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How to beat your kids at chess : an adult beginner's guide to chess

Call Number

  • 794.1 M1419 (CEN)

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Edition

Second edition.

Publication Information

Milford, CT : Russell Enterprises, Inc., 2012.

Physical Description

303 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Contents

  • The first patterns of chess
  • The chess pieces: The king ; The rook ; The bishop ; The queen ; The knight ; The pawn
  • Check, checkmate, and stalemate
  • Chess notation
  • Three special moves and the five ways to draw: Castling ; En passant ; Pawn promotion ; The five ways to draw
  • Introduction to chess tactics: En prise ; Fork ; Pin
  • Opening principles: Control the center ; Develop the pieces ; Shelter the king
  • Two more tactics: Discovery ; Undermining
  • The endgame: King and pawn endings ; Checkmate with a king and queen against a lone king ; Checkmate with a rook and king against a lone king ; Rook endings
  • Middlegame lessons from the great Paul Morphy: Paul Morphy verses Count Isouard and the Duke of Brunswick ; Paul Morphy verses Daniel Harrwitz ; Pierre Charles de Saint Amant versus Paul Morphy.

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