Checkers for the Novice

Checkers for the Novice
Author: Richard Pask
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2018-06-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9781986847070

Think checkers is a simple game? Are you ready to discover the incredibly deep inner game of checkers?Want to play checkers at a level you've never even dreamed of?Checkers for the Novice is definitive modern guide for the beginning Anglo-American checkers/draughts player who wishes to reach the upper 1% of the playing population and is willing to do the necessary study and training. Starting with notation and basic rules, the book takes the ambitious novice through elementary tactics and strategy, basic endgames, and a solid freestyle opening repertoire. After mastering this book a player will be a fledgling expert and well prepared for advanced study.Author Richard Pask is a grandmaster with a gift for teaching and this book is clear, lucid, and thorough. Prepare to be amazed at what a deep game checkers truly is --- and how well you're going to be playing it.

Win at Checkers

Win at Checkers
Author: Millard Hopper
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2012-04-30
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 0486137279

Improve your game with tips from the former Unrestricted World Checker Champion! More than 100 detailed questions and answers discuss basic principles, standard openings and end games, and other maneuvers.

Play Winning Checkers

Play Winning Checkers
Author: Robert W. Pike
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
Total Pages: 132
Release: 1999
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780806937946

Learn the skills and strategies to play the game of checkers like a champion.

Complete Checkers

Complete Checkers
Author: Richard Pask
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 734
Release: 2017-01-27
Genre:
ISBN: 9781542464369

Complete Checkers is the definitive guide to 3-move ballot checkers, a reference for the 21st century and beyond. Grandmaster Richard Pask has combined the wisdom of the great past masters with his own deep insights, supported by modern computer tools. The result is an authoritative guide that every serious checker player will want to own.

Tricks, Traps and Shots of the Checkerboard

Tricks, Traps and Shots of the Checkerboard
Author: William F. Ryan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2011-03
Genre: Games
ISBN: 9781616460785

Champion checkers player William F. Ryan (1907-1954), known as "The Bronx Comet," provides strategies and tips for successful checkers game play in this informative book. Ryan won the American Championship in 1946, the World Championship in 1949, and the world's first blindfold tournament. Checkers is an easy game to learn, but holds its rightful place as one of the oldest and intellectually challenging board games in the world.

Magic Tricks and Card Tricks

Magic Tricks and Card Tricks
Author: Wilfrid Jonson
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2012-06-11
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 0486163091

Two books, bound together in a single volume, ground novices in fundamentals and lead them to mastery of 80 different tricks involving cards, coins, matches, and other articles. 89 illustrations.

Basic Checkers

Basic Checkers
Author: Richard L. Fortman
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 504
Release: 2010-06-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9781453619698

Richard L. Fortman's classic 3-move checkers textbook revolutionized tournament and match play, and is still a standard reference for the serious player three decades later. This special reissue corrects typos in the original, using modern typesetting tools not available to Mr. Fortman in his day to achieve a clean and readable presentation.

51 Chess Openings for Beginners

51 Chess Openings for Beginners
Author: Bruce Alberston
Publisher: Cardoza Publishing
Total Pages: 226
Release:
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 1580425267

Chess openings are the most important part of every novices journey and the most fun. The most common and important openings are presented in an easy-to-use format with large, frequent diagrams showing every position along with clear explanations of the goals, objectives, and concepts behind the moves. No other book so perfectly presents the openings in a manner so easy to learn and use. 176 pages.