How to Win at Chess: From first moves to checkmate
Author: Daniel King
ISBN: 9780753447796
Publisher: Pan Macmillan UK
Year First Published: 2023
Pages: 64
Dimensions: 268mm x 237mm x 11mm
Format: Hardback
Description:
With a fresh, contemporary new design, How To Win At Chess introduces each piece and its moves, explains key principles such as check and how to open a game, before exploring tricks such as forks, pins and skewers. The book is packed with graded test positions and training exercises to help young players improve their game as they progress through the book. What's more, readers can brush up on the fascinating history of chess, with features on legendary matches and the greatest players, including the current world champion, Magnus Carlsen. Chess has been revolutionized in recent years - thanks to the success of streaming's world-beating The Queen's Gambit, the rise of chess streaming on Twitch, the desire for self-improvement during lockdown, and the global appeal of Magnus Carlsen, the youngest player ever to top the world rankings - and its newfound popularity with young and old alike shows no sign of waning. THE RISE OF CHESS - IN NUMBERS - The chess category on Twitch boomed from 1 million hours watched in February 2020, to 21 million hours watched in February 2021 - Chess.com, one of the leading chess websites in the world, reported 1 million daily active players in March 2020, 3 million in November 2020, and 6 million in April 2021 - In 2020, US sales of chess books shot up by 603% in the first three weeks after the release of streaming's hit show The Queen's Gambit
ISBN: 9780753447796
Publisher: Pan Macmillan UK
Year First Published: 2023
Pages: 64
Dimensions: 268mm x 237mm x 11mm
Format: Hardback
Description:
With a fresh, contemporary new design, How To Win At Chess introduces each piece and its moves, explains key principles such as check and how to open a game, before exploring tricks such as forks, pins and skewers. The book is packed with graded test positions and training exercises to help young players improve their game as they progress through the book. What's more, readers can brush up on the fascinating history of chess, with features on legendary matches and the greatest players, including the current world champion, Magnus Carlsen. Chess has been revolutionized in recent years - thanks to the success of streaming's world-beating The Queen's Gambit, the rise of chess streaming on Twitch, the desire for self-improvement during lockdown, and the global appeal of Magnus Carlsen, the youngest player ever to top the world rankings - and its newfound popularity with young and old alike shows no sign of waning. THE RISE OF CHESS - IN NUMBERS - The chess category on Twitch boomed from 1 million hours watched in February 2020, to 21 million hours watched in February 2021 - Chess.com, one of the leading chess websites in the world, reported 1 million daily active players in March 2020, 3 million in November 2020, and 6 million in April 2021 - In 2020, US sales of chess books shot up by 603% in the first three weeks after the release of streaming's hit show The Queen's Gambit
