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 over 500
puzzles.
Volume 2 is all about "winning material" exercises. In each of the first
six chapters a certain piece captures an enemy piece (in chapter 1 --
The Queen, in chapter 2 -- The Rook, and so on). In chapter 7, you will
get no hint about which piece should be moved. In chapters 8-12, the
most common and important chess tactics (such as decoy, fork, pin,
discovery and skewer) are introduced. Finally, in chapter 13, in
addition to the previously mentioned patterns, you will need to figure
out which tactical pattern to use to win material, including concepts
like "trapping a piece" or "intermediate move."
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 six consecutive National Division I Collegiate Chess
Championships.
