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| An Introduction to Chess | |
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| Getting Started | |
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| Viewing the Chessboard | |
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| Introducing the Pieces | |
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| Setting Up the Board | |
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| How the King Moves and Captures | |
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| How Rooks Move and Capture | |
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| How Bishops Move and Capture | |
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| How the Queen Moves and Captures | |
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| How Knights Move and Capture | |
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| How Pawns Move and Capture | |
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| Chess Notation | |
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| Protect Your Pieces | |
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| Special Moves | |
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| Checks and Checkmate | |
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| Stalemates and Other Draws | |
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| Discovered Checks and Double Checks | |
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| Promoting (and Under-Promoting) Your Pawns | |
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| Castling | |
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| The En Passant Capture | |
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| Rook Strategy | |
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| Rooks Belong on Open Files | |
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| Advance Your Rooks to the 7th Rank | |
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| Simple Back-Rank Checkmates | |
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| Fun with Active Rooks | |
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| Rooks Belong Behind Passed Pawns | |
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| Knight Strategy | |
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| Move the Knights to the Center of the Board | |
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| Place Your Knights Where the Enemy Pawns Can't Attack Them | |
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| Knight Forks Are Fun! | |
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| Bishop Strategy | |
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| Bad Bishops and Good Bishops | |
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| Bishops Can Dominate Knights | |
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| Fianchettos | |
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| Bishops of Opposite Color | |
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| Skewers and Pins | |
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| Bad Bishops Against Good Knights | |
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| Bishops Can Dominate Rooks | |
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| Pawn Strategy | |
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| Don't Double Your Pawns | |
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| Pawn Islands | |
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| Some Doubled Pawns Are Strong | |
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| Pawn Chains | |
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| Pawn Majorities | |
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| Isolated Pawns | |
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| Backward Pawns | |
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| Hanging Pawns | |
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| Pawn Masses | |
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| Pawns Can Fork, Too! | |
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| Passed Pawn Blockaders | |
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| Every Pawn Move Creates a Weakness | |
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| King and Queen Strategy | |
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| Don't Develop Your Queen Early | |
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| Beat Back Early Queen Aggression | |
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| Safeguard Your Queen | |
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| Don't Risk Your King! | |
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| Castling Long or Short | |
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| Don't Push Your Pawns in Front of a Castled King | |
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| Opening Strategy | |
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| Fight for the Center of the Board | |
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| An Ideal Setup | |
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| Knights Before Bishops | |
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| Limit Your Early Pawn Moves | |
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| Complete Your Development Before You Attack | |
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| Gain Time | |
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| Limit Exchanges | |
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| Avoid Exchanging Bishops for Knights | |
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| Opening Variations | |
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| Double King Pawn Openings | |
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| Other Replies to 1.e2-e4 | |
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| Double Queen Pawn Openings | |
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| Indian Defenses | |
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| Two Bad Openings | |
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| Common Opening Formations | |
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| King's Indian Attack | |
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| Colle System | |
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| Hedgehog | |
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| Avant-Garde | |
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| Dragon | |
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| French Winawer | |
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| Stonewall | |
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| Benoni | |
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| Middlegame Strategy | |
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| Five Steps to Victory | |
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| Candidate Moves and Planning | |
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| Responding to Threats | |
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| Recaptures | |
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| Elementary Checkmates | |
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| Two Queens | |
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| Queen and Rook | |
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| Two Rooks | |
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| King and Queen | |
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| King and Rook | |
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| King and Two Bishops | |
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| King, Bishop, and Knight | |
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| Attacking the King | |
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| Smothered Mate | |
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| Back Rank Mate | |
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| Gueridon Mate | |
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| Greco's Mate | |
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| Epaulette Mate | |
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| Anastasia's Mate | |
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| Boden's Mate | |
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| Blackburne's Mate | |
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| Lolli's Mate | |
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| Pillsbury's Mate | |
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| Domiano's Mate | |
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| Legal's Mate | |
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| Attacking Themes and Common Sacrifices | |
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| The Dragon Variation | |
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| The English Attack | |
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| Common Knight Sacrifices | |
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| Bishop Sacrifices | |
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| Exchange Sacrifices | |
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| An Introduction to Endgames | |
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| King and Pawn | |
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| Rook and Pawn | |
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| Bishop and Pawn | |
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| Knight and Pawn | |
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| Queen and Pawn | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |