Players learn the fun and easy way to mate opponents and win chess
games.
The goal of chess is to checkmate the opponent's king, but to be achieve
this, the player must know the basic combinations necessary to win. Easy
to read and right to the point, this new retitled edition of Master
Checkmate Strategy shows players how to finish opponents with decisive
checkmates. Players learn all the essential mates needed to be a winning
player including the scholar's mate, mate with two bishops, the corridor
mate, the smothered mate, five patterns of diagonal mates, king hunts,
and the key strategies needed to set up future mates. Each mating
concept is fully explained in easy-to-understand language with examples,
game situations, insightful commentary and more than 120 diagrams so
readers understand the thinking and game plan behind every move and
strategy. Robertie also shows advanced, surprising and unconventional
mates, the most effective pieces needed to win, how to work two rooks
into an unstoppable attack, wield a queen advantage with deadly intent,
and even how to mate opponents with just a single pawn advantage.