Learn Chess the Right Way: Book 1: Must-know Checkmates

by Susan Polgar

Overview

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 500 puzzles.

In Book 1, the focus is on one-move checkmate exercises. In each of the first five chapters, a specific piece delivers checkmate (in Chapter 1: the queen, Chapter 2: the rook, and so on). In Chapters 6-8, checkmates which involve special tactics (such as pins, discovered attacks, etc.) are introduced. Chapter 9 has a mixed collection of puzzles, without any hint about which piece is to deliver checkmate. Chapter 10 builds on the previous 9 chapters, and introduces basic patterns of checkmate in two moves.

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 five consecutive National Division I Collegiate Chess Championships.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781941270219
Publisher:	Russell Enterprises, Incorporated
Publication date:	06/15/2016
Series:	Learn Chess the Right Way! , #1
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	427,652
Product dimensions:	6.80(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

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 five consecutive national titles

Table of Contents

Introduction 4

Chapter 1 Checkmate in 1 with a Queen 5

Chapter 2 Checkmate in 1 with a Rook 24

Chapter 3 Checkmate in 1 with a Bishop 42

Chapter 4 Checkmate in 1 with a Knight 59

Chapter 5 Checkmate in 1 with a Pawn 75

Chapter 6 Checkmate in 1 with a Pin 87

Chapter 7 Checkmate in 1 with a Discovered Check or Double Check 94

Chapter 8 Tricky Checkmates in 1 Move 102

Chapter 9 Various Checkmates in 1 Move 107

Chapter 10 Simple Checkmates in 2 Moves 133

Questions and Answers 150

Solutions 152