200 PERPLEXING CHESS PUZZLES - Softcover

9780806997278: 200 PERPLEXING CHESS PUZZLES

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0806997273 ISBN 13: 9780806997278

Publisher: Sterling, 1997

Checkmate! These fun-filled brain teasers will increase your skill. Each chessboard puzzle has its pieces in a specially conceived difficult arrangement. You must complete a given task in a specific number of moves: "White to play and mate in five moves, " for example. Some puzzles sharpen both your defensive and offensive acumen, and many focus on your endgame-the most important phase of chess. Solutions are in the back. 144 pages, 200 color illus., 5 3/8 x 8 1/4.

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Product Description:

139 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in As new condition throughout. If You Work Through These Brilliant Brainteasers, You'll Become A More Dangerous Chess Player-and Have Fun Doing It.

Synopsis:

A collection of brain teasers to help you become a better chess player. Each puzzle is set up like a chessboard with pieces arranged in specially conceived difficult situations, and instructions on what you are supposed to achieve. Solutions are in the back.

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