Chess
Skills - Tactics - Techniques
Published on 1. August 2014
96 pages
978-1-84797-706-9 (ISBN)
Description
Chess - Crowood Sports Guides is the perfect tool for anyone wanting to improve their performance, from beginners learning the basic skills to more experienced participants working on advanced techniques. Standard chess rules and basic notation is covered as well as how to use each piece effectively; tactics and strategy; how to plan for success; the three phases - openings, middlegames and endgames; advanced techniques - analysing a position, opening repertoires, when to sacrifice, key endgame principles; hints and tips for developing chess further and finally using computers for analysis and preparation.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Marlborough
United Kingdom
Illustrations
Illustrations; 253 Diagrams; 7 Halftones, color
File size
20,26 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-84797-706-9 (9781847977069)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
05/2014
The Crowood Press Ltd
€16.50
Shipment within 15-20 days
Person
Jonathan Arnott is a chess Candidate Master. He learned to play at the age of 4 and, as a junior, won the Sheffield Under-18 title for eight consecutive years as well as several Yorkshire junior titles. By winning the British Under-16 Junior Squad championships Jonathan earned a place in the British Under-21 squad. He captained Yorkshire from 2002-2004, leading the county to two national rapidplay titles. He has twice represented a top British side in the European Club Cup (which features most of the world's top players) and has competed in many other international events. He is an ECF-accredited coach and has coached at SASCA, the Sheffield junior chess club, for many years.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part 1: Rules of the Game
- 1 Chess Notation
- 2 The Pieces
- The Bishop
- The Rook
- The Queen
- The Knight
- The Pawn
- The King
- 3 Simple Checkmates
- 4 How Games Are Drawn
- 5 The Starting Position and Special Rules
- Part 2: Tactics and Strategy
- 6 Counting
- 7 Pins, Forks, Skewers and Discovered Attacks
- 8 Removing the Guard, Deflection and Overloading
- 9 Pawn Structure
- 10 Outposts, Open Files and Space Advantage
- Part 3: The Three Phases of the Game
- 11 Openings: General Principles
- 12 The Middlegame: Coming up with a Plan
- 13 Basic Endgame Technique
- Part 4: Advanced Techniques
- 14 How to Analyze a Position
- 15 Developing Your Opening Repertoire
- 16 Sacrifices: What, Why and When?
- 17 Key Endgame Principles
- Part 5: Developing Your Chess Further
- 18 Test Positions
- 19 The Chess Clock
- 20 Competitions, Computer Programs and Other Information
- Index
