Chess from beginner to winner! Master the game from the opening move to checkmate
Book - 2023
Chess streaming sensation Kevin Bordi and FIDE master Samy Robin introduce you to a world of fun and excitement. Drawing on their experiences and unique playing style, they demystify the rules of the games, arm you with winning tactics and propel you towards success.
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- Instructional and educational works
- Published
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London :
Cassell
2023.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
- Item Description
- "From chess streaming superstar Kévin Bord"--Cover.
- Physical Description
- 192 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBN
- 9781788404600
- The Rules and Notation
- The chessboard
- Setting up the board
- Castling
- The outcomes of a game
- Notation
- Colour coding
- Diving In
- The ten commandments of chess
- Three fundamentals to get you started
- Fool's mete
- Scholars mate
- The staircase technique
- Useful Information
- Getting to know the pieces
- Exchanges
- Tactics
- The fork
- The pin
- The skewer
- Discovery
- Removing the defender
- Deflection
- Trapping a piece
- Zwischenzug
- Combinations to get a drew: perpetual check and stalemate
- Underpromotion
- The Ten Checkmates You Need to Know
- Corridor mate
- Checkmate on h7
- Damiano's mate
- Checkmate on g7
- Lolli's mate
- Epaulette mate
- Arabian mate
- Boden's mate
- Smothered mate
- Legal's mate
- Instructional Games
- The Italian Game
- Countering the French Defence
- The Scandinavian Defence
- The Scandinavian Defence: sacrificing a pawn
- Countering the London System
- Countering the Caro-Kann Defence
- Endgames
- Checkmate with king and queen against king
- Checkmate with king and a rook against king
- Everything you always wanted to know about pawns
- King and pawn against king
- Good to know
- Conclusion