Chess Thinking: The Visual Dictionary of Chess Moves, Rules, Strategies and Concepts

by Bruce Pandolfini

From America’s foremost chess coach and game strategist for Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit comes the ultimate chess reference—a visual dictionary of over 1,000 moves, rules, strategies, and concepts.

For new players needing clarification on a certain position to an expert brushing up on more obscure strategies, Chess Thinking covers the ABC’s of chess as never before—from algebraic notation to zugzwang .

Comprehensive, illustrated with 140 detailed drawings, and written with exceptional clarity, this is an indispensable guide to any player ready to make a move and belongs on the shelf of every chess player’s library.

Genres: Nonfiction, Chess

320 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

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.

(Wikipedia)

Reviews

[Camilla Figueroa · Rating 4 out of 5]

:( This is a good book! I figured out how to castle because of it, that's nice! Same with other terms. Only thing I had trouble with was keeping engaged, but that's probably just me.

[Nate · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some good information sandwiched between redundant definitions and organized in an alphabetical order instead of from novice to advance concepts. I'm sure there's better how to books out there.

[Jane Wilson · Rating 2 out of 5]

when defining a term one should not use the word in the definition, i read the whole book and am still unclear as to what it means to castle, but i have figured out how to defend against it. . .

[Kate S · Rating 2 out of 5]

when defining a term one should not use the word in the definition, i read the whole book and am still unclear as to what it means to castle, but i have figured out how to defend against it. . .