Learn Chess the Right Way: Book 4: Sacrifice To Win !
Susan Polgar
THE POLGAR WAY TO BETTER CHESS!
Learn Chess the Right Way is a five-volume chess puzzle book series
aimed at the novice, beginner and intermediate level player, using the
unique methods of the award-winning coach and former world champion
Susan Polgar. It introduces the most important checkmate and
material-winning tactics, as well as defensive techniques to the new
chess player. Each of the five volumes will consist of over 500 puzzles.
Volume 4 is all about exercises where you have to make a "sacrifice" for a material gain or even checkmate.
In
each of the first five chapters, a certain piece is being sacrificed to
checkmate the enemy King (in chapter 1 ? The Queen, in chapter 2 ? The
Rook, and so on). In chapters 6-10, you will get no hint about which
piece should be sacrificed. However, you will know what the target is,
to win a Queen, or Rook etc.
In chapter 11, there will be no
hints whatsoever. The goal is simple: sacrifice one of your pieces to
either checkmate or gain material. Many of the examples are built on
skills (such as forks, discoveries or pins) learned in volumes 1 and 2
of this series. In most of the puzzles, you will need to think 2-3 pairs
of moves ahead in order to find the correct solution.
With over
40 years of experience as a world-class player and coach, international
grandmaster Susan Polgar has developed the most effective way to help
young players and beginners ? Learn Chess the Right Way. Let her show
you the way to understanding the most common and critical patterns and
let her show you the way to becoming a better player.
SUSAN
POLGAR is a winner of four Women's World Championships and the
top-ranked woman chess player in the United States. She became the #1
woman player in the world at 15 and remained in the top 3 for over 20
years. In 2013, she received the U.S. Coach of the Year Award and the
following year, she was named the Chess Trainer of the Year by the
International Chess Federation (FIDE). She thus became the first person
in history to be accorded both honors. Under her guidance, SPICE chess
teams at both Texas Tech University and Webster University have won a
combined six consecutive National Division I Collegiate Chess
Championships.
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Publisher
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Russell Enterprises, Inc.
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Language
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English
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Paperback
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168 pages
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ISBN-10
:
1941270646
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ISBN-13
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978-1941270646
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Item Weight
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11.2 ounces
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Dimensions
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6 x 0.5 x 9 inches
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