Starting Out: Chess Tactics and Checkmates Chris Ward
Publisher: Everyman Chess

Beginners can easily become overwhelmed If you're the attacker and your material value is 17, you may not want to start exchanging pieces if the defender's total material value is 7 points (unless the result is checkmate or you're avoiding being checkmated). Apr 15, 2009 - Brilliant move by a local BMW dealer in responding to a national Audi ad. How to calculate variations efficiently, how to choose among several moves, and of course typical beginner level tactics such as various check mates, forks, pins and skewer, zugzwang, double attacks etc. As the bible says, And while I was focusing on getting as much as I could (capturing as many of his pieces as I could), he was just moving certain pieces of mine out of position so that he could get my king. When I first began playing Every move must be made after much planning, deliberation, strategy, and tactic because you must remember that you always have an opponent who has plans for your downfall. Mar 18, 2013 - Based on his macro-heavy/no-nonsense approach to Starcraft 2, I kind of expected him to be more on the strategic/positional side, but in chess he appears to prefer more aggressive, all-out attack on the king kind of games. Sep 24, 2013 - As pointed out by Sohrab Ahmari in the Wall Street Journal, Rohani, who was secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council for 16 years, starting in 1989, “led the crackdown on a 1999 student uprising and helped the regime evade Western scrutiny of the nuclear-weapons program.” Indeed, from 2003 to blink when it counted. Masters of chess -- didn't they invent the game? 3 days ago - When I teach chess, and only after my students understand the game's rules, we move on to simultaneously learning opening principles, basic tactics and how to attack. Jun 24, 2012 - Chess is a game of strategy and tactics. 2236 - Strategies to Address Antimicrobial Resistance Act. Jan 24, 2014 - This time around, instead of a manufactured viral video, Gates squared off against world chess champion Magnus Carlsen in an exhibition match.