21 checkmate puzzles (Chess hobby eBooks)

A great collection of puzzles to take and enjoy anywhere in the world - have fun, challenge yourself, and become a better chess player!

This is the first book in a series designed specifically for eBook readers and tablets, so it contains large, clear diagrams, and can be read without the need for a chess board. Download a sample to see!

Each puzzle has a page for the puzzle and a separate page for the solution, accompanied by a description that explains the tactics being used. Most puzzles are one to four moves in length. After finishing this book you will hopefully find yourself looking for checkmate possibilities more frequently, and recognising some of the patterns of positions in which they occur.

This book has been published in support of a Kickstarter campaign:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/46288769/chess-puzzles-in-your-pocket-a-new-ebook

Enjoy!

21 checkmate puzzles (Chess hobby eBooks)

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Pawn Masses (Chess is Fun)

Here are useful and simple rules of thumb: Two connected passed pawns on the 5th rank are generally worth a knight or bishop; Two connected passers on the 6th rank are generally worth a rook; And two connected passers on the 7th are generally worth a queen.

But what’s the value of having more than two advanced connected passers? There’s nothing in chess as intimidating as a pawn storm, a cluster of connected pawns rolling down the board as part of a coordinated attack. That’s what this e-book explores in an assortment of interesting games, all of which involve remarkable pawn masses.

Unlike many other inexpensive chess e-books, these are fully annotated in understandable, simple language. The profuse use of diagrams make these among the first chess books that you can read WITHOUT A BOARD at your side.

Jon Edwards won the 10th United States Correspondence Championship in 1997 and the 8th North American Invitational Correspondence Chess Championship in 1999.

Pawn Masses (Chess is Fun)

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Chess Strategy #5 Powerful Pawnplay (Chess Strategy Series)

To become a very strong chess player you have to know how to play
your pawns. In this element of the Chess Strategy Series Study we watch as two of the greatest Grandmasters demonstrate the strategic thinking behind their pawn play and show how vital it is to place supporting pieces with precision.
We then examine a ‘cat and mouse’ game where the winner uses the strategy of switching the focus of the attack - and it’s a master class in exploiting the weakness of doubled pawns.
Bobby Fischer shows that losing the exchange to gain a strategic advantage can be enough to win the game and then there are two mighty, one hundred year old clashes between those legends of the game, Frank Marshall and Jose Capablanca.
Here’s a question for you:- As it’s unlikely that a Grandmaster will have beaten another Grandmaster because the loser fell for a simple tactical trick or suffered from a glaring weakness in his
endgame technique or some other aspect of his game, just what is it that separated them?
The answer is likely to be that one of them had a better grasp of the strategic requirements of the positions which arose.
It's the fine points which make the difference between winning and losing at the highest levels of the game.
Frank Marshall loses twice to Jose Capablanca; in the first game because he doesn’t move his pawns and in the second because he does!
In this series we're looking over the shoulders of the Masters as they play their games; it's the best way to improve your own game.

Chess Strategy #5 Powerful Pawnplay (Chess Strategy Series)

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Chess Tactics for Beginners (Chess lovers' library)

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Chess Tactics for Beginners (Chess lovers' library)

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Manual of Chess Combinations, Vol. 1A (Chess School)

The book is a new edition of a bestseller by an experienced coach Sergey Ivashchenko. Over 250,000 copies of his books were sold in the Soviet Union in the late 1980's. This book is intended for beginners, both children and adults. The themes are: Mate in one, Mate in two, Win a queen, Win a rook, Win a piece, etc.

The book designed for chess players with ELO 900-1200 points. Includes more than 700 tactical problems classified according to themes and difficulty.

Languages: English, German, Russian and Spanish.

Manual of Chess Combinations, Vol. 1A (Chess School)

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