Pandolfini's Ultimate Guide to Chess

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From Americas foremost chess coach and game strategist for Netflixs The Queens Gambit comes a comprehensive guide covering all aspects of the game, to improve your technique whether you are a newcomer or a longtime fan.

One of America's best-known chess masters, Bruce Pandolfini has helped millions learn the intricacies of chess through his acclaimed books and workshops. In this exciting volume, he presents a complete overview of the entire game and its culture. Structured as a dialogue between a beginning student and an expert teacher, Pandolfini's Ultimate Guide to Chess takes the student step-by-step from fundamentals to advanced, highly strategic play. Combining easy-to-follow diagrams with trenchant and up-to-date analysis, Pandolfini puts a new twist on accepted chess theory, offering a seamless beginning-to-end approach, including:

a short introductory history of the game
the moves, rules, and contemporary notation forms
the basic principles of chess
how to develop an opening repertoire
the art of tactical play
pattern recognition and memory aids
traps and pitfalls to be avoided
middlegame play, strategy, and planning
defense and counterattack
transitions to the endgame and the endgame itself
computers and the future of chess
the best websites for playing chess online

With Pandolfini's expert insight into the history and modern world of chess, as well as several appendices to enhance play and appreciation, Pandolfini's Ultimate Guide to Chess makes the perfect gift for players of all ages and will be the benchmark title for chess players for years to come.

Author Bio

Bruce Pandolfiniis one of the worlds most sought-after chess teachers and one of the most widely read chess writers working today. His role as analyst for PBSs coverage of the 1972 match between chess superstars Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky first launched him into the public eye. His coaching of chess prodigy Josh Waitzkin was portrayed in the book and filmSearching for Bobby Fischer. He is a regular columnist forChess Life, the bible of the chess world, and continues to coach young players professionally and consults for CEOs from numerous Fortune 500 companies. Pandolfini also created over 300 hypothetical games as a consultant for NetflixsThe Queens Gambit. He lives in New York City.