Checkmate! : the wonderful world of chess /
Foley, John,
Checkmate! : the wonderful world of chess / John Foley - 112 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes glossary.
Let's play -- The history of chess -- Setting up the chessboard -- How to read a chess game -- Minigames -- The chess pieces: the pawn ; the bishop ; the rook ; the king ; the queen ; the knight -- Special moves -- Tricky tactics -- Attack & defense -- Check & checkmate -- Openings -- Strategy -- Endgames -- The touch move rule -- Using a chess clock -- Chess tournaments -- Chess & terminology -- Shirov v Polgár.
All-in-one guidebook to all aspects of chess, suitable for beginner, intermediate, and advanced players.
9781839352485 1839352485 9781839352201 1839352205
Chess--Juvenile literature.
Checkmate! : the wonderful world of chess / John Foley - 112 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes glossary.
Let's play -- The history of chess -- Setting up the chessboard -- How to read a chess game -- Minigames -- The chess pieces: the pawn ; the bishop ; the rook ; the king ; the queen ; the knight -- Special moves -- Tricky tactics -- Attack & defense -- Check & checkmate -- Openings -- Strategy -- Endgames -- The touch move rule -- Using a chess clock -- Chess tournaments -- Chess & terminology -- Shirov v Polgár.
All-in-one guidebook to all aspects of chess, suitable for beginner, intermediate, and advanced players.
9781839352485 1839352485 9781839352201 1839352205
Chess--Juvenile literature.