From world-renowned chess teacher Bruce Pandolfini comes a collection of the 50 best games from his popular "Solitaire Chess" column in Chess Life Magazine . Use Solitaire Chess to
•test yourself •understand the strategies and tactics of serious chess, including development, king safety, the center, the opening, and more •read explanations about the moves of great players in famous games •have fun!
Bruce Pandolfini (born September 17, 1947) is an American chess author, teacher, and coach. A USCF national master, he is generally considered to be America’s most experienced chess teacher. As a coach and trainer, Pandolfini has possibly conducted more chess sessions than anyone in the world. By the summer of 2015 he had given an estimated 25,000 private and group lessons.
I am crap at chess. I spent a lot of money on books that I thought would at least make me competitive. Nothing worked. I think these chess books will all sit in a box gathering dust and one day I might get the urge to rejoin the local club and get butchered by 12 year olds so then may have a further look. (Generic review for all half finished chess books I will never finish)
Useful, entertaining, and instructive. Solitaire chess is a way of studying master games that promotes active learning and better understanding than most other kinds of chess books. I wonder why others have rated this book so low. Maybe their scores weren't very good.