More than 60 million Teach Yourself products sold worldwide Go from chess newbie to chess master with the help of Teach Yourself! Win at Chess is the ultimate beginner's guide to this complex tactical game. You will quickly get to grips with the pieces, basic moves and elementary tactics, to help you develop strategy and win. You will build your skills and learn how to exploit an opponent's strengths and weaknesses to ultimately force checkmate. The book is packed with new interactive features, which include tips and commentaries on historic games and exercises. Includes: 
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<li>One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started </li>
<li>Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience </li>
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Topics include: The rules of the game; Elementary endgames; Elementary tactics; Principles of opening play; Endgame strategy; Strategic planning; Basic opening theory; Illustrative games; The art of chess compositions

Win at Chess: A Teach Yourself Guide (Teach Yourself: Reference)

Humor & Entertainment

Hartston, William

Puzzles & Games

McGraw=Hill

Auspicious anniversaries such as the first aardvark born in captivity, the execution of a pig by hanging, the first homicide in Disneyland, and the addition of the term lap dancer to the Webster's College Dictionary are just some of the important dates that are included in Odd Dates Only. This exhaustive compendium will assure the reader that there are no dates in history that are not odd.

Odd Dates Only: The Bizarre Birthday Book

History

Souvenir Pr Ltd

William Hartston, former British chess champion, chess correspondent for "The Independent" and the BBC's chess commentator, presents an overview of the Short v Kasparov battle which has already aroused huge controversy and is set to become the greatest chess spectacle the world has ever seen.

Short V Kasparov: The 1993 World Chess Championship (Teach Yourself)

Hodder & Stoughton Educational Division

Looks at examples of unusual research in the areas of alcohol, animals, sexual behavior, courtship, body image, music, and parapsychology

Drunken Goldfish and Other Irrelevant Scientific Research

Humor

Fawcett

Explains the rules of the game, discusses openings, strategies, tactics, and endgames, and includes sample chess problems

Chess (Teach Yourself)

Ntc/contemporary+publishing Co

A playful and diverting, yet always scientifically rigorous look at those simple mysteries that are yet to be solved
Why are so many giraffes gay? Has human evolution stopped? Where did our alphabet come from? Can robots become self-aware? Can lobsters recognize other lobsters by sight? What goes on inside a black hole? Are cell phones bad for us? Why can't we remember anything from our earliest years? Full of the mysteries of life, the universe, and everything, this is a fascinating and unputdownable exploration of the limits of human knowledge of our planet, its history and culture, and the universe beyond.

The Things That Nobody Knows: 501 Mysteries of Life, the Universe and Everything

Reference

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Brilliant Chess (Flash (Hodder Education))

Hodder&Stoughton

A fascinating exploration of the limits of human knowledge of our planet, its history and culture, and the universe beyond, from the author of The Things that Nobody Knows   There are many, many more things that nobody knows. Do animals have a sense of humor? Why do we have five fingers? How long can humans live? What did Jesus do in his youth? Which speech did Lincoln deliver at Gettysburg? Does the appendix have any use? Is there an odd perfect number? In this witty and enlightening follow-up to The Things that Nobody Knows, William Hartston takes us on a guided tour of 501 further gaps in our knowledge of cosmology, mathematics, animal behavior, medical science, music, art, and literature.

Even More Things that Nobody Knows: 501 Further Mysteries of Life, the Universe and Everything

There are many, many more things that nobody knows. Do animals have a sense of humor? Why do we have five fingers? How long can humans live? What did Jesus do in his youth? Which speech did Lincoln deliver at Gettysburg? Does the appendix have any use? Is there an odd perfect number? In this witty and enlightening follow-up to The Things that Nobody Knows, William Hartston takes us on a guided tour of 501 further gaps in our knowledge of cosmology, mathematics, animal behavior, medical science, music, art, and literature.

Even More Things That Nobody Knows: 501 Further Mysteries of Life, the Universe and Everything

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Books by Hartston, William

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Win at Chess: A Teach Yourself Guide (Teach Yourself: Reference)

Odd Dates Only: The Bizarre Birthday Book

Short V Kasparov: The 1993 World Chess Championship (Teach Yourself)

Drunken Goldfish and Other Irrelevant Scientific Research

Chess (Teach Yourself)

The Things That Nobody Knows: 501 Mysteries of Life, the Universe and Everything

Brilliant Chess (Flash (Hodder Education))

Even More Things that Nobody Knows: 501 Further Mysteries of Life, the Universe and Everything

Even More Things That Nobody Knows: 501 Further Mysteries of Life, the Universe and Everything

Even More Things that Nobody Knows: 501 Further Mysteries of Life, the Universe and Everything