Chess Thinking

For every chess player's library, Bruce Pandolfini has created the ultimate reference - a visual dictionary of over 1,000 moves, rules, strategies, and concepts from algebraic notation to zugzwang. For the new player needing clarification on a certain position to the expert boning up on more obscure strategies, Chess Thinking covers the ABC's of chess as they've never been covered before.

A - Active Defense, Aligned Bishops, Anastasia's Mate, Annihilation...

B - Back Rook, Balanced Pawn Structure, Biffing the Bishop, Blind Swine Mate...

C - Caissa, Capablanca's Rule, Checking Distance, Crippled Majority...

Comprehensive, illustrated with 140 detailed drawings, and written with exceptional clarity, Chess Thinking will be indispensable to any player ready to make a move.