Pandolfini's Chess Complete The Most

The perfect, and necessary, addition to any personal chess library, Pandolfini's Chess Complete is a comprehensive, accessible reference. National Master Bruce Pandolfini has covered every aspect of the game, from chessboard and pieces to history and strategy, and has responded to virtually any possible question or situation that could arise.

Bruce Pandolfini is a National Master in U.S. chess competition and one of the most experienced chess teachers in North America

Acknowledgments

7

(6)

Introduction

13

(2)

So You Think You Know It All

15

(6)

The Chessboard: placement, lines, sectors, colors, diagrams

Pieces: names, starting positions, sizes, designs

As Noted by the Rank and File

21

(11)

Grids

Abbreviations

Notation: algebraic and descriptive

Scoresheets

Writing down the moves

Moving with the Rules

32

(20)

General rules

White and Black

Jumping moves

Captures

Units

Check and checkmate

Castling

En passant

Promotion and underpromotion

Draws: agreement, stalemate, fifty move rule, insufficiency, threefold repetition, perpetual check

Material Evidence

52

(18)

Captures and recaptures

Trading

Gaining time

Relative exchange values

The exchange

Material advantages

Counting and comparing material

Sacrifices

Bishops vs

knights

The minor exchange

Two bishops

Opposite-color bishops

Promotion and underpromotion

Check the Mate

70

(9)

Forcing variations

Checkmates: support, back row, smothered

Mating attacks and nets

Insufficiency

Basic mates: king and queen; king and rook; king and two bishops; king, bishop, and knight

Pieces vs. pieces

Zugzwang

The 50-move rule

Principal Principles

79

(21)

Phases

Opening aims and plans

Development

The center and centralization

Time and the initiative

Double-king-pawn openings

Castling: kingside, queenside; when to do it and when not to

Plots, Plans, and Machinations

100

(30)

Spatial advantage

Cramped positions

Open files

Batteries

The 7th rank

Knights vs.bishops

Pawns: passed, outside, connected, supported, split, backward, candidate

Pawn majorities

Capablanca's rule

Pawn chains

Closed and open centers

Planning and the analytic method

Weaknesses

Winsome Attacks

130

(9)

Strategy and tactics

Forced moves. Tactics: forks, pins, skewers, discoveries, underminings, multiple threats, combinations

How to study tactics

Star's End

139

(20)

Endgame principles

Theoretical draws

Chief characteristics

Passed pawns

Pawn races. Square of the pawn

Turning maneuvers

The squeeze

Rook-pawn problems

Fortresses

Critical squares

The opposition: direct, distant, diagonal, rectangular

Corresponding squares

Extra minor pieces

Pieces vs. pawns

Opposite-color bishops

The active rook

Behind a passed pawn

Flank attacks. Cutoffs

Building a bridge

Checking distance

Philidor's draw

Queen centralization

The exchange

Situational Psychology

159

(13)

Blunders

Luft

Asking questions

Intuition

Move choice

Counting

Chess talent

Typical practical problems

Quantum chess

Playing the board

Keeping Score

Best moves

Teaching techniques

Courses

Computer lessons

Analysis

Study Programs

Opening repertoires

Where and whom to play

Combat and Competition

172

(11)

Speed and blindfold chess

Odds games

Elo ratings

Chess Life

Touch move

J'adoube

Move completion

Scoring

Draws

Tie-breaking

50-move rule

The clock

Time trouble

Grandmaster draws

Chessamatics

183

(5)

Compositions

Beauty

Art and science

Numbers and possible moves

Eight-queens problem

Diversions

Put In Perspective

188

(43)

Myths

Age and invention

Chataranga

First international tournament

World champions: oldest, youngest, winningest, and best

Prodigies

Grandmaster title

Hypermodern chess

Computers

APPENDICES

A. Pandolfini's Short Chess Course

215

(5)

B. Middlegame Strategies

220

(2)

Endgame: Principles and Advice

222

(2)

D. Tips for the Nationals and Other Tournaments ---- Level One

224

(3)

E. Tips for Nationals and Other Tournaments --- Level Two

227

(4)

Glossary

231

(12)

Index

243

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Pandolfini's Chess Complete The Most Comprehensive Guide to the Game, from History to Strategy

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