This rule book is the essential guide to the professional, scholastic, and Internet rules of chess. Written in plain English for practical use, you'll learn everything you need to know about tournaments, rating systems, etiquette for in-person and online play, and chess notation. Special sections for students and parents answer all the frequently asked questions about competitive play. These are the rules that apply to every tournament form of chess, from scholastic competitions, to world ...

This complete repertoire shows White how to reject the classical principles of opening play. Instead of placing pawns in the center, White allows Black to build the ideal pawn center. As Black tries to hold the center, White prepares to smash the center apart with Blacks slightest mistake. Plentiful diagrams and explanations

The first book about the great AMerican chess champion Bobby Fischer written for the average player-90% of the chess playing audience- Schiller focuses on the lessons players can learn from his games. Packed with diagrams and easy-to-understand pointers showing what fischer was thinking and how players can apply these concepts and strategies to their own games, this great learning tools borrows from the wisdom and beauty of Fischer's greatest games and passes it on to new generations.

The long-awaited revision is updated to include the latest world champions. This major revision lowers the price under the 20 price point, and at the same time, concentrates on a much simpler presentation, more targeted to the average chess player. The book is divided into key opening groups where the readers learn the key points of the opening and how the world champions would play them. Reading as much like an encyclopedia of the must-know openings crucial to every chess players knowledge a...

This great book for beginning players and children covers the most elemental of all mates-the one move mate! Schiller presents different game positions where the reader must find the move that wins the game instantly. Readers learn how to make the final move with all the pieces-knights, bishops, rooks, pawns, queens and even the king. This is a great training tool for players new to the game of chess.

First Chess Openings teaches you solid, near-foolproof openings that will help you win. You'll learn the most important openings, plus the four goals you should accomplish in the early moves of the game of chess. This base of knowledge will take your overall game to the next level -- and make playing more fun!

This collection of brilliant ideas from real tournaments is not just regular combinations or tactical swindles, but moves of stunning originality. Schiller has selected one hundred awesome moves, and through game positions, examples, and clearly explained concepts, shows players how to improve their grasp of deep positional understandings and swashbuckling tactics. Youll learn how to reinforce your gut instincts, to not just reach for the best move, but the inspired one.

This aggressive counterattacking repertoire covers Black opening systems against virtually every opening except for 1.e4 (plus most flank games), based on the exciting and powerful Tarrasch Defense, which helped win Kasparov and Spassky championships. Black learns the Classical Tarrasch, Symmetrical Tarrasch, Asymmetrical Tarrasch, Marshall and Tarrasch gambits, and Tarrasch without Nc3, to achieve early equality or even an outright advantage in the first few moves. This is an important openi...

Based on the powerful Caro-Kann, a favorite weapon of great players, youll learn how to come right out of the gate and defend against 1.d4, the most popular first move in chess. This is a great beginners book because readers need to learn just one strong opening system, and it can be used to combat all of Whites 1.d4 openings. Youll learn every option and strategy White can throw on the board, the correct plan to combat them all, and how to seize the initiative and take control of the game. U...

Garry Kasparov has held the number one position in chess for almost twenty years. He is considered the greatest player of all time. Now, beginning and intermediate players - 90% of the chess playing audience - can benefit from his wisdom. Packed with diagrams and easy-to-understand pointers showing what Kasparov was thinking and how players can apply these concepts and strategies to their own games, this great learning tool borrows from the grace and power of Kasparov's greatest games.

Players of all levels learn how to improve their chess play by cutting down on tactical and strategic mistakes. Using examples from his own games, Schiller illustrates the types of errors typically found at each stage of chess development, from early scholastic games to professional encounters with grandmasters. In each case, Schiller shows how such errors can be overcome while at the same time showing how professional players can fall prey to the same problems as amateurs. Learn from the aut...

Seagoing may be the world’s finest, most intensely rigorous education, however informal, unstructured, or lightly documented. Capt. Eric F. Schiller, a retired supertanker captain and now notorious pirate bar owner, sheds some light on an overlooked profession in these memoirs, highlighting working at sea often times will provide extraordinary and valuable life experiences. Beginning with his time as an officer in training aboard the SS American Liberty, his adventures start at a pier near...