A World Champion's Guide to Chess: Step-by-Step Instructions for Winning Chess the Polgar Way!

by Susan Polgar

Winning Chess the Polgar Way! In A World Champion’s Guide to Chess, Women’s World Champion Susan Polgar’s exclusive training methods will have you playing winning chess! Topics include Chess Essentials, Tactics, Strategy, Pattern Recognition, Endgames, Chess Etiquette, Advice for Parents & Coaches and much more! SUSAN POLGAR is a winner of four Women’s World Championships and the top-ranked woman chess player in the United States. She became the #1 woman player in the world at 15 and remained in the top 3 for over 20 years. In 2013, she received the U.S. Coach of the Year Award and the following year, she was named the Chess Trainer of the Year by the International Chess Federation (FIDE). She thus became the first person in history to be accorded both honors. Under her guidance, SPICE chess teams at both Texas Tech University and Webster University have won a combined five consecutive National Division I Collegiate Chess Championships. PAUL TRUONG is winner of eleven national titles, a prolific chess trainer, and award-winning chess author. He was also captain and manager of the historic 2004 US Women’s Olympiad team which won two gold and two silver medals, as well as the coach of the five-time national champion SPICE chess teams. [The following text will appear in online descriptions, along with the text above, but not on the back cover]: The best-selling A World Champion’s Guide to Chess is available again!!

Genres: Chess, Nonfiction, Reference

864 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 8, 2005

Reviews

[Martyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had a lot of fun with this book. I liked the fact that it was set up a little differently than most chess instruction books in that the author presented a different theme for each chapter and then provided 20 or so positional exercises for the reader to test their understanding. In this way not only was knowledge built on the basis of work on previous chapters work but also it was possible to "score" the progress made.

Along with chapters on tactics and ones devoted to mates in 1, 2 and 3 moves, plus a couple of instructional games, came tips and rules of the game - all in all it’s a fabulous book best for levels from beginner to intermediate. You will learn a lot of solid techniques in a logical sequence and many of the exercises provide a real challenge so the casual player will feel like they have learned something at the end. These exercises are based on the training methods used by the Polgar sisters and so have a genuine logic to them.

My score by the way was 501/564, which I’m quite happy with (Damn those pesky mate in three puzzles!)

[Jerry · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is great for a beginner to not quite an intermediate player. I do have a lower rank in chess, but have been playing for years. I zoomed through this book in about 2 weeks. I had to push myself constantly to finish it. I did learn some tactics and such. It is well put together. I do have Susan's "Chess Tactics for Champions" book. But dang! This book is rough! The tactics (TO ME) are very challenging and hard. I would also recommend that book as well.

[Maritess · Rating 5 out of 5]

OMG I met her once--geek out!

[Jjohn_galt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very nice. Essentially a series of chess problems to learn chess basics, including pins, forks, and various endgames.

[Youssouf · Rating 4 out of 5]

I learned a lot from Susan's methods, which impacted my rating positively. Indeed a great book!

[Jessada Karnjana · Rating 4 out of 5]

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