Winning Chess
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From the latest book from well-known chess grand master Seirawan, "Winning Chess Openings" shows beginning chess players how to build a safe house for a king; eliminate losses of ten moves or fewer; utilize elements of time, force, space, and pawn structure; plan strategies; apply openings for White used by World Champions; and other technical strategies.
Learn sure-fire tactics and combinations from one of the world's top chess players.
The essential guide to the use of tactics, the watchdogs of strategy that take advantage of short-term opportunities to trap or ambush an opponent and change the course of a game in a single move. International Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan shows chess players how to put the tactics of the world's chess legends to work for them. Choose from the double attack, the pin, the skewer, deflection, the decor, x-rays, windmills, and many more time-tested tactics.
The essential guide to the use of tactics, the watchdogs of strategy that take advantage of short-term opportunities to trap or ambush an opponent and change the course of a game in a single move. International Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan shows chess players how to put the tactics of the world's chess legends to work for them. Choose from the double attack, the pin, the skewer, deflection, the decor, x-rays, windmills, and many more time-tested tactics.
An introduction to chess for beginners and intermediate-level chess players. The author begins by describing the game's fundamentals and then reveals his four principles of play - space, time, force and pawn structure.
Learn to: Knock your opponent off balance with bold opening moves Formulate an overall game strategy before the middle game Understand the motivation behind your opponents every move Position yourself for a winning endgame. A special section features actual games of history's greatest chess strategists.