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Weapons of Chess: an Omnibus of Chess Strategies

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ISBN-10: 0671659723

ISBN-13: 9780671659721

Edition: 1989

Authors: Bruce Pandolfini

List price: $18.99
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WithWeapons of Chess,National Master and highly acclaimed teacher Bruce Pandolfini brings us the most accessible and easy-to-use chess strategy book ever. Written for beginning and intermediate players,Weapons of Chessis the first encyclopedia of chess strategies that doesn't rely on the usual baffling chess notation. There are no symbolic chess moves, no charts or sequences in chess notation: every move is explained in words. Arranged alphabetically for easy use and based mainly on pawn formation, the incredibly detailed and thorough entries in this book talk a player through dozens of common strategic dilemmas, such as "doubled pawn," "bishops vs. knights," and "hanging pawn pair."…    
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Book details

List price: $18.99
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: Touchstone
Publication date: 11/15/1989
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Bruce Pandolfini, a National Master in U.S. chess competition, is the creator of the highly acclaimed Fireside Chess Library. He is a renowned instructor, a consultant on chess for the media, and a frequent commentator on the Radio.

Introduction
A Word on Chess Notation
Related Section Index
Advantage
Analysis
Anti-Positional Move
Backward Pawn
Bad Bishop
The Bind
Bishops of Opposite Color
Blockade
Blocked Center
Breakthrough Combination
Calculating Variations: How to Do It in Your Head
Doubled Pawns
Doubled Rooks
Exchanging Pieces
Fianchetto
Fixed Pawns
Good Knight
Isolated Pawn
Isolated d-pawn
Isolated d-pawn: Advancing It
Isolated d-pawn: Drawbacks
Isolated d-pawn: Strength
Isolated Pawn Couple
Knight Corral
Minor Exchange
Minority Attack
Opening a File
Outside Passed Pawn
Oversights
Passed PawnPawn Centers
Pawn Chain
Pawn Majority
Positional Chess
Protected Passed Pawn
Two Bishops
Visualization
Weakness
Additional Concept
Glossary
Index