A World Champion's Guide to Chess: Step-By-Step Instructions for Winning Chess the Polgar Way!

By Paul Truong and Susan Polgar

Book Overview

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Winning Chess the Polgar Way!

In A World Champion's Guide to Chess, Women's World Champion Susan Polgar's exclusive training methods will have you playing winning chess! Topics include Chess Essentials, Tactics, Strategy, Pattern Recognition, Endgames, Chess Etiquette, Advice for Parents & Coaches and much more!

SUSAN POLGAR is a winner of four Women's World Championships and the top-ranked woman chess player in the United States. She became the #1 woman player in the world at 15 and remained in the top 3 for over 20 years. In 2013, she received the U.S. Coach of the Year Award and the following year, she was named the Chess Trainer of the Year by the International Chess Federation (FIDE). She thus became the first person in history to be accorded both honors. Under her guidance, SPICE chess teams at both Texas Tech University and Webster University have won a combined five consecutive National Division I Collegiate Chess Championships.

PAUL TRUONG is winner of eleven national titles, a prolific chess trainer, and award-winning chess author. He was also captain and manager of the historic 2004 US Women's Olympiad team which won two gold and two silver medals, as well as the coach of the five-time national champion SPICE chess teams.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1941270328
• ISBN13: 9781941270325
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Russell Enterprises
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

Best book to teach a beginner

I tried Chess for Dummies, Idiot Guide and others. Nothing can compare to this one. This is the most complete book for beginners ever. It covers everything from the absolute beginning to very important tactics. This is a great book! I highly recommend this book to all parents and teachers.

Should be every beginner's first or second book

I am helping my kids learn chess, and was thrilled to find this resource. There are plenty of books for beginners that discuss the ideas (checkmate patterns, tactical motifs, etc.), and a fair number of books (such as Fred Wilson's) that offer puzzles to help recognize and practice them. Finding everything inside the covers of a single book, though, is a rare treat. My 9-year-old is working through about 10 puzzles a day, and his ability to spot tactics is growing by leaps and bounds. But he thinks he's just having fun! Hats off to Susan, who is doing so much for the sport.

Best Instructional Chess Book Ever

See the title of my review. Great for Novices and good up to 2000 ELO in my opinion. For the first time ever, pattern recognition is explained in relation to seeing ahead. Fantastic!

Immediate improvement for my son

My son's chess coach recommended me to buy this book to help my son improve. I followed his advice and I can see the difference immediately. I set up the positions in this book for my son to solve. He is doing about 10 puzzles a day and he starts to see so much more on the board after about 50-60 puzzles. The exclusive pattern recognition mentioned in the book is fantastic. I am truly impressed. I highly recommend this book for other parents and chess teachers.