Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations and Games

Win at chess with practical instruction from one of the world's leading teachers! With clever strategies for more than 5000 situations and clear diagrams, Chess is for the enthusiastic novice as well as the competitor taking the game to the next level.

Chess takes you through more than 5,000 unique instructional situations, many taken from actual matches, including 306 problems for checkmate in one move, 3,412 mates in two moves, 744 mates in three moves, 144 simple endgames, and 128 tournament game combinations. Organized by problem type, each combination, or game is keyed to an easy-to-follow solution at the back of the book.. More than 6,000 illustrations make it easy to see the possibilities regardless of where your pieces are on the board. The book also includes the basic rules of the game and an international bibliography. Chess is the ultimate book on winning the game.

If you love chess puzzles, this massive tome is for you. It's simply one chess challenge after another. With problems fit for beginner and grand master alike, Polgar's collection will feed your craving for years. Better yet, it's a major bargain. When I first pulled it off the shelf I was expecting a price tag three times higher.

Review: "This is a perfect book for learning basic common tactical pattern recognition in chess. It is also great for kids because they seem to pick up and internalize the patterns quickly and intuitively, and this can be helpful in making them stronger chess players.

I’ve played chess since I was a kid and am reasonable with a rating of 1700 to 1850 over the past 25 years. At my level of play, I still find this book quite helpful and entertaining, and many of the more difficult positions are still challenging and sometimes take me several minutes to work out."