Pandolfini's Ultimate Guide to Chess: Basic to Advanced Strategies with America's Foremost Chess Instructor

Pandolfini's Ultimate Guide to Chess: Basic to Advanced Strategies with America's Foremost Chess Instructor

From America's foremost chess teacher and author comes a new standard: a comprehensive course covering all aspects of the game, to improve your technique whether you are a newcomer or a longtime fan. <BR> One of America's best-known chess masters, Bruce Pandolfini has helped millions learn the intricacies of chess through his acclaimed books and workshops. In this exciting volume, he presents a complete overview of the entire game and its culture. Structured as a dialogue between a beginning student and an expert teacher, <I>Pandolfini's Ultimate Guide to Chess</I> takes the student step-by-step from fundamentals to advanced, highly strategic play. Combining easy-to-follow diagrams with trenchant and up-to-date analysis, Pandolfini puts a new twist on accepted chess theory, offering a seamless beginning-to-end approach, including: <BR> • a short introductory history of the game<BR> • the moves, rules, and contemporary notation forms<BR> • the basic principles of chess<BR> • how to develop an opening repertoire<BR> • the art of tactical play<BR> • pattern recognition and memory aids<BR> • traps and pitfalls to be avoided<BR> • middlegame play, strategy, and planning<BR> • defense and counterattack<BR> • transitions to the endgame and the endgame itself<BR> • computers and the future of chess<BR> • the best websites for playing chess online <BR> With Pandolfini's expert insight into the history and modern world of chess, as well as several appendices to enhance play and appreciation, <I>Pandolfini's Ultimate Guide to Chess</I> makes the perfect gift for players of all ages and will be the benchmark title for chess players for years to come.