Simple Chess

by John Emms

It¿s been said many times before that chess is an easy game to learn, but a difficult one to master. The game is full of difficult questions such as, ¿What do you do when your opponent is skilful enough to prevent both checkmate and material loss?¿ However, once the principal strategic ideas are recognised, then everything becomes much clearer and the game becomes much simpler. In this book Grandmaster and experienced chess writer John Emms provides the reader with the fundamental knowledge required to enter every game with confidence.
* A complete introduction to chess strategy
* Important positional ideas are covered
* Ideal for club and tournament players

Genres: Chess

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

Reviews

[Richard · Rating 3 out of 5]

A birthday present, I read this during my office lunch breaks. This turned out to probably not be the greatest idea.

Little did I know that most chess books are best read with an actual chess board in front of you. I'm not quite at the 'imagine it all in your head' stage yet.

And this might just have been a bit too advance for me. Something to return to later then maybe, as some of the concepts seemed useful.