Starting Out: Chess Tactics and Checkmates

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Vydanie 2006
Počet strán 176
Formát A5
Jazyk anglický

A user-friendly guide to the tactics and mating patterns every improving player must know.Tactics decide the vast majority of chess games, and this book from the popular Starting Out series shows both how to spot them and how to make them work. Grandmaster Chris Ward explains the key tactical devices – forks, pins, skewers, discovered attacks and deflections – together with the fundamental checkmating patterns against castled and uncastled kings. In the tradition of the series, the material is packed with diagrams, notes, tips and warnings, making it especially accessible to newer players. Chris Ward is a grandmaster, a former British Champion and a highly experienced coach and author.