Increase your skill and understanding of chess with the tactics that have produced unparalleled Russian grandmasters.\ Russia's dominance in modern chess was founded on a uniquely successful program of chess instruction. Now this program has been streamlined and adapted for American readers in a pair of books that will help readers develop, step by step, from total novicehood to an enjoyable and competitive recreational level.\ Volume 1 covers the fundamentals of the game, from beginning...
Increase your skill and understanding of chess with the tactics that have produced unparalleled Russian grandmasters.
Chapter 1.Play Chess in One Hour11Chapter 2.Chessercizes: All the Right Moves41Chapter 3.How to Write Down Chess Games71Chapter 4.Chess Movie: The "Write" Moves87Chapter 5.How to Open a Chess Game103Chapter 6.Chessercizes for Healthy Openings125Chapter 7.Middlegame Strategy & Tactics139Chapter 8.Chessercizes for Taut Middlegames173Chapter 9.Endgame Strategy and Checkmates209Chapter 10.Chessercizes for Energetic Endings241Chapter 11.Using a Computer as a Chess Tutor265Chapter 12.Plugging in to U.S. Chess273Index279