Chess For Dummies

Proven tactical tips to strengthen your gameYour quick and easy guide to the rules, strategies, and etiquetteof chessKings, queens, knights - does chess seem like a royal pain tograsp? This friendly guide helps you make the right moves. Fromusing the correct terms to engaging in the art of attack, you'llget step-by-step explanations that demystify the game. You'll alsofind updated information on tournaments and top players, as well ascomputer chess games and playing chess online!Discover how to:* Set up your chessboard* Understand the pieces and their powers* Recognize the game's patterns* Decipher chess notation* Employ tactics to gain an advantage* Find tournaments and clubs

Introduction.Part I: Laying the Groundwork.Chapter 1: Tackling the Chess Basics.Chapter 2: Greeting the Pieces and Their Powers.Chapter 3: Getting to Know the Elements of Chess.Chapter 4: Looking Out for the King: Check, Stalemate, andCheckmate.Part II: Gaining Chess Know-How.Chapter 5: Tactics and Combinations in Hand-to-Hand Combat.Chapter 6: Sacrifices: When It's Better to Give than toReceive.Chapter 7: Mastering Mating Patterns.Chapter 8: Building Pattern Recognition.Chapter 9: Recognizing Pawn Formations.Chapter 10: Making Special Moves.Part III: Game Time: Putting Your Chess Foot Forward.Chapter 11: Selecting Your Strategy: The Principles of Play.Chapter 12: Coming on Strong in the Opening.Chapter 13: Making Headway during the Middlegame.Chapter 14: Exiting with Style in the Endgame.Part IV: Getting Into Advanced Action.Chapter 15: Competition Play and Necessary Etiquette.Chapter 16: Hitting the Net with Computer Chess.Chapter 17: Got Notation? Reading and Writing about Chess.Part V: The Part of Tens.Chapter 18: The Ten Most Famous Chess Games.Chapter 19: The Ten Best Players of All Time.Part VI: Appendixes.Appendix A: A Glossary of Chess.Appendix B: Other Chess Resources.Index.