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BEGINNER CHESS BOOKS
Chess Camp - VOLUME 5
Two-Move Checkmates
Two-Move Checkmates
Chess Camp is a new training system for beginning chessplayers, and for the parents and coaches who teach them. Starting with simple problems to illustrate key concepts, and then progressing to more complex positions, the student will learn by doing, methodically integrating new information with previous knowledge while building effective thinking habits at the board.
Chess Camp - VOLUME 5
Two-Move Checkmates
Catalog Code: B0077EU
Our Price: $11.95
Chess Camp - VOLUME 4
Elementary Endgames
Elementary Endgames
In this fourth volume, Elementary Endgames, the student will: 1) learn how to deliver fundamental checkmates such as a king and a rook against a lone king; 2) discover how to avoid stalemating the opposing king, and how to induce stalemate when threatened with checkmate; and 3) develop not only an understanding of concepts such as passed pawns and king opposition, but also a sense of confidence in the final phase of the game.
Chess Camp - VOLUME 4
Elementary Endgames
Catalog Code: B0076EU
Our Price: $11.95
First Book of Chess
This book holds the distinction and is famous for being the first chess book Bobby Fischer ever read. As Bobby himself tells the story, when he was 6 years old, one day his sister Joan brought home a plastic chess set she had bought in the market and they learned how to play by reading the instructions on the box. Later, when Bobby had developed an interest in the game, Joan brought home a book appropriately entitled "First Book of Chess". It was then a new book, just out.
First Book of Chess
Catalog Code: B0109IS
Our Price: $14.95
A Fresh Look at Chess
40 Instructive Games, Played and Annotated by Players Like You!
40 Instructive Games, Played and Annotated by Players Like You!
For this book, Lev has selected 40 of his best columns, arranged them by themes, cut some material — and added much more, all to make A Fresh Look at Chess both truly instructional and fun to read.
A Fresh Look at Chess
40 Instructive Games, Played and Annotated by Players Like You!
Catalog Code: B0019LV
Our Price: $17.95
Chess for the Gifted & Busy
A Short but Comprehensive Course - From Beginner to Expert
A Short but Comprehensive Course - From Beginner to Expert
This right-to-the-point book by one of the game's foremost teacher-writing teams uses a breakthrough approach to teach chess fast!
Chess for the Gifted & Busy
A Short but Comprehensive Course - From Beginner to Expert
Catalog Code: B0018LV
Our Price: $19.95
Start Playing Chess Today!
A Quick and Easy Guide to Chess!
A Quick and Easy Guide to Chess!
Take large diagrams, straightforward instruction and helpful tips and quizzesand what do you have? The winning formula for a quick and easy way to play chess today. Perfect for players new to the game, the author explains the basics of chess and each piece's characteristics how they move, their relative value and how they can be used to checkmate opponents.
Start Playing Chess Today!
A Quick and Easy Guide to Chess!
Catalog Code: B0054CZ
Our Price: $8.95
Learn Chess Fast
A Short-Cut Guide to the Royal Game Lavishly Illustrated
A Short-Cut Guide to the Royal Game Lavishly Illustrated
IN THIS remarkable book, a great master and a great teacher have collaborated to produce what is probably the clearest and simplest guide to the game ever written. Containing more than 300 diagrams, Learn Chess Fast!
Learn Chess Fast
A Short-Cut Guide to the Royal Game Lavishly Illustrated
Catalog Code: B0094IS
Our Price: $19.95
Back to Basics - Fundamentals
How about a Nice Game of Chess?
The game of chess has challenged and delighted the world for centuries. In Back to Basics: Fundamentals, the essential building blocks of the royal game are presented simply and in an easy-to-understand format. With the expert guidance of chess master Branislav Francuski, you will learn how the chess pieces move and capture; the underlying principles of the game; how to spot and carry out simple checkmates; and understand the basic tactical ideas that are so important to playing and winning.
The game of chess has challenged and delighted the world for centuries. In Back to Basics: Fundamentals, the essential building blocks of the royal game are presented simply and in an easy-to-understand format. With the expert guidance of chess master Branislav Francuski, you will learn how the chess pieces move and capture; the underlying principles of the game; how to spot and carry out simple checkmates; and understand the basic tactical ideas that are so important to playing and winning.
Back to Basics - Fundamentals
Catalog Code: B0011RE
Regular Price: $22.95
Special Price: $9.18
An Invitation to Chess
A Picture Guide to the Royal Game
A Picture Guide to the Royal Game
An Invitation to Chess is perhaps the most successful chess book ever written, with sales of over 100,000. It is a basic beginners book, starting with the moves of the pieces and rapidly advancing to more complex problems and examples.
An Invitation to Chess
A Picture Guide to the Royal Game
Catalog Code: B0025IS
Our Price: $14.95
Chess 101
Everything A New Chess Player Needs to Know
Everything A New Chess Player Needs to Know
Learning to play chess involves more than just knowing how to move the pieces. Chess 101 is a chess book for beginners that provides a comprehensive overview of everything a new player needs to know. This includes... Types of boards and pieces, setting up the board, the value of the pieces, how the pieces move, including castling and "en passant", chess notation, the three phases of the game of chess, how to study chess, what a chess rating is and how to get one, chess clock rules, an overview of faster chess games, the mechanics of a tournament, rules and etiquette, and tips to winning chess. Chess 101 also contains over two dozen exhibits, designed to make understanding the game easy!
Chess 101
Everything A New Chess Player Needs to Know
Catalog Code: B0019OB
Our Price: $7.95
