Gives full details of exactly how to play chess. This book explains the basic theory and includes many examples of play. It includes chapters on the openings, middle and end games, and a chapter of master games which illustrate how styles of play...

For the true chess nut, the 64 squares of the chessboard represent a world of imaginative possibilities, where a bright idea can make the difference between triumph and destruction, victory and defeat. Each of these puzzles re-creates that world...

FOREWORD; BEFORE YOU START; A piece-by-piece guide to the moves; The aim of the game; The strengths and weaknesses of each piece; An explanation of notation; Chess Clocks; THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF CHESS TACTICS; The principles of check and checkmate; Stalemate and other drawing mechanisms; Basic tactical knowledge.