"Learn Chess: A Complete Course" provides everything you need to know to get started in chess. The first part is devoted to first principles, explaining the rules and basic strategies, whilst the second develops a thorough understanding of the various winning methods, and includes a systematic study of openings, an introduction to attacking techniques, and a guide to fundamental endgame themes.
Introduction
1. The Moves
2. Recording
3. Check and Checkmate
4. Starting to Play: the Importance of Extra Material
5. The Opening: Development and the Centre
6. Learning to Attack
7. Finishing the Game
8. Pawn endings
Solutions to Examples
Index
C. H. O’D. Alexander, 
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