Portable Chess Coach

by Judee Shipman

Book Overview

In The Portable Chess Coach, Judith Shipman presents a fun but thorough primer to chess. Packed with diagrams and valuable instruction, this is the ideal book for beginners, who want a clear and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580421857
• ISBN13: 9781580421850
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Cardoza Publishing
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Great book for Early steps in chess

Ok. well this book is just for beginer player. shows Basical mates, pawn structure, rules and this book was a best seller. Full recomendation for any parent who want to teachs chess for his son and Kid trainers. I took the star because there is some games, well there are games but too poor for my taste. The price is little bit highter not much from other book, but i believe because is a new modern clasical book. The chapter i recomend for any beginer is this: -Chess spycology -General mistakes from beginer player -Rules of chess. -Games just 9 pages, i told you not to many games. OK with this chapters are a plus value, maybe you can fell that the purchase for this item worth it.

For beginners and forgetters alike

This is an excellent book. Whether you are a beginner or, like myself, one who needs to brush up on his chess strategy, this book is for you. It starts with an understanding of the pieces and their values and continues with game strategies, neatly ordered into opening, middlegame and endgame approaches. Along the way, Ms shipman also provides some very helpful exercises that make you think like a chessplayer. Also, she explains chess notation and uses it throughout to explain the various strategies. This is very useful to those wo wish to follow the chess columns in the newspapers. All-in-all, good value for the money.