Chess Openings for Beginners: The Simple Way to Get Started and Learn Killer Tactics (Improve Your C

The game of chess is undoubtedly one of the oldest and most enduring form of board games ever known to mankind. With several variants and rules cutting across continents for decades, this amazing game of wits and pure intellect has shaped many generations, influenced war generals in their formation of real-life war tactics, enthralled royalty, inspired arts and romance, and brought fame to many in the past.

Here is a preview of what you will learn...

- A guide to algebraic notation

- The best and most famous chess openings

- Middlegame and endgame tactics

- Intelligent sacrifices

- Checkmate patterns

- Much, much more!

During the course of more than thirty years of giving lessons to some very talented youth, i've come to believe that the coaching was about much more than chess. I know that my best students would agree. Many went on to attend prestigious institutions of higher education.