A World Champion's Guide to Chess: Step-By-Step Instructions for Winning Chess the Polgar Way!

Great Christmas present for someone who is learning chess

Quite simplistic but good for beginners.

著者はチェス界ではかなり有名な女王です。 英語は日本では中校生レベルで難しくなく、くどくない。 とにかく、この本はバランスがよい。著者の子供の頃の 訓練方法を追体験しているようです。 ・駒の動かし方から始めます。 ・十数種類の基本Tacticsについて各20問題ほど取り組みます。 ・チェス盤と駒を出して、３２種類のエンドゲームの基本形を 動かしていきます。ざっと確認です。 ・１手、２手、３手のメイト問題を解きます。 ・学びがいのある２つの実戦を検討していきます。 問題の数が豊富で、入門を終えたら、土台を築くのに最適の本です。 この本の続編も購入してください。

The reviews here have been confusing to me. On the one hand there are two Kid's Reviews, one telling «Good if you know some basics - Not a starters book» and another telling «This book is more at an adult's level of learning» but on the other hand there is the reviewer Liyong telling just the opposite, «Good book for beginners, This book is really for beginners only.» I should, but I didn't trust Liyong or my own learning skills, so I bought Pandolfini's Beginning Chess: Over 300 Elementary Problems for Players New to the Game first, in order to prepare myself for the present one. Well, while I did learn something from that very simple Pandolfini's book, I could probably have learned the same from this book, which also has much more to give, is put together with much more care and offers progression, a learning curve. If you buy this book, and it happens to be too difficult for you, then you can be advised purchasing Beginning Chess, and solve the 300 problems there at least three times. However most beginners can wisely save their money getting the present book only, which probably will be a perfect introduction to the next book by Polgar, Chess Tactics for Champions: A step-by-step guide to using tactics and combinations the Polgar way , a book I haven't got yet.

Simple set up, easy to follow.