Chess Basics Made Easy: Learn the Rules and basic Tactics and Strategy by FM Bill Jordan
English | 2018 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B07HNTK2TY | 105 pages | EPUB | 4.92 Mb
English | 2018 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B07HNTK2TY | 105 pages | EPUB | 4.92 Mb
Chess Basics Made Easy
The rules of chess are not especially complicated. They can be explained in 10 minutes and memorised in about an hour.
Whether you want to learn a solid understanding of the basics, revise your understanding or teach someone else, this book is for you.
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
- Strategy
The book teaches and uses standard chess notation, which is called short algebraic notation.