The perfect primer for novice chess players.
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From its origins in India some thirteen centuries ago, chess has long been a game that has challenged man's mind and captured his imagination.
Beginning Chess is the perfect primer for the novice chess player. It is a valuable compendium of practical ideas and wisdom author D. B. Pritchard has developed over many years teaching chess to the young and the not-so-young. In the arrangement of contents, Pritchard has allows himself to be guided by these past pupils, for, as he writes, "the beginner knows best the pace he can keep and the method and sequence that best suits him."
With its clear, authoritative language, Beginning Chess is simple enough to be understood by children, but it is also intended for adults who prefer to tread surely and who do not wish to have their intellect stretched in a game. Delving right into the most common problems and challenges that confront beginners, Pritchard explains each difficulty with relentless clarity.
Beginning Chess is the perfect primer for the novice chess player. It is a valuable compendium of practical ideas and wisdom author D. B. Pritchard has developed over many years teaching chess to the young and the not-so-young. In the arrangement of contents, Pritchard has allows himself to be guided by these past pupils, for, as he writes, "the beginner knows best the pace he can keep and the method and sequence that best suits him."
With its clear, authoritative language, Beginning Chess is simple enough to be understood by children, but it is also intended for adults who prefer to tread surely and who do not wish to have their intellect stretched in a game. Delving right into the most common problems and challenges that confront beginners, Pritchard explains each difficulty with relentless clarity.
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Chess is very old. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
promotion square, queening square, pawn position, tactical play, bare king, lone king, pawn endings, positional play, passed pawn, white pawn, white rook, black rook, mating positions, bad bishop, pawn structure, opposite colour, black king, seventh rank, discovered check, black pawn, giving check, pawn move, two pawns, black bishop, white king Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
White Black, Black's Position, The Next Steps New!
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Chess is very old. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
promotion square, queening square, pawn position, tactical play, bare king, lone king, pawn endings, positional play, passed pawn, white pawn, white rook, black rook, mating positions, bad bishop, pawn structure, opposite colour, black king, seventh rank, discovered check, black pawn, giving check, pawn move, two pawns, black bishop, white king Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
White Black, Black's Position, The Next Steps New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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