Chess for Beginners: Picture Guide, A – Tactical Ideas, Opening Play, and Strategic Methods from the New York Times Chess Editor - Couverture souple

Horowitz, Al

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 006092294X ISBN 13 : 9780060922948

Editeur : Harper Perennial, 1992

Synopsis

Learn how to play chess like a pro.

In this book, Al Horowitz, Chess Editor of the New York Times and former U.S. Open Champion, applies some of the ideas and convictions acquired from thirty-five years of playing, teaching and analyzing the royal game. He emphasizes the tactical aspects of the game: how to recognize the big chance and hit hard when it occurs. He also stresses the ideas and methods in opening play, rather than the routine memorizing of variations that takes the joy out of chess for so many beginners.

When you have completed this book, you will be able to play chess with pleasure and some ability.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In this book, I. A. Horowitz, Chess Editor of the New York Times and former U.S. Open Champion, applies some of the ideas and convictions acquired from thirty-five years of playing, teaching and analyzing the royal game. He emphasizes the tactical aspects of the game: how to recognize the big chance and hit hard when it occurs. He also stresses the ideas and methods in opening play, rather than the routine memorizing of variations that takes the joy out of chess for so many beginners.

When you have completed this book, you will be able to play chess with pleasure and some ability.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Harper Perennial
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 006092294X
• ISBN 13: 9780060922948
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 144
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: HarperCollins Publishers; enquiries@harpercollins.ie; ; Fullham Palace Road 77-85; London; W6 JB; Royaume-Uni