Other editions of book Starting Out: Chess Tactics and Checkmates

Once a chess player has figured out how all the chess pieces move, what is the next step on the chess ladder? This helpful and entertaining book provides players with the complete answer. In this easy-to-follow guide, renowned chess teacher Chris Ward explains all the crucial checkmating patterns, plus how to catch out opponents with an assortment of tricks and traps, commonly known as chess tactics. There is something for everyone in this book: improving players can benefit from learning the basic checkmates and the key tactics such as attacking and defending pieces, forks, pins, and skewers, while more experienced players can discover the delights of advanced checkmates and sneaky tricks, ones that can flummox even the world's best players!Learning chess tactics is fun and one of the quickest ways of improving in chess, and it's even more enjoyable when opponents begin falling for these tricks! Read this book and, with the help of a Grandmaster, any chess player will be ready to unleash the weapons in their chess battles, whoever their opponent is.>An ideal chess tactics and checkmates guide for the improving player>Written by a distinguished chess author>Full of notes, tips, and warnings to help the reader

If you've enjoyed reading our chess books, wait until you've seen what's on this CD! Everyman Chess are delighted to be able to provide you with "Starting Out: Chess Tactics and Checkmates" in a format ideal for computer viewing. This will enable you to link to all the chess games, commentary and text from the original book, and replay and interact with the moves easily onscreen. In addition, we also present you with the complete book in pdf format. Once you have figured out the rules, what is the next step up the chess ladder? This entertaining work provides you with the complete answer. Renowned chess teacher, Chris Ward explains the crucial checkmating patterns, plus a large assortment of tricks and traps. Learning chess tactics is fun and one of the quickest ways of improving your chess. With the help of a Grandmaster, you will be ready to unleash your tactical weapons in your chess battles. It is an ideal chess tactics and checkmates guide for the improving player. It is written by a distinguished chess author. It is full of notes, tips and warnings to help the reader.