ISBN: 9781629972060 - the great courses how to play chess: lessons from an international master (great courses) (teaching co.) dvd course no. 9411 (1 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. 1 course guidebook (iv, 401 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm) [not in this listing: 4 videodiscs (720 min. [12 hr.]) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. ] ; ISBN 9781629972060, 1629972061 ; color photogrphic stiff paper wrappers ; Contents: The world of chess -- Secrets of the pawns and knights -- Casting, checkmate, chess engines, draws -- Must-know tactical patterns in chess -- Chess combinations and kings in check -- Checkmate! -- Back-rank, smothered, and more -- Checkmate against a castled king -- Legendary attacking greats of chess -- A cascade of short, brutal chess games! -- Chess heroes of the Romantic Age -- Open files and the positional rook -- Pawns : the positional soul of chess -- Positional weaknesses and targets in chess -- Closed and open positions on the chessboard -- Chess statics vs. dynamics: an eternal battle -- Using chessboard imbalances to create plans -- Legendary teachers who transformed chess -- Chess endgames and the king's magical powers -- Kings and pawns in next-level endgames -- Triangulation and two critical rook endgames -- Chess openings: the right and wrong way -- Chess psychology and the known unknown -- The chess amateur's mind -- Picking a chess hero ; FINE. Book.…