clear handbook a concentrated, highly structured program that shows the novice -- step by step, hour by hour -- how to master the fundamental skills of chess in one weekend.