Mensa® Guide to Chess: 30 Days to Great Chess

129 Pages·2003·8.383 MB·English

by  Burt Hochberg

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FOREWORDB U PANDOLFINI
BY R CE /7
PREFACE/9
CHENSOSTA T/IO1N0
CHESSI NA NUTSHELL1 12
SECTION1 :R ULESA ND DEFINITIONS1 21
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SECTIONI IP:L AYING TH E GAME/ 62
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Chap1t5Te:acr t IIi1 c71s
Chap1t:6Te acrt ics
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SecItEIix oenr 1c1i1s9e s
SOLUT/I1O2N2S
WHERET O OPPON1ENTS1 42
FIND
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l\Jedsn-iweprreo cdiunsgt ewlloarrfk ro discutsoas ligoennb otraatiDiceo snc.tv riei p
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prodveide vetrhyianngyc hefsasnc oulsdue r teox pliasta ipnp liacsaw telilA.os n
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moseftf ecatinvedejn yoabalney ewr.he three eardt or evientl h e unfolding plot.
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problme ist hatthe y'rel okionga tc hestsh ec ameas standarde quipmweinttyh o ubrr ain.
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withav erfye w otahnecri ebonatrd games::- a nswetrosa l elx ercairsaee tts h een do ft he
gos,h o,ag nixdi axni(gC h inese che-sas b)ook. _..""'. .
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