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Rodolfo Pardi

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Bolzano, Italy

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http://scacchi.vecchilibri.eu/

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Rodolfo Pardi has had many careers in his lifetime. He was an electronics engineer for military aircraft equipment for 25 years, then a publisher for 20 years. Since 2010, he has been librarian, coach and arbiter of the Italian Chess Federation (FSI); he prepared more than 20 chess manuals in English and many more in Italian, covering many subjects not often seen in chess books.

His book, Chess Patterns, became a bestseller on Amazon.com. As with all his chess books, there are plenty of diagrams, reducing the need for a chessboard. Piece names are not foreign capital letters, but figurines - one of the first ebooks with this feature.

Books are also linked to sample games on his website, keeping the books neat, but making it easy to follow m ...more

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	Fundamental Chess Patterns by Rodolfo Pardi (Goodreads Author), Evelyne Nicod (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.82 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Encyclopedia of Chess Patterns, part 1: 101 PATTERNS, 600 pages, 300 diagrams, links to 300 games by Rodolfo Pardi (Goodreads Author), Evelyne Nicod (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chess Visualization Training for innocent Souls (with Links to online Exercises): A Manual that will increase your skill (if you do all the proposed Exercises) by Rodolfo Pardi (Goodreads Author), Evelyne Nicod (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The most important Chess Pattern - Critical Squares 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blackburne Shilling, a dreadful Chess Trap 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	SCP, a Bunch of strategic Chess Patterns: Positional Patterns, Rules and Guidelines. To avoid learning them the hard way. by Rodolfo Pardi (Goodreads Author), Evelyne Nicod (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Selection of additional Chess Patterns by Rodolfo Pardi (Goodreads Author), Evelyne Nicod (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Building your own Chess Opening Repertoire, an Approach: Two easy Openings for White (Ponziani and Morra) and two for Black (Scandinavia and Budapest) by Rodolfo Pardi (Goodreads Author), Evelyne Nicod (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ECP 2. Encyclopedia of Chess Patterns part 2: Tactics: Forks, Lined up pieces, Defensive patterns by Rodolfo Pardi (Goodreads Author), Evelyne Nicod (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Migliorare la visualizzazione mentale della posizione dei pezzi senza la scacchiera.: Un manuale di esercizi, dal semplice al complesso, che migliorerà ... (Manuale di scacchi) by Rodolfo Pardi (Goodreads Author), Evelyne Nicod (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars