Chess Made Easy

C. J. S. Purdy

• Publisher: Camp Press
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9781446519547
• eBook ISBN: 9781447482918

This book will teach you to play chess in two hours. Studied more carefully it can make you an average player. Both the authors have world-wide reputations as a chess player, writers and teachers. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• About this Chess
• Contents
• Background
• Object of the Game
• The Board
• The Pieces
• Drawn Games
• Values of the Pieces
• How to Read Moves
• Mobility: Combinations
• Three Phases
• The Opening
• Practice Game
• Middle-Game
• The End-Game
• Time Factor
• Planning
• Laws of Chess
• How to Improve
• Method
• Correspondence Chess
• Chess Problems
• Handicap Chess
• Down the Ages
• Women in Chess
• Books for Further Study
• General Advice
• Computer Chess