Chess: Skills - Tactics - Techniques

by Jonathan Arnott

Chess - Crowood Sports Guides is the perfect tool for anyone wanting to improve their performance, from beginners learning the basic skills to more experienced participants working on advanced techniques. Standard chess rules and basic notation is covered as well as how to use each piece effectively; tactics and strategy; how to plan for success; the three phases - openings, middlegames and endgames; advanced techniques - analysing a position, opening repertoires, when to sacrifice, key endgame principles; hints and tips for developing chess further and finally using computers for analysis and preparation. Superbly illustrated with 253 diagrams and 7 colour images.

432 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 31, 2014

Reviews

[Dan Bourne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interested in learning how to up your chess game? This book is definitely for you. It covers all the basics, loads of tips and techniques, and covers many chess gambits. There are lots of examples of mid-game and end-game scenarios to practice. Studying this book will definitely help your game!

I’ve now just got to remember everything that I’ve read!

[Ian · Rating 3 out of 5]

Probably would be more interesting if I had a chess board with me. It gets too specific too fast. I want a few pages of general understanding of what I'm looking for as a tactic or strategy, not an immediate analysis of a very specific position.