Weapons of Chess: An Omnibus of Chess

WithWeapons of Chess,National Master and highly acclaimed teacher Bruce Pandolfini brings us the most accessible and easy-to-use chess strategy book ever.Written for beginning and intermediate players,Weapons of Chessis the first encyclopedia of chess strategies that doesn't rely on the usual baffling chess notation. There are no symbolic chess moves, no charts or sequences in chess notation: every move is explained in words.Arranged alphabetically for easy use and based mainly on pawn formation, the incredibly detailed and thorough entries in this book talk a player through dozens of common strategic dilemmas, such as "doubled pawn," "bishops vs. knights," and "hanging pawn pair." Diagrams illustrate the terms, first showing the basic position and then strategically moving to more complicated versions of it. Players will learn how to formulate plans once they have reached a middlegame, enabling them to make wiser strategic decisions after the first few moves of the game.Designed for use as a ready reference during actual practice games, and usable without a chess board,Weapons of Chessis a unique and invaluable resource for any developing chess player.

Bruce Pandolfini is the author of ten instructional chess books, including Bobby Fischer's Outrageous Chess Moves, Principles of the New Chess, Pandolfini's Endgame Course, Russian Chess, The ABC's of Chess, Let's Play Chess, Kasparov's Winning Chess Tactics, One-Move Chess by the Champions, Chess Openings: Traps and Zaps, and Square One. He is also editor of the distinguished anthologies The Best of Chess Life, Volumes I and II. Perhaps the most experienced chess teacher in North America and the Executive Director of the Manhattan Chess Club, Bruce Pandolfini lives in New York City.

CONTENTS

Introduction
A Word on Chess Notation
Related Section Index

Advantage
Analysis
Anti-Positional Move
Backward Pawn
Bad Bishop
The Bind
Bishops of Opposite Color
Blockade
Blocked Center
Breakthrough Combination
Calculating Variations: How to Do It in Your Head
Doubled Pawns
Doubled Rooks
Exchanging Pieces
Fianchetto
Fixed Pawns
Good Knight
Isolated Pawn
Isolated d-pawn
Isolated d-pawn: Advancing It
Isolated d-pawn: Drawbacks
Isolated d-pawn: Strength
Isolated Pawn Couple
Knight Corral
Minor Exchange
Minority Attack
Opening a File
Outside Passed Pawn
Oversights
Passed Pawn
Pawn Centers
Pawn Chain
Pawn Majority
Positional Chess
Protected Passed Pawn
Two Bishops
Visualization
Weakness

Additional Concept Glossary
Index

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Weapons of Chess: An Omnibus of Chess Strategies

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