Publisher's Synopsis
The goal of chess is to checkmate the opponents king, but to be successful, the player must know the basic combinations necessary to accomplish this. Easy to read and right to the point, Robertie's guide makes winning at chess easy. Players learn all the essential mates here including the scholar's mate, mate with two bishops, the corridor mate, the smothered mate, five patterns of diagonal mates, king hunts, and the key strategies needed to set up future mates. Each mating concept is fully explained in easy-to-understand language with examples, game situation, insightful commentary and more than 120 diagrams, so readers understand the thinking and game plan behind every move and strategem. Robertie also shows advanced, surprising and unconventional mates, the most effective pieces needed to win, how to work two rooks into an unstoppable attack, wield a queen advantage with deadly intent, and even how to mate opponents with just a single pawn advantage. Newly formatted and updated to appeal to the broad chess playing market, players learn the basic combinations needed for the most essential part of the chess game - how to checkmate and capture the enemy king!
