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Master Checkmate Strategy

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Master Checkmate Strategy is easy to read and right to the point. In just one reading you will learn how to checkmate opponents using crushing attacks and brilliant sacrifices.
 
Basic mates--as well as advanced ones--are revealed in this no-nonsense book. Some of the mates detailed are

  • the scholars mate
  • legals mate
  • mate with two knights or two bishops
  • the corridor mate
  • the smothered mate
  • five patterns of long diagonal mates
  • and king hunts

Each concept is fully explained in easy-to-understand language with examples, game situation, insightful commentary, and more than 120 diagrams, so readers understand the thinking and game plan behind every move and stratagem.
 
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.
 
Bill Robertie's Mater Checkmate Strategy teaches readers all the essential mates and makes winning at chess easy.

Details:


Skill Level: Beginner (<1200)
Publisher: Cardoza
Isbn: 1580420966
Num Pages: 170
Author: Bill Robertie
Book Category: Tactics
Cover: Paperback
Year Published: 2003

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