Checkmate (Noughts And Crosses)

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Mammoth Book of Chess by Graham Burgess is a giant book that’s great for intermediate players. The information is clearly explained and laid out while also being easy to digest. Books For Advanced Players (Above 1800) Learn Chess by John Nunn. This is a second option along with the recommendation above. Learn Chess is a great introduction to the game of Chess for complete beginners. Tips for Young Players By Matthew Sadler. Don’t get hung up on the title, this book is not for 700 ELO 8 year old players. However, if you’re a newer intermediate player climbing the ladder past about 1200, this book will help you. Sadler goes further into depth on the fundamentals and helps clarify concepts for you.

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In some cases, you can mate your opponent with the help of the opponent’s pieces. An example of this is utilizing a knight to deliver a smother mate. Silman, Jeremy (2007), Silman's Complete Endgame Course: From Beginner to Master, Siles Press, ISBN 978-1-890085-10-0 Modern Chess Openings is a true classic in the world of chess. It was the first book I got when I decided to start learning an opening. When first playing Chess, you want to just play a couple hundred games. The next step is learning one opening until you memorize the main line, then learn another one. This is the book for doing just that. Since you can’t actually skip your turn, you can make a move on the board that seemingly wastes a move, but is really designed to put your opponent into a position they don’t want to be in and make a move they don’t want to make. This section will seem a bit ironic because even though these books are tailored more for “kids”, kids are also some of the best players in the world with many Grandmasters becoming a GM in their early teens.

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There is nothing more heartbreaking than being up a queen and rook vs a king and stalemating your opponent. This turns your hard earned full point into a half of a point (but at least it’s better than 0 points in a tournament). Diagram above:2.Rh8# White concludes the game with the Anderssen Mate. A particular feature of this position is that white’s pawn is defended by his king. The Chess Cafe Puzzle Book. Chess Cafe is an established publisher in the Chess world. They published a few books with puzzles that are worth getting. They have four books total full of puzzles to practice with. Cozio’s Mate is also known as the Dovetail Mate since the arrangement of the pieces visually resemble a dove’s tail. The majority of the books we list below are published using Algebraic Notation to indicate the moves in the positions. However, many of the older books that were published before the 1980’s used Descriptive Notation to indicate the Chess moves.

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Growing up dual heritage in a world where bitter prejudice divides Noughts and Crosses has meant she's an outsider wherever she turns. Chess Tactics For Champions. This book is exactly what it says, tactics for champions, written by the legendary Susan Polgar, she goes through the tactics that the masters use to play and win the game. Snape, Ian (2003), Chess Endings Made Simple: How to Approach the Endgame with Confidence, Gambit Publications, ISBN 1-901983-97-8 Fine 1979, p.4, "Two bishops of the same color cannot administer mate; a mating position is not even conceivable. The same holds true of nine (or more!) bishops all of one color." Mind Master: Winning Lessons From A Champion’s Life written by Viswanathan Anand and Susan Ninan. When a book, or anything Chess related has the name Viswanathan Anand on it, I pay attention. Anand and Ninan talk about lessons they’ve gathered over the years from winning in the game of Chess. Opening BooksThese Books will help you understand how to gain an advantage on the board by developing positions that work for you and against your opponent. Positional theory is one of the more complex and advanced fields of the game, but having a slight edge in position is often times all it takes to take the win.

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Winning Chess Combinations by Yasser Seirawan. One of many books on this list by Yasser. This book walks you through combinations in Chess. What they are, how they work, and how to do make them work in your games.

The edge of the board secures part of the king’s retreat and the queen cuts off the rest. Opera Mate If a player offers a draw and their opponent accepts, it is a draw no matter what the position is. Some players would rather offer a draw than mess up a complicated position. When a stalemate occurs, the game is considered drawn and both players receive half a point (1/2-1/2) Diagram above:1.Ra8# The Lawnmower Mate is named after the alternating advance of the 2 rooks that push the enemy king all the way to the edge of the board. It is because of this “rolling” action that the pattern is sometimes referred to as the Rook Roller’s Mate.

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When his Granddad decides teaching Felix to play chess will help, Felix will do anything to get out of it. Aside from being boring, chess is for nerds! He really just wants to play video games and the imaginary war games he and his friend love so much. Plus Granddad has some pretty odd habits, like always keeping the curtains closed and never answering the phone. Hooper, David; Whyld, Kenneth (1992), The Oxford Companion to Chess (2nded.), Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-280049-3 Chess Fundamentals. They say that 80% of results always come from the fundamentals, chess is no different. Mastering the fundamentals is crucial to advancing beyond being a beginner in chess. Chess Fundamentals written by Jose Raul Capablanca is one of the first books to go through once, and on an on going basis. Have it next to you as you’re playing.Pandolfini, Bruce (2009), Endgame Workshop: Principles for the Practical Player, Russell Enterprises, ISBN 978-1-888690-53-8 Essentially, you want to force the king to the same color as the bishop that you have since this piece will be the one to give the final blow. Reinfeld, Fred (1959). The Complete Chess Course. Doubleday & Company, Inc. p.330. ISBN 0385004648. The Epaulette Mate resembles the visual appearance of an ornamental shoulder piece sometimes worn by elite military personnel.