All-in-one guidebook to all aspects of chess, suitable for beginner, intermediate, and advanced players.

Includes glossary.

Let's play -- The history of chess -- Setting up the chessboard -- How to read a chess game -- Minigames -- The chess pieces: the pawn ; the bishop ; the rook ; the king ; the queen ; the knight -- Special moves -- Tricky tactics -- Attack & defense -- Check & checkmate -- Openings -- Strategy -- Endgames -- The touch move rule -- Using a chess clock -- Chess tournaments -- Chess & terminology -- Shirov v Polgár.