The Polgar Way to Better Chess!
Learn Chess the Right Way is a five-volume chess puzzle book series
aimed at the novice, beginner and intermediate level player, using the
unique methods of the award-winning coach and former world champion
Susan Polgar. It introduces the most important checkmate and
material-winning tactics, as well as defensive techniques to the new
chess player. Each of the five volumes will consist of 500 puzzles.
In Book 1, the focus is on one-move checkmate exercises. In each of the
first five chapters, a specific piece delivers checkmate (in Chapter 1:
the queen, Chapter 2: the rook, and so on). In Chapters 6-8, checkmates
which involve special tactics (such as pins, discovered attacks, etc.)
are introduced. Chapter 9 has a mixed collection of puzzles, without any
hint about which piece is to deliver checkmate. Chapter 10 builds on the
previous 9 chapters, and introduces basic patterns of checkmate in two
moves.
With over 40 years of experience as a world-class player and coach,
international grandmaster Susan Polgar has developed the most effective
way to help young players and beginners Learn Chess the Right Way. Let
her show you the way to understanding the most common and critical
patterns and let her show you the way to becoming a better player.
SUSAN POLGAR is a winner of four Women's World Championships and the
top-ranked woman chess player in the United States. She became the #1
woman player in the world at 15 and remained in the top 3 for over 20
years. In 2013, she received the U.S. Coach of the Year Award and the
following year, she was named the Chess Trainer of the Year by the
International Chess Federation (FIDE). She thus became the first person
in history to be accorded both honors. Under her guidance, SPICE chess
teams at both Texas Tech University and Webster University have won a
combined five consecutive National Division I Collegiate Chess
Championships.
