Teach Yourself VISUALLY Chess
Chess is a mental game, but you don't have to strain your brain to learn the basics—not with this guide that shows you how to play. Teach Yourself VISUALLY Chess covers how to set up the board, how each piece moves, opening strategies and variations, attacking themes and common sacrifices, and more. Photos of the board let you see strategies in action. For hands-on practice, you can even set up your board and make your moves as you learn. With this book and practice, you'll be saying...
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Chess is a mental game, but you don't have to strain your brain to learn the basics—not with this guide that shows you how to play. Teach Yourself VISUALLY Chess covers how to set up the board, how each piece moves, opening strategies and variations, attacking themes and common sacrifices, and more. Photos of the board let you see strategies in action. For hands-on practice, you can even set up your board and make your moves as you learn. With this book and practice, you'll be saying "Checkmate" in no time. Concise two-page lessons show you all the steps to a skill and are ideal for quick review Each move or tactic is clearly explained Explanations accompany each photo Color photos and diagrams show key positions, strategies, and moves Helpful tips provide additional guidance
An Introduction to ChessGetting Started 4Viewing the Chessboard 5Introducing the Pieces 6Setting Up the Board 9How the King Moves and Captures 10How Rooks Move and Capture 12How Bishops Move and Capture 13How the Queen Moves and Captures 14How Knights Move and Capture 15How Pawns Move and Capture 16Chess Notation 17Protect Your Pieces 19Special MovesChecks and Checkmate 22Stalemates and Other Draws 24Discovered Checks and Double Checks 28Promoting (and Under-Promoting) Your Pawns 31Castling 33The En Passant Capture 35Rook StrategyRooks Belong on Open Files 38Advance Your Rooks to the 7th Rank 40Simple Back-Rank Checkmates 41Fun with Active Rooks 42Rooks Belong Behind Passed Pawns 43Knight StrategyMove the Knights to the Center of the Board 46Place Your Knights Where the Enemy Pawns Can't Attack Them 48Knight Forks Are Fun! 49Bishop StrategyBad Bishops and Good Bishops 54Bishops Can Dominate Knights 55Fianchettos 56Bishops of Opposite Color 57Skewers and Pins 58Bad Bishops Against Good Knights 59Bishops Can Dominate Rooks 60Pawn StrategyDon't Double Your Pawns 64Pawn Islands 65Some Doubled Pawns Are Strong 66Pawn Chains 67Pawn Majorities 69Isolated Pawns 70Backward Pawns 71Hanging Pawns 72Pawn Masses 75Pawns Can Fork, Too! 76Passed Pawn Blockaders 77Every Pawn Move Creates a Weakness 78King and Queen StrategyDon't Develop Your Queen Early 82Beat Back Early Queen Aggression 83Safeguard Your Queen 84Don't Risk Your King! 85Castling Long or Short 87Don't Push Your Pawns in Front of a Castled King 88Opening StrategyFight for the Center of the Board 92An Ideal Setup 94Knights Before Bishops 96Limit Your Early Pawn Moves 98Complete Your Development Before You Attack 100Gain Time 102Limit Exchanges 103Avoid Exchanging Bishops for Knights 107Opening VariationsDouble King Pawn Openings 110Other Replies to 1.e2-e4 118Double Queen Pawn Openings 123Indian Defenses 126Two Bad Openings 129Common Opening FormationsKing's Indian Attack 132Colle System 135Hedgehog 136Avant-Garde 138Dragon 139French Winawer 141Stonewall 143Benoni 144Middlegame StrategyFive Steps to Victory 148Candidate Moves and Planning 153Responding to Threats 160Recaptures 165Elementary CheckmatesTwo Queens 168Queen and Rook 171Two Rooks 172King and Queen 173King and Rook 176King and Two Bishops 180King, Bishop, and Knight 184Attacking the KingSmothered Mate 190Back Rank Mate 192Gueridon Mate 194Greco's Mate 196Epaulette Mate 197Anastasia's Mate 198Boden's Mate 199Blackburne's Mate 201Lolli's Mate 202Pillsbury's Mate 205Domiano's Mate 208Legal's Mate 212Attacking Themes and Common SacrificesThe Dragon Variation 216The English Attack 218Common Knight Sacrifices 221Bishop Sacrifices 227Exchange Sacrifices 236An Introduction to EndgamesKing and Pawn 244Rook and Pawn 252Bishop and Pawn 257Knight and Pawn 261Queen and Pawn 265Glossary 272Index 276
