Chinese Chess for Beginners

Chinese Chess for BeginnersPublisher: Ishi Press Author: Sam Sloan Year of Publication: 2006(2nd) Pages: 192 Notation Type: Notationless (NO) Book Description When you think of chess, you probably think of the strategy game played throughout Europe and the Americas. There is another kind of chess played throughout the world by probably more people than any other strategy game. That game is Chinese Chess. The "Elephant Game" as it is called by the Chinese, dates back more than

An elementary school teacher can use this book as a textbook to incorporate chess into their standards-based math program incorporating National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Standards

Bobby was not exactly alone

Problems are arranged into chapters by tactical themes

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forget about theoretical endgames

a very strong young female player who was likely the strongest American female chessplayer up to that time

Chinese Chess for Beginners explains both the rules and the strategies of the game clearly and in detail so that you can start playing right away

and double check

it illustrates an increasingly prevalent style of play--a method that begins by slowly accumulating small

Nimzovich was known as the "Stormy Petrel" of the chess world

played by the giants of chess

A true gem