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Chess for Everyone: A Complete Guide for the Beginner
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$ 18.13
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Item Description...
Product Description
In Chess for Everyone, national chess master and coach Robert M. Snyder introduces chess to the beginner in twenty graduated lessons. Mr. Snyder teaches the basic principles and then builds the student's knowledge in a clear and consistent manner. The reader is given a solid foundation in:Basic rules(piece movements, checkmate, castling, en passant, drawn game and more).Opening principles, traps and a basic opening system.Middlegame strategy (checkmate patterns and tactics).Basic endgame strategy including basic checkmates and King and Pawn endings.Upon completing Chess for Everyone students can continue to expand their knowledge in all areas of the game by reading the other volumes in the Chess for Everyone series.
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Item Specifications...
Pages 220
Dimensions: Length: 8.98" Width: 5.98" Height: 0.63"
Weight: 0.75 lbs.
Binding Softcover
Release Date Nov 13, 2008
ISBN 0595482066
EAN 9780595482061
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Availability 100 units.
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 | Solid, but not great Jan 30, 2010 |
Yes, this book will make beginner into a better chess player. It contains most of the important principles, tactics and openings. I myself have become markedly better in the two months since I've decided to "seriously" take up the game by reading this and other books (from around a 1350 to around a 1500 Elo), and I'm actually rereading this one at the moment (mainly to reinforce the first 10 moves of the Ruy Lopez).
Nevertheless, I have issues with this book which prevent me from wholeheartedly recommending it. First and foremost, I think the organization is terrible. Each chapter jumps around to various concepts (e.g., opening, tactics, endgame), upon which the author may elaborate in later chapters. He explains at one point why he structured the book in this way, but even with a law degree and a second reading, I have difficulty making sense of it. In my opinion, it would have been much better to spend each chapter focusing on a single area to really reinforce these concepts. This strange organization also leads to concepts of varying difficulty being explained in random order. At three-quarters of the way through the book, the reader is finally introduced to such tactical motifs as the double attack and the discovered check. Maybe it's a sign that I've "outgrown" this book, but I rolled my eyes when the author challenges the reader to "find the discovered check" in a series of examples, after the reader has already spent time learning about the intricacies of, say, the Ruy Lopez.
Also, many of the lessons seems trivial in relation to the amount of pages given to them. For instance, I am currently in the midst of reading a tedious section regarding endgames which involve a King vs. a lone pawn and King. Is this a concept worth mentioning? Surely, but within a page or two. In 50 online matches, I have yet to encounter this situation. Perhaps a more experienced player would disagree with me on the importance of this concept, but so far it has not proven useful to me. Similarly, in the same endgame situation, the author takes several pages to discuss the distance a King must be from the lone pawn in order to capture it before it reaches the back rank. If this situation is an inevitably, couldn't beginners just play through and discover on their own whether the game will end in a draw or in a victory for the side with the extra pawn? Why clutter our minds with this superfluous information?
I would recommend this book for adults and young adults who are genuine beginners. I think this book was originally intended for children, but I sincerely doubt that many of today's children would bother slogging through it. For anyone who already understands the basic tactical motifs and the first few moves of the Ruy Lopez, I would strongly suggest Logical Chess by Chernev instead. Reading Logical Chess as I follow along on my board has been far more beneficial to my development. | | |  | Excellent comprehensive chess book Oct 20, 2009 |
| This is a excellent chess book for people of all ages, and is suitable for a complete beginner all the way to a player who is beginning to play competitively. It is quite comprehensive, systematic and readable. The lessons increase in complexity and the chapters alternative between opening, middlegame, endgame, etc. I have been looking for "a single, not-too-big book that my students can use. I have settled on this one. My group has all ages and levels. When some of our players get through this book, then they will be ready for Mr. Snyder's next-level book. | | | | Chess for Everyone really is! Jul 26, 2008 |
| Another great effort by the master chess teacher, Robert Snyder. The remake of 'Chess for Juniors' has been updated and improved. The improvements include adding opening information, more detailed explanations at critical points and a less cramped, easier to read format. It is extremely complete in covering everything that a beginner needs to know to take him/her to the next level. It is a great book for students in grade 4 on up to adult. It is well organized and very suitable for textbook use by chess teachers. It uses a building format where lessons expand on material thorughout the twenty graduated lessons. It is one of only a few 'beginner' books that are part of a comprehensive series that allows for direct follow-up material that is consistant. There are currently 5 books in print. In 2009, 'Basic Chess Tactics: A Tactical Pattern Recognition Workbook for the Classroom' is scheduled for release. The 'Chess for Everyone Teacher's Textbook Guide' is unlike any other teacher guide in that it provides lesson plans and information on how to teach chess to be used in conjunction with 'Chess for Everyone'. | | | | I Finally Found the BEST Book on Chess Basics for Myself and My Kids Jul 16, 2008 |
| Chess for Everyone offers an very clear and detailed explanations of chess rules, thank you! Of course how the pieces move, check, checkmate, castling (I have to remember to do that more often) and my favorite en passant are covered in a way we here can grasp them. It was fun exploring and practicing the chess tactics presented such as the form, skewer (not BBQ), pin, discovered attack (I'm usually the one discovering), sacrifices and traps. You need this book so you or your kids don't get embarrassed by Fools Mate, Scholars Mate or the dreaded Backrank Mate. Other mates are covered as well. Didn't know there were so many. It won't take much reading to to grasp short games, endgames, checkmates and more; turning the average Joe (me) into a decent chess player. | | | | best book for the beginner Jul 13, 2008 |
The revised and updated version of the old "Chess for Juniors" is now available under the title "Chess for Everyone". It's still the same great book for beginners in 20 lessons. After giving the rules of the game and chess notation in the first five lessons, the book trains the reader in the basics of opening, middlegame, and endgame strategy. When you are finished you will have a thorough understanding of the fundamentals of chess.
And the author does not leave the aspiring player stranded at that point. He has four other volumes in the "Chess for Everyone" series. In "Unbeatable Chess Lessons" he gives 24 games with explanation for every move to help you gain complete understanding of the ideas. This approach is continued in "More Unbeatable Chess Lessons" containing another 24 games. You can gain greater understanding of opening principles with "Winning Chess Traps". It shows you how to take advantage of situations where a player violates opening principles. And, to round out your chess education he wrote "Winning Chess Tournaments" to help you understand how to compete in chess tournaments. It also contains chapters on tactics and endgames that give you important basic patterns to increase your knowledge of the game.
The aim of the series is to take the player from beginner to the point of being a very strong player.
With this series you definitely get value for you money! | | | Write your own review about Chess for Everyone: A Complete Guide for the Beginner
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