Introduces the rules and strategies of chess, as well as its history and some of the great players and matches.

Readers can learn all the rules of chess with annotated photsequences and advice on the game from a top game expert.

Eleven-year-old national chess champion Oliver Boydell presents sixty-four chess tips.

Learn how to weed out silly moves and just consider a few important ones. Learn the two easiest ways to think one and a half moves ahead.

Uses the revolutionary Lincolnshire system to explain how to play, enjoy, and master chess and recounts anecdotes about notable players in the history of the game.

Uses computer-generated 3-D illustrations to describe the various pieces, strategies, and tactics to the game of chess.

"Get to know the major players on the chessboard and find out the different moves they make to try and capture King. See how a game of chess unfolds from opening to endgame and pick up some great tips and strategies along the way. Meet some of the world's greatest chess players and discover how you, too, can become a master of the game!"--Back cover.

A chess book for everyone, from eight to eighty, beginner to master.