"From America’s foremost chess coach and game strategist for Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit, Bruce Pandolfini brings us the most accessible and easy-to-use chess strategy book ever.
Written for beginning and intermediate players, Weapons of Chess is the first encyclopedia of chess strategies that doesn't rely on the usual baffling chess notation. There are no symbolic chess moves, no charts or sequences in chess notation: every move is explained in words.
Arranged alphabetically for easy use and based mainly on pawn formation, the incredibly detailed and thorough entries in this book talk a player through dozens of common strategic dilemmas, such as ""doubled pawn,"" ""bishops vs. knights,"" and ""hanging pawn pair."" Diagrams illustrate the terms, first showing the basic position and then strategically moving to more complicated versions of it. Players will learn how to formulate plans once they have reached a middlegame, enabling them to make wiser strategic decisions after the first few moves of the game.
Designed for use as a ready reference during actual practice games, and usable without a chess board, Weapons of Chess is a unique and invaluable resource for any developing chess player."
By:
Bruce Pandolfini Imprint: Touchstone Country of Publication: United States Edition: 1 Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 140mm,
Spine: 23mm
Weight: 308g ISBN:9780671659721 ISBN 10: 0671659723 Pages: 288 Publication Date:01 February 1990 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
CONTENTS Introduction A Word on Chess Notation Related Section Index Advantage Analysis Anti-Positional Move Backward Pawn Bad Bishop The Bind Bishops of Opposite Color Blockade Blocked Center Breakthrough Combination Calculating Variations: How to Do It in Your Head Doubled Pawns Doubled Rooks Exchanging Pieces Fianchetto Fixed Pawns Good Knight Isolated Pawn Isolated d-pawn Isolated d-pawn: Advancing It Isolated d-pawn: Drawbacks Isolated d-pawn: Strength Isolated Pawn Couple Knight Corral Minor Exchange Minority Attack Opening a File Outside Passed Pawn Oversights Passed Pawn Pawn Centers Pawn Chain Pawn Majority Positional Chess Protected Passed Pawn Two Bishops Visualization Weakness Additional Concept Glossary Index
Bruce Pandolfini, a National Master in U.S. chess competition, is the creator of the highly acclaimed Fireside Chess Library. He is a renowned instructor, a consultant on chess for the media, and a frequent commentator on the Radio.