Winning Chess Tactics & Strategies

by Nottingham, Ted; Lawrence, Al; Wade, Bob

• ISBN13: 9780806999562
• ISBN10: 080699956X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-06-30
• Publisher: Sterling

Summary

Kids love to win--and any kid who has begun (or wants to begin) learning and loving this timeless game will cherish this clever follow-up to Winning Chess Piece by Piece. These brilliant tactics and techniques will hone and develop young players' skills and give their brains a real workout...while they're having a great time. They'll learn all the chess master's tricks of the trade: how to calculate moves far in advance, with the help of examples from winning games; strategies used by world champions--including Gary Kasparov's "discovered check" and "skewer"; improving the pieces to get in the best position to strike; and end-game techniques. Along the way, quizzes help players chart their progress--plus you get a "certificate" for successfully completing the "course"! 128 pages, 285 b/w illus., 8 x 10.

Table of Contents

PART ONE Far Away and Long Ago	4	(12)
The Merchant and the Arab	4	(1)
An Arab Position in Modern Times	5	(1)
Charlemagne's Queen	6	(1)
The Duel for the Queen	7	(5)
PART TWO Openings	12	(14)
A Dream Start	12	(2)
Legal's Mate, 1750	14	(3)
Played in Paris, 1923	17	(4)
Best Save the Queen	21	(5)
PART THREE The Fork	26	(12)
Knight Forks	26	(2)
Chess His Mother Tongue	28	(1)
J. R. Capablanca Plays the Fork	29	(3)
Capablanca's Knight Checkmate	32	(2)
Judith Polgar Plays the Fork	34	(4)
PART FOUR The Pin	38	(9)
Pinning	38	(2)
One Pin After Another	40	(2)
A Devastating Pin	42	(5)
PART FIVE Discovered Attack	47	(15)
Garry Kasparov	48	(1)
A Discovered Check	49	(4)
Nigel Short	53	(1)
A Discovered Attack	53	(5)
A Charousek Double Check and Mate	58	(1)
Nunn Plays a Discovered Attack	59	(3)
PART SIX The Skewer	62	(9)
Kasparov Skewer and Discovered Attack	65	(6)
PART SEVEN A Mating Race	71	(10)
King and Two Bishops Vs. King	71	(10)
PART EIGHT Improving Piece Play	81	(12)
The Bishop	81	(4)
The Rooks	85	(2)
The Queen	87	(2)
The Knight	89	(3)
The King	92	(1)
PART NINE The Endgame	93	(21)
Harry Pillsbury, an American Master	93	(1)
Pillsbury Plays the Endgame	94	(14)
Abe Yanofsky, a Canadian Prodigy	108	(1)
At Fourteen, Abe's Tight Corner	108	(6)
PART TEN A Game to End All	114	(8)
Rudolf Charousek	114	(2)
A Dazzling Finish	116	(6)
Solutions	122	(1)
Strategy Tips	123	(2)
Certificate	125	(1)
Index	126