Interested in learning how to play the world's most popular board game? Trying to figure out the best ways to start -- and end -- a game of chess? Want to gain a competitive edge before you head to a tournament? Whether you're new to chess or beyond the basics and looking for new strategies, you'll find the advice and instruction you need in Alpha Teach Yourself Chess in 24 Hours. The 24 lessons in this step-by-step guide keep you on track as you learn to play chess from the masters.

Alpha Teach Yourself Chess in 24 Hours

Humor & Entertainment

Polgar, Susan

Truong, Paul

Polgar, Zsuzsa

Truong, Hoainhan Paul

Horvitz, Leslie

Puzzles & Games

Alpha

Learn to Win at Chess from World Champion Susan Polgar Susan Polgar, 4-time World Chess Champion, became a living legend by following the methods taught by her father, Laszlo Polgar, the famous Hungarian chess coach. In A World Champion's Guide to Chess, Susan reveals these masterful tactics and techniques to players of all ages. With coauthor Paul Truong, an 11-time National Champion, she begins with the basics of understanding how the pieces move and leads the reader through checkmate and defense, pawn promotion, and opening and endgame patterns. Accompanying the lessons are personal glimpses into Susan's famous career, including her story of becoming the first female Grandmaster, the highest title in chess.

A World Champion's Guide to Chess: Step-by-step instructions for winning chess the Polgar way

Random House Puzzles & Games

Susan Polgar became the first female Grandmaster at age 15—and it wasn't luck that got her there. Her use of tactics, combinations, and strategy during her games gave her the critical advantage she needed against her opponents. In Chess Tactics for Champions, Polgar gives insight into the kind of thinking that chess champions rely on while playing the game, specifically the ability to recognize patterns and combinations. With coauthor Paul Truong, Susan Polgar teaches the tactics she learned from her father, Laszlo Polgar, one of the world's best chess coaches. • Teaches players how to calculate the effect of a move in order to gain an edge over an opponent • For intermediate to advanced chess players of all ages

Chess Tactics for Champions: A step-by-step guide to using tactics and combinations the Polgar way

Reference

The Vetiver System relies on a unique tropical plant, Vetiver grass - "Chrysopogon zizanioides", that is proven and used in some 100 countries for soil and water conservation, slope stabilization, land rehabilitation, pollution control, water quality improvement, disaster mitigation and many other environmental applications that can mitigate the impact of global warming and climate change. It has future potential for atmospheric carbon sequestration (carbon exchange credits) and as bio-fuel for power generation and cellulosic ethanol. The Vetiver System is easy to use, low cost and if applied correctly works! This manual describes its most important uses and the technology behind it. This second edition of the manual has full color images and corrects a number of errors in the first edition.

Vetiver System Applications Technical Reference Manual: Second Edition (Color)

Science & Math

Tan Van, Tran

Pinners, Elise

Nature & Ecology

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

IL SISTEMA VETIVER (VS) si basa sull'utilizzo di una una pianta tropicale dalle caratteristiche uniche: il vetiver (Chrysopogon zizanioides), ed è stato testato ed utilizzato in oltre 100 paesi per la conservazione del suolo e delle acque, stabilizzazione di pendii a rischio smottamento, fitorimedio, controllo del inquinamento, depurazione delle acque, prevenzione del disastro e molte altre applicazioni in campo ambientale atte anche a ridurre l'impatto del riscaldamento globale e del cambiamento climatico e mitigarne gli effetti, in particolare nell'ottica di una incombente crisi alimentare nei paesi in via di sviluppo. Ha un ulteriore utilizzo nel campo dei biocarburanti derivati da materia non alimentare per la produzione di energia. Il Sistema Vetiver è facile da implementare, a basso costo, e se applicato correttamente funziona! Questo manuale descrive le maggiori applicazioni e la tecnologia su cui si basano. Questa seconda edizione del manuale è a colori e rettifica gli errori presenti nella prima edizione. Questo manuale, diffusamente illustrato, è stato originariamente preparato per il Vietnam ed è ora disponibile per i lettori di tutto il mondo, e per sostenere il Vetiver Network International e la sua ricca banca dati accessibile presso www.vetiver.org .È pubblicato per fornire un riferimento tecnico per i tecnici, gli ingegneri, i legislatori, il settore agricolo ed i giardinieri, oltre che per facilitare il lavoro di pianificazione del territorio, e per chiunque sia interessato a soluzioni "verdi" per i problemi ambientali del ventunesimo secolo.

Applicazione Del Sistema Vetiver Manuale Tecnico Di Riferimento: Vetiver System Applications - Technical Reference Manual - ITALIAN Edition

Engineering & Transportation

Van, Tran Tan

Engineering

4-time Women's World Champion Susan Polgar provides a candid inside view of the lives of the Polgar sisters. She takes readers through the incredible development of the three sisters: becoming chess prodigies, growing into contenders, winning World titles and Olympiad gold medals, ending the Soviet dominance in women's chess, breaking through the gender and age barriers, and generally revolutionizing the game.

Breaking Through: How The Polgar Sisters Changed The Game Of Chess

Everyman Chess

The best-selling A World Championâ€™s Guide to Chess is available again!! Winning Chess the Polgar Way! In A World Championâ€™s Guide to Chess, Womenâ€™s World Champion Susan Polgarâ€™s exclusive training methods will have you playing winning chess! Topics include Chess Essentials, Tactics, Strategy, Pattern Recognition, Endgames, Chess Etiquette, Advice for Parents &amp; Coaches and much more! SUSAN POLGAR is a winner of four Womenâ€™s World Championships and the top-ranked woman chess player in the United States. She became the #1 woman player in the world at 15 and remained in the top 3 for over 20 years. In 2013, she received the U.S. Coach of the Year Award and the following year, she was named the Chess Trainer of the Year by the International Chess Federation (FIDE). She thus became the first person in history to be accorded both honors. Under her guidance, SPICE chess teams at both Texas Tech University and Webster University have won a combined five consecutive National Division I Collegiate Chess Championships. PAUL TRUONG is winner of eleven national titles, a prolific chess trainer, and award-winning chess author. He was also captain and manager of the historic 2004 US Womenâ€™s Olympiad team which won two gold and two silver medals, as well as the coach of the five-time national champion SPICE chess teams.

A World Champion's Guide to Chess: Step-by-Step Instructions for Winning Chess the Polgar Way!

Russell Enterprises, Inc.

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