Chess for Beginners: Picture Guide, A
Sign in to keep track of books you’ve read and want to read.
In this book, I. A. Horowitz, Chess Editor of the New York Timesand former U.S. Open Champion, applies some of the ideas and convictions acquired from thirty-five years of playing, teaching and analyzing the royal game. He emphasizes the tactical aspects of the game: how to recognize the big chance and hit hard when it occurs. He also stresses the ideas and methods in opening play, rather than the routine memorizing of variations that takes the joy out of chess for so many beginners.
Read more
When you have completed this book, you will be able to play chess with pleasure and some ability.
Liked Chess for Beginners: Picture Guide, A? Here’s where I’d start.
These suit anyone who liked Chess for Beginners: Picture Guide, A. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.
-
Ideas Behind the Chess Openings: Algebraic Edition Shares chess, games, nonfiction -
The Tao Of Chess: 200 Principles to Transform Your Game and Your Life Shares chess, games, nonfiction -
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Chess Shares chess, games, nonfiction -
Lasker's Manual of Chess Shares chess, games, cataloged
