Idiot's Guides: Chess, 3rd Edition: Idiot-Proof Instructions for Learning the Rules of This Classic Game of Kings

By Patrick Wolff

Book Overview

This book covers every aspect of game play, and is useful to beginners and experienced players alike. This revised and updated edition provides players with even more tactics to tackle the game of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1592573169
• ISBN13: 9781592573165
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Alpha Books
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.3" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A Complete Idiot's Review

This book is wonderful for anyone, from the person who has never played chess to someone who knows how to play but wants to become serious. The authors spend a little time on the basic rules of the game and a description of how the pieces move. Most of their effort, however, is expended on the basic tactics and strategies involved in a more sophisticated game of chess. The book provides all the information necessary to become a good player. Most importantly, it accomplishes this goal with lots of illustrations showing how the board changes, move-by-move. As a result, the book is exceptionally easy to understand. You do not need to sit with a chess board or computer, plotting moves, to follow and understand the authors. If you are a relatively new player and want to by one book, this is it.