Simple Chess

Simple ChessPublisher: Dover Author: Michael Stean Year of Publication: 2003 Pages: 160 Notation Type: Algebraic (AN) Book Description Written by a young Grand Master, this introduction to chess strategy is aimed primarily at players for whom a game plan is utterly enigmatic. By isolating the basic elements and illustrating them through a selection of Master and Grand Master games, Simple Chess breaks down the mystique of strategy into plain, easy to understand

with an antiqued bronze finish

a portrait painter

the Second World Champion

readers are asked to make the winning move for some of the world's best players

basic mates

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

Superb and highly instructive--an excellent learning tool for both the novice and expert alike

"Mikhail Tal's splendid account of his world championship match victory is one of the masterpieces of the golden age of annotation - before insights and feelings and flashes of genius were reduced to mere moves and Informant symbols

theoretical articles

and painlessly accessible to players of all degrees of strength

And the endgame is the last lap of the race

Year of Publication: 1988