by Graham Burgess, 570pp. (Running Press, 2010)

This new edition of a chess classic has been fully revised and updated. For chess players at every level this is a complete and invaluable guide, which includes courses in tactics and attacking strategy, a guide to the openings, a selection of the greatest games ever played, helpful advice on club and tournament chess, hundreds of test positions, and a useful glossary of chess terms.

 

This is the one chess book that contains all the information anyone needs to improve! FM Burgess shows you all you need to know, from entering the world of chess through internet games to major international tournaments.

Graham Burgess has been a World Chess Federation (FIDE) Master since the age of twenty. He has written more than twenty highly acclaimed and award-winning books on chess and edited more than 250.