Chess for Dummies (Paperback, 3)

Introduction 1 Part I: Laying the Groundwork for Champion Chess 7 Chapter 1: Tackling Chess Basics 9 Chapter 2: Getting to Know the Pieces and Their Powers 23 Chapter 3: Exploring the Elements of Chess 39 Chapter 4: Going after the King: Check, Stalemate, and Checkmate 63 Chapter 5: Making a Few Special Moves 79 Chapter 6: Got Notation? Reading and Writing about Chess 85 Part II: Gaining Chess Know-How 97 Chapter 7: Trying Out Tactics and Combinations in Hand-to-Hand Combat 99 Chapter 8: Sacrifi ces: Understanding When It's Better to Give than to Receive 125 Chapter 9: Building Pattern Recognition 135 Chapter 10: Recognizing Advanced Pawn Formations 153 Chapter 11: Mastering Mating Patterns 167 Part III: Game Time: Putting Your Chess Foot Forward 183 Chapter 12: Selecting Your Strategy: The Principles of Play 185 Chapter 13: Coming on Strong in the Opening 201 Chapter 14: Making Headway during the Middlegame 217 Chapter 15: Exiting with Style in the Endgame 227 Part IV: Getting into Advanced Action 249 Chapter 16: Playing in Competition 251 Chapter 17: Hitting the Net with Computer Chess 263 Part V: The Part of Tens 271 Chapter 18: The Ten Most Famous Chess Games of All Time 273 Chapter 19: The Ten Best Players of All Time (and a Few Others) 301 Part VI: Appendixes 323 Appendix A: A Glossary of Chess 325 Appendix B: Chess Resources 347 Index 351