Chess Concepts Made Easy
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Chess Basics Made Easy
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Author : Fm Bill Jordan
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2019-07-26
Chess Basics Made Easy written by Fm Bill Jordan and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-26 with categories.
Chess Basics Made EasyThe rules of chess are not especially complicated. They can be explained in 10 minutes and memorised in about an hour. One chessboard and a chess set of 32 chess pieces is used.Chess is a two player game. The player taking the white pieces is called 'White', while the player taking the black pieces is called 'Black'. Acoustics is the science of sound. Music is the art of creating beauty from sound. Mathematics is the science of logic. Chess is the art of creating beauty from logic. FIDE Master and Australian correspondence champion Bill Jordan explains the rules and basics of Chess using diagrams, text and examples. If you already know the rules, this book will help to reinforce your knowledge of the basics. Topics include: The Chessboard Chess Notation The Chess Pieces Moves Captures Promotion How to win Castling Drawing Basic functions of the pieces Values of the pieces Types of Moves Tactics ..and much more. The book teaches and uses standard chess notation, which is short Algebraic notation. See my authors page for information about my background and other books.
Opening Moves Made Easy
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Author : Bill Jordan
language : en
Publisher: Bill Jordan
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Opening Moves Made Easy written by Bill Jordan and has been published by Bill Jordan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Opening Moves Made Easy This book has many large clear colour diagrams. You do not need a chess set and board to read this book. It is designed to be read several times. Each time it is reread, you may grasp points that were previously obscure to you. Introduction Most opening books concentrate on concrete variations. One shortcoming of knowledge of a concrete variation is that a move might be valid in one position, but even if another position has only one small difference then the same move may be a terrible blunder. Understanding of ideas is more valuable than memorisation of specific moves. Ideas can often be applied in different situations. It does not matter how much opening theory you know, you will always get into opening positions you have never reached before. The ability to improvise is valuable. Opening Principles The book examines standard opening principles and explores their strengths and weaknesses. Opening Moves This book examines likely moves in the opening, including the 20 possible moves in the initial position. It looks at the strong and weak points of each move. There are numerous example positions from real openings. There are over 250 large clear color diagrams. Enjoy!
Chess Concepts Made Easy
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Author : Fm Bill Jordan
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2018-11-27
Chess Concepts Made Easy written by Fm Bill Jordan and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-27 with categories.
Chess Concepts Made EasyBack in the mid 1990s in the early days of the Internet, I maintained the Victorian Chess Pages website. Amongst other material, I posted a page called Chess Tips which was relatively popular, by 1998 I was getting 2000 hits weekly. A few years later I turned the Tips into an e-book. In late 2018 I published it on Amazon. This book is the result. Chess is a game of ideas. There are many tactical and strategical ideas that can help a player select a move or plan. There are important ideas, concepts, themes and patterns for the opening, middlegame and endgame phase.Experienced players develop a very good understanding of many of these. FIDE Master and Australian correspondence champion Bill Jordan explains many of these ideas using diagrams, text and examples. This book is designed to be most useful for the bulk of players who are rated between about 1200 and 1800. The aim of the book is to help the reader improve his play by deepening his understanding of chess, though of course it can be purely read for entertainment value. Strong players may find useful ideas which will help them find good moves more quickly. It has been said all grandmasters will find a mate in 8, but some will find it more quickly than others. The quicker you find good moves, the better. For maximum benefit, reread the book several times. On subsequent readings you will grasp points that were previously obscure to you and your understanding will be deepened. Its not critical to read it in any particular order. Emanuel Lasker once claimed he could take a young man of average ability and coach him to candidate master strength (about 2000 ELO) in the space of about 120 hours. Although this has not been proven possible, he has made a valid point that many people learn chess in a haphazard fashion and don't make the best use of their chess learning time. A good aim is to learn as much as you can with the time you can allow for chess. The book will cover material that the reader doubtless has some familiarity with already. Some prior knowledge is presumed and the reader will be reinforcing and building on what is already understood.Hopefully though, it will help you look at things in a different light. This knowledge can be very useful. By comparing the current position in your game with known precedents, you can come up with the right plan. But what if you don't know a familiar precedent? What you need, is a plastic method that can be applied to any situation. One chapter concentrates on the method that is used to select a move. The method will alter according to circumstances, particularly in the endgame, but can be useful in all situations.There are 2 basic aims in chess are: To checkmate the King. To avoid being checkmated. To attempt to achieve these aims you maximise your ability to checkmate, win material and promote pawns while minimising your opponent's ability to do the same.With correct play by both sides, a game will end in a draw.You cannot win until the opponent has made one or more mistakes.Chapters TACTICS describes the common types of tactical devices and many tactical concepts. POSITIONAL PLAY describes many positional concepts. ENDGAMES describes endgame concepts and many of the more common endings. OPENINGS describes opening concepts. THE METHOD discusses approaches to selecting a move. PRACTICAL PLAY discusses practical play. The book uses standard chess notation, which is short Algebraic notation. See my authors page for information about my background and other books.
Checkmate Made Easy
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Author : Fm Bill Jordan
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2019-01-04
Checkmate Made Easy written by Fm Bill Jordan and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-04 with categories.
IntroductionThere is only one real way to win a game of chess. That is to the checkmate the King. Players often resign, but only because they think they will be checkmated eventually anyway. A mate may come as a single move, like a bolt from the blue. These are mates in one. More often there is a mating attack consisting of a sequence of alternating checks and check evasions. The final check is mate. A check is the most powerful move in Chess. The most powerful way to attack is to connect a series of checks. The author draws from many positions that the author has used in years of chess coaching as a FIDE Master. There are over 1000 diagrams which include mates in one, mates in two, mates in three and mates in four or more moves by each player. Pattern recognitionThere are many mating pattern which happen again and again in games. Strong players are familiar with many mating patterns and themes, through both play and study. This familiarity allows players to spot mates much quicker than they would otherwise. There is a strong correlation between playing strength and how quickly a player can find forced mates. This book includes many positions that have been collected for coaching purposes over many years. The book is designed to help the reader to quickly become familiar with many mating patterns. It may also help refresh familiarity with mates that have been previously seen, but partly forgotten.PositionsThe positions have been invented. However they are are very similar to positions from actual play and are quite unlike composed positions. In many cases they have been simplified and have few units on the board which are not involved in the mating attack.DiagramsThere are over 1000 chess diagrams. In all positions White moves first and White is playing up the board. Moves are numbered from the current position, not from the start of the game. The book uses standard chess notation, which is short Algebraic notation. It is desirable to know this. There are different ways you can read this book. You can treat the positions as puzzles. You can choose the move you would play and move to the next diagram to check whether you are correct or not. You can simply enjoy playing through through the positions, becoming familiar with a wide range of mating patterns as you do so. You can quickly flip forwards (or backwards) through the sequence of moves in each position. You can combine both approaches. For example, during a first reading you could play through the positions. On a second reading you could see how many you can solve from the starting position. You do not need a chess set and board to read this book. See my authors page for information about my background and other books.
Chess Strategy For Club Players
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Author : Herman Grooten
language : en
Publisher: New In Chess
Release Date : 2017-03-28
Chess Strategy For Club Players written by Herman Grooten and has been published by New In Chess this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-28 with Games & Activities categories.
This new 3rd edition has, besides various corrections and improvements, a new introduction and a brand-new chapter called ‘Total Control’. In this 35-page chapter Grooten adds the final instructive brick to his formidable, yet very accessible, building: inspired by Tigran Petrosian’s playing style he explains amateurs how to exploit small advantages. With a new set of exercises. ---- Every club player knows the problem: the opening has ended, and now what? First find the right plan, then the good moves will follow! With this book, International Master Herman Grooten presents to amateur players a complete and structured course on: how to recognize key characteristics in all types of positions how to make use of those characteristics to choose the right plan His teachings are based on the famous "Elements" of Wilhelm Steinitz, but Grooten has significantly expanded and updated the work of the first World Champion. He supplies many modern examples, tested in his own practice as a coach of talented youngsters. In Chess Strategy for Club Players you will learn the basic elements of positional understanding: -- pawn structure -- piece placement -- lead in development -- open files -- weaknesses -- space advantage -- king safety -- exploiting small advantages. The author also explains what to do when, in a given position, the basic principles seem to point in different directions. Each chapter of this fundamental primer ends with a set of highly instructive exercises.
Tactical Patterns Made Easy
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Author : Fm Bill Jordan
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2019-01-06
Tactical Patterns Made Easy written by Fm Bill Jordan and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-06 with categories.
Tactical Patterns Made EasyTactics are very important in Chess. How to spot winning material and other tactics? Using text and 850+ diagrams, FIDE Master Bill Jordan shows you how. Chess has relatively easy rules but is potentially a game of great complexity. The complexity is achieved by the large number of ways the simple elements can be combined. The number of possibilities increases geometrically with the number of units on the board.Pattern recognitionThere are many tactical pattern which happen again and again in games. Skilled players are familiar with many patterns and themes, through both play and study. This familiarity allows players to spot tactics much quicker than they would otherwise. There is a strong correlation between playing strength and how quickly a player can find tactics. The book starts with a fresh look at the simple elements of chess and how they can be put together. Elements include the chessboard itself and the basic functions of the units. Types of patterns are explained. The last section contains a large number of common tactical patterns. Types of patterns include attack, checkmate, ways to draw and ways to win material. Drawing patterns include stalemate patterns and perpetual check patterns. Patterns involved in winning material include Forks, Pins, Skewers, Discoveries, Nets, Ties and Discoveries. Saves are also examined. This book includes many positions that have been collected for coaching purposes over many years. The book is designed to help the reader to quickly become familiar with many tactical patterns. It may also help refresh familiarity with tactical patterns that have been previously seen, but partly forgotten.PositionsThe positions have been invented. In many cases they have been simplified and have few units on the board which are not involved in tactic being presented. In many cases they are fragments of positions, one or more Kings may be missing. However they are are very similar to positions from actual play and are quite unlike composed positions. DiagramsIn all positions White moves first and White is playing up the board. Moves are numbered from the current position, not from the start of the game. The book uses standard chess notation, which is short Algebraic notation. It is desirable to know this. There are different ways you can read this book. You can treat the positions as puzzles. You can choose the move you would play and move to the next diagram to check whether you are correct or not. You can simply enjoy playing through through the positions, becoming familiar with a wide range of tactical patterns as you do so. You can quickly flip forwards (or backwards) through the sequence of moves in each position. You can combine both approaches. For example, during a first reading you could play through the positions. On a second reading you could see how many you can solve from the starting position. See my authors page for information about my background and other books.
Winning Chess Strategies
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Author : Yasser Seirawan
language : en
Publisher: Everyman Chess
Release Date : 2005-05-01
Winning Chess Strategies written by Yasser Seirawan and has been published by Everyman Chess this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-05-01 with Games & Activities categories.
Gain the advantage over your opponent with easy-to-remember strategies from one of the worlds top chess players! Strategy is the ultimate secret weapon for championship players around the world. Drawing on his considerable experience in tournament play, International Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan shows you how to apply flexible strategic principles to every part of your game. Using Seirawan's simple and effective planning and analysis techniques, you'll enter each game with confidence and energy, ready to play forcefully and intelligently the way you need to play so you can win every time! Learn to: Knock your opponent off balance with bold opening moves * Formulate an overall game strategy before the middle game * Interpret the motivation behind your opponents every move * Position yourself for a winning endgame * Diagrams throughout the book illustrate game positions, and you'll meet historys greatest chess strategieslearning from them move by move! Whether for reference during practice games or simply for pleasure reading,WINNING CHESS STRATEGIES is an information packed resource you'll turn to again and again
Attacking The King Made Easy
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Author : Fm Bill Jordan
language : en
Publisher: Chess Concepts Made Easy
Release Date : 2019-02-13
Attacking The King Made Easy written by Fm Bill Jordan and has been published by Chess Concepts Made Easy this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-13 with Games & Activities categories.
Attacking the King Made EasyThis book has many diagrams. You do not need a chess set and board to read this book. It is designed to be read several times. Each time it is reread, you may grasp points that were previously obscure to you. The book draws from a collection of many positions that the author has used in years of chess coaching.IntroductionAttacking the King is highly important.It may win the game by checkmate or lead to a decisive gain of material. FIDE master and national Correspondence Champion Bill Jordan shows you how. Middlegame attacks can be divided into 3 main types: Attack on the uncastled king. Attack on the same side castled king. Attack on the opposite side castled king. The book covers back rank attacks, pawn storms, piece sacrifices and much more.DiagramsThere are over 1200 large clear color chess diagrams.In all positions White moves first and White is playing up the board. The book uses standard chess notation, which is short Algebraic notation. It is desirable to know this. There are different ways you can read this book. You can treat the positions as puzzles. You can choose the move you would play and move to the next diagram to check whether you are correct or not. You can simply enjoy playing through through the positions, becoming familiar with a wide range of mating patterns as you do so. You can quickly flip forwards (or backwards) through the sequence of moves in each position. You can combine both approaches. For example, during a first reading you could play through the positions. On a second reading you could see how many you can solve from the starting position. The second most powerful move after check is a mate threat. One section consists of positions in which attacking moves consist of checks and/or mate threats. See my authors page for information about my background and other books.
Chess Made Easy
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Author : C. J. S. Purdy
language : en
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Release Date : 2013-01-15
Chess Made Easy written by C. J. S. Purdy and has been published by Read Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-15 with Games & Activities categories.
This book will teach you to play chess in two hours. Studied more carefully it can make you an average player. Both the authors have world-wide reputations as a chess player, writers and teachers. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Opening Traps Made Easy Deepen Your Understanding Of Opening Tactics
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Author : Fm Bill Jordan
language : en
Publisher: Chess
Release Date : 2018-12-25
Opening Traps Made Easy Deepen Your Understanding Of Opening Tactics written by Fm Bill Jordan and has been published by Chess this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-25 with Education categories.
Opening Traps Made EasyPlaying through opening tactics can be a lot of fun. Also learning them gives you the opportunity to try them on your opponents. Studying them also helps prevent you from falling into them. A chess coach I knew recommended studying opening traps as the best way for new players to learn openings. Not only does studying opening traps develop familiarity with openings in general, it can also help develop your tactical skill in the middlegame and endgame. This book uses hundreds of large clear color chess diagrams. You do not need a chess set to read this book. It is presumed the reader has familiarity with chess rules and Algebraic notation. Opening tactics are divided into categories and sub categories.Examples of many tactical patterns are shown. Fragments of chess positions are used so the reader can focus on the essential tactical elements. There will be a future book with a collection of complete short games and positions. FIDE Master Bill Jordan has a fine history in chess, being Australian Junior Champion, former Australian Postal Champion, an ex-president of the Melbourne Chess Club and a computer chess-software programmer: he has a long list of state and national tournament honours to his name. Bill is an experienced individual and group coach, he has a wide and deep understanding of many opening systems and chess positions in general. (from the Melbourne chess club website).I have also been Victorian champion and in 2017 I won the South Australian championship with a picket fence.