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Part I: Laying the Groundwork for Champion Chess 7
Chapter 1: Tackling Chess Basics 9
Chapter 2: Getting to Know the Pieces and Their Powers 23
Chapter 3: Exploring the Elements of Chess 39
Chapter 4: Going after the King: Check, Stalemate, and Checkmate 63
Chapter 5: Making a Few Special Moves 79
Chapter 6: Got Notation? Reading and Writing about Chess 85
Part II: Gaining Chess Know-How 97
Chapter 7: Trying Out Tactics and Combinations in Hand-to-Hand Combat 99
Chapter 8: Sacrifi ces: Understanding When It’s Better to Give than to Receive 125
Chapter 9: Building Pattern Recognition 135
Chapter 10: Recognizing Advanced Pawn Formations 153
Chapter 11: Mastering Mating Patterns 167
Part III: Game Time: Putting Your Chess Foot Forward 183
Chapter 12: Selecting Your Strategy: The Principles of Play 185
Chapter 13: Coming on Strong in the Opening 201
Chapter 14: Making Headway during the Middlegame 217
Chapter 15: Exiting with Style in the Endgame 227
Part IV: Getting into Advanced Action 249
Chapter 16: Playing in Competition 251
Chapter 17: Hitting the Net with Computer Chess 263
Part V: The Part of Tens 271
Chapter 18: The Ten Most Famous Chess Games of All Time 273
Chapter 19: The Ten Best Players of All Time (and a Few Others) 301
Part VI: Appendixes 323
Appendix A: A Glossary of Chess 325
Appendix B: Chess Resources 347
Index 351
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