Teach Yourself: Chess

Goal: basic competence.

Content:
- Acquire the basic techniques and principles
- Learn how to improve your skills
- Develop your understanding

Are you new to chess? Or do you want to learn how to improve your game? Would you like to follow the games of the Grandmasters?

This book takes you in gentle steps from the moves of the pieces to an appreciation of the thought processes of world champions. It explains the basic tactics of attack and defence, how to fight for control of the board, how to assess positional strengths and weaknesses and how to develop a strategic plan. Different styles and strategies of play are illustrated by commentaries on historic games, right up to the latest developments in computer chess.