Record details

• ISBN: 9780762437269
• ISBN: 076243726X
• Physical Description: 570 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
• Edition: Rev. ed.
• Publisher: Philadelphia, PA : Running Press Book Publishers, 2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:

"New, fully revised and updated edition"--Cover.

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (page 561) and indexes.

Formatted Contents Note:

Foreword / Grandmaster John Nunn -- Symbols and abbreviations -- Introduction -- Introduction to the second edition -- Introduction to the third edition -- Frequently asked questions -- Part 1: -- Mastering Chess: -- Delivering mate -- Solutions to delivering mate -- Tactics -- Combinations -- Solutions to combinations -- Endgames -- Solutions to endgame challenges -- Chess openings -- Open games -- Semi-open games -- Queen's pawn openings -- Flank openings and miscellaneous systems -- Attack and defense -- Solutions to attack and defense tests -- Part 2: -- World Of Chess: -- Beginning chess -- Chess clock -- Competitive chess -- Computer and internet chess -- Puzzles -- Solutions to puzzles -- Women's, veterans', junior and correspondence chess -- Endgame studies -- Chess in the media -- Part 3: -- Essential Chess Information: -- Glossary of chess terms -- Brief history of the world chess championship -- Appendix A: How to play chess -- Appendix B: Chess notation -- Appendix C: Basic mates -- Appendix D: Bibliography -- Index of games and part games -- Index of openings.

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Chess.
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Collections.