Chess For Dummies

Chess For Dummies is for anyone who wants to become a better chess player. Whether you’ve been playing chess for years or never played at all, this clearly written and easy-to-understand guide will help you to

• Apply the rules of chess to maximize winning
• Understand the lingo involved in the game
• Find other players who are just about at your own level
• Teach others how to play the game

Explore move-by-move what it takes for you to be the one proudly saying, “Checkmate” at the end of your chess game.  also covers the following topics and more:

• Setting up the board
• The pieces and their powers
• Pattern recognition
• What to do throughout the game, from start to end
• Whom to play, when, where, and how
• Online and computer chess
• Chess notation
  
  Supplement your reading with Chess Lessons
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