Bruce Pandolfini

Pandolfini's Ultimate Guide to Chess

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

With interesting, insightful notes on famous players and positions, as well as Pandolfini's personal thoughts on computer chess and the future of chess, this book may become the benchmark title for chess players for years to come.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Touchstone Books
• Original edition
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. September 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 214mm x 141mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 376g
• ISBN-13: 9780743226172
• ISBN-10: 0743226178
• Artikelnr.: 22376928

Autorenporträt

Bruce Pandolfini

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Prologue: Chess, The Universal Game
Lesson 1: In the Beginning
The Moves and Rules
Lesson 2: Arming for Attack
Non-mating Tactics
Lesson 3: Defining the Goal
Mating Patterns
Lesson 4: Terms of Engagement
The Elements
Lesson 5: Staking out Territory
Opening Principles and the First Move
Lesson 6: Establishing the Neutral Zone
Black's Response
Lesson 7: Determining Priorities
Development and the Center
Lesson 8: Starting the Campaign
Comparing Minor Pieces
Lesson 9: Digging the Trenches
Trades, Pins, and More on Minor Pieces
Lesson 10: Accumulating Advantages
Pawn Play and Weaknesses
Lesson 11: Forming Plans
Doubled Pawns, Castling, and Open Lines
Lesson 12: Evaluating and Calculating
The Middlegame, Exchange Values, How to Analyze
Lesson 13: Breaking Through
Strategy and Tactics, the Importance of Material, Avoiding Errors
Lesson 14: The Beginning of the End
Endgame Principles, Centralization, the Active King, and Pawn Promotion
Lesson 15: Approaching the Goal
The Passed Pawn and Pawn Majorities
Lesson 16: All Good Things Come to an End
The Seventh Rank, Invasion, and Simplification
Epilogue: Chess = mc2
Appendix 1: Glossary
Appendix 2: Opening Moves
Appendix 3: Chess on the Web
Appendix 4: World Champions
Appendix 5: Significant Dates in Chess History
Appendix 6: Quotes
Appendix 7: Chess in Movies and Books
Appendix 8: The Most Famous Chess Game of All Time
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments