The Word Chess

The Word Chess
Author: Dr George Ho
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 73
Release: 2021-03-26
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1664104305

The Word Chess is an educational and recreational multi-player game. Its main objective is to help the players, especially students at secondary and high schools, to remember and learn new English vocabulary by playing game. Beside English vocabulary, The Word Chess game also promotes other mental qualities such as Memory Improvement, Concentration, Observation, Analysis, Logic, Perseverance. From a Letter string on the chessboard, the essential of The Word Chess game is to extract and transform a group of letters with all their copies, called Letter word, into an English Word containing at least three letters. The transformation may include the rearrangement of letters, the deletion of redundant letters, the addition of letters already present in the Letter word. The player who finds a Letter word in a Letter string takes all the letters of the Letter word out of the Letter string. The total number of letters in the taken out words will decide the ranking of the players after the game finishes. The author wishes The Word Chess will soon become a popular game in all secondary and high schools in Australia and around the world.

The Soviet Chess Primer

The Soviet Chess Primer
Author: Ilya Maizelis
Publisher: Chess Classics
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-12-10
Genre: Chess
ISBN: 9781907982996

Ilya Maizelis's masterpiece is the definitive introduction to the game of chess. It has inspired generations of Russians to take up the game, including arguably the two greatest players of all time, the 12th and 13th World Champions. In the original Russian, this landmark work is simply called "Chess"--no other explanation was considered necessary. The Soviet Chess Primer is a modern English translation of Maizelis's witty introduction to the royal game. This new edition of a timeless classic includes an original foreword from the 2nd World Champion, Emanuel Lasker, as well as an introduction from the most celebrated chess trainer of modern times, Mark Dvoretsky.

LOGICAL CHESS

LOGICAL CHESS
Author: Irving Chernev
Publisher: Touchstone
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1971-06-15
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780671211356

From Simon & Schuster, Logical Chess: Move By Move: Every Move Explained is Irving Chernev guide to beginners chess and the basic moves for every player to improve. In this much loved classic, Irving Chernev explains 33 complete games in detail, telling the reader the reason for every single move. Playing through these games and explanations gives a real insight into the power of the pieces and how to post them most effectively.

Revolutionize Your Chess

Revolutionize Your Chess
Author: Viktor Moskalenko
Publisher: New In Chess,Csi
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9789056912956

Former Ukrainian Champion Moskalenko, who coached Vasily Ivanchuk to stardom, presents a fundamentally new approach of getting better at chess. Covering all aspects of the game, Moskalenko develops new and easy-to-apply rules-of-thumb for amateur players who want to improve. With many examples, tests and exercises, this is the ultimate modern chess skills improvement manual. Easy to read and understand; even weaker players will benefit from Moskalenko's breakdown of the material, wrote Carsten Hansen at ChessCafe about Moskalenko's previous book 'The Flexible French'.

The Most Valuable Skills in Chess

The Most Valuable Skills in Chess
Author: Maurice Ashley
Publisher: Gambit Publications
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9781904600879

"From the basic moves to winning your first games - and beyond"--Cover

A World of Chess

A World of Chess
Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 407
Release: 2017-09-19
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 1476629013

With more than 400 illustrations, and detailed maps, this immense and deeply researched account of the history of chess covers not only the modern international game, derived from Persian and Arab roots, but a broad spectrum of variants going back 1500 years, some of which are still played in various parts of the world. The evolution of strategic board games, especially in India, China and Japan, is discussed in detail. Many more recent chess variants (board sizes, new pieces, 3-D, etc.) are fully covered. Instructions for play are provided, with historical context, for every game presented.

The Irish Invented Chess!

The Irish Invented Chess!
Author: Brian Nugent
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 181
Release: 2010
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 095568126X

For over three centuries a controversy has raged as to the exact origins of 'fidhchell' - in modern Irish 'ficheall' - or Irish chess, a game played in Ireland from biblical times. This book argues that that game of fidhchell, or brannaimh, was recognisably our modern chess. It also raises disturbing questions about the real history surrounding the Lewis Chess find.