Kasparov: Checkmate! - My first chess book - 3rd edition

Autor: Kasparov, Garry
Verlag: Olms
Sprache: German
Buchumschlag: hardcover
Seiten: 98

Garry Kasparov, probably the most famous chess player in the world, explains in this book all the important rules and goals of the game of chess and covers all aspects of a chess game.

“Chess should be a school subject everywhere in the world!”

— GARRY KASPAROV

Do you want to checkmate your father or mother? Then forget about computer games for a while - chess is the best board game of all time for real gamers!

Checkmate! is the ideal introductory book for all beginners because it:

• all important rules and goals explained
• all aspects of a chess game are covered
• the best chess player of all time wrote

Garry Kasparov, the most famous chess player in the world, is your personal trainer. Let Garri show you how the pieces king, queen, rook, bishop, knight and pawn move, what value they have, how they can be useful to you in attack and defense! Discover how to capture pieces, what castling is, how to write down your moves, how to offer check or checkmate your opponent! You will learn tricks and how to set traps and how to avoid falling into a trap yourself. Garri will prepare you optimally for your first game, whether it is against your parents, against your friends, against a computer, on the Internet or in your first competition.

3rd edition, 98 pages, full color, with numerous illustrations and diagrams.
Hardcover in 20 × 20 cm format