Chess : from first moves to checkmate / [electronic resource]
Daniel King.
- New York : Kingfisher, 2000.
- 64 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Includes index.
Chess basics: Setting up -- King -- Rook -- Rook -- Bishop -- Queen -- Knight -- Pawn -- Notation -- Check and checkmate I -- Check and checkmate II -- Material chess -- Special moved -- Into battle: Opening the game -- Forks, pins, and skewers -- Four lethal attacks -- Sacrifice! -- What is a draw? -- Training exercises -- Test positions -- Wold of chess: World championship I -- World championship II -- Greatest -- Shortest and longest games -- Starers and shakers -- Russians and chess -- Computers and chess -- Ultimate challenge -- Glossary -- Index.
Introduces the rules and strategies of chess, as well as its history and some of the great players and matches.