Learn Chess Fast with Milton N. Bradley

The basic ideas of Chess are well known, and over the years many prominent Masters and Grandmasters have written books designed to teach beginners those rudiments. So it seems reasonable to ask why yet another exposition of this same material is either warranted or necessary.The answer is simple. Learn Chess Fast is clearer, more logically organized, more complete, and, especially, more insightful than anything ever written, progressing smoothly and effortlessly from the most basic concepts to the more complex, and thus making the beginner's learning task far easier. It does this because it represents the culmination of the author's 50 + years of successful experience in teaching both Chess and Go beginners of all ages, from young juveniles thru older adults.Throughout, key ideas are boldly highlighted in prominent text boxes, so the things most in need of the student's attention/learning are clearly distinguished from supporting concepts, and all ideas are profusely and clearly illustrated.Early on, the concept is introduced that the standard' version of Chess that forms the book's subject is really only the most prominent variant of an entire complex of similar but sometimes strikingly different games. Then it's explained that thespecial rules governing such things as Castling, the En Passant pawn capture, et al are only the unavoidable residue of the game's speedup in the Middle Ages, with the result that what other books present as seemingly arbitrary and oft confusing facts to be memorized, here become logical constructs that are easily remembered!The book's many hundreds of diagrams and clear explanatory text better answer the key questions that all Chess primers must address, and such things as its exposition of the reasons why memorization of the Openings is counterproductive will save the beginner from much unnecessary later trauma. The overall result is a unique, self-teaching primer that speeds learning while increasing the beginner's enjoyment and understanding. As one of its reviewers said This is the book I wish I had when I was learning to play Chess. Check it out for yourself and discover why Learn Chess Fast is the ideal gift for your own family members, as well as for those friends and relatives who've had difficulty in learning Chess in the past or whom you've never before been able to interest.