One-Move Chess by the Champions

By Bruce Pandolfini

Book Overview

Now you can match wits with world chess champions using this ​guide to key chess strategies--from America's leading chess coach and game strategist for Netflix's The Queen's Gambit.

Since 1886, the world chess champion has been determined every few years in dramatic head-to-head competitions. From Steinetz to Karpov, the twelve men who have held the title have shared a desire to succeed and a stunning ability to translate this desire into that most definitive and triumphant of moves--checkmate

You'll discover suspenseful, one-move problems that capture an average of ten games per player in the moment just before the victory-forcing play. Presented in an easy-to-use, interactive format that includes over 100 individual diagrams, the moves are arranged in order of difficulty--from beginning to advanced.

Champions include: Smyslov, Tal, Petrosian, Spassky, Fischer, Karpov, Steinetz, Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine, Euwe, Botvinnik

Invaluable commentary, analysis, and historical information on each champion make this a book that will provide hours of stimulating and enjoyable entertainment for years to come

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671606085
• ISBN13: 9780671606084
• Release Date: October 1985
• Publisher: Touchstone Books
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"