Comprehensive Chess Course/How to Teach Chess to Beginning and Intermediate Players/Volumes I & II in One

Roman Pelts; Lev Alburt

ISBN 10: 0961720751 / ISBN 13: 9780961720759

Published by Chess Information & Research, 1987

About this Item

Large pictorial softcover 11.3 x 8.5 inches clean tight and unmarked save for personal inscription on title page SIGNED by Lev Alburt; some very light page rippling on edges of first 20 pages from dampness, soft crease across upper outer corner of front cover, still Very Good condition; also included a folded TLS [typed letter signed] from Lev Alburt "Three-time U.S. Open Chess Champion".

Seller Inventory # 022219

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Comprehensive Chess Course/How to Teach Chess to Beginning and Intermediate Players/Volumes I & II in One
• Publisher: Chess Information & Research
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0961720751
• ISBN 13: 9780961720759
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

This is a detailed, comprehensive guide to learning how to play chess. Primarily intended to serve as a manual for those teaching chess in schools and colleges, and for parents teaching chess to their children, or themselves, the book is an ideal starting point for anyone, no matter what age, who wants to take up the sport. "Volume I" looks at the chessboard and the starting position; how pawns, rook, bishop, queen, knight and king move and capture; chess notation; the centre; check; checkmate; castling; relative values of chess forces; how games are drawn; how to record moves; how to open a chess game; test. "Volume II" looks at the rules of play; chess terms and concepts; attack and defence; mistakes in the opening; opening traps; exploiting a large material advantage; double attack; pawn endgames; pinning; the skewer; typical mating combinations; other endgames; final test.