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    My First Book of Checkmate Workbook
    My First Book of Checkmate Workbook
    My First Book of Checkmate Workbook
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    My First Book of Checkmate Workbook

    By David MacEnulty

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    Practice Makes Permanent! You have no doubt heard the saying that practice makes perfect. Actually, practice makes permanent. If you practice badly, you will perform badly. It is practice in the pursuit of perfection that leads to better performance. Accurate practice is the essential ingredient in achieving success in any complex endeavor. With almost 300 checkmate exercises, My First Book of Checkmate Workbook offers the opportunity for accurate practice at the all-important task of finding checkmate. Beginning with the simplest checkmate patterns, this companion of My First Book of Checkmate proceeds gradually and methodically through ever more complex puzzles until you are solving problems that can take four, five or six moves to unfold. This is truly practice that will lead to perfection in the exciting field of checkmate.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRussell Enterprises, Inc.
    Release dateMar 4, 2015
    ISBN9781936490479
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      My First Book of Checkmate Workbook - David MacEnulty

      MY FIRST BOOK OF

      Checkmate

      WORKBOOK

      David MacEnulty

      2014

      Russell Enterprises, Inc.

      Milford, CT USA

      My First Book of Checkmate Workbook

      by David MacEnulty

      © Copyright 2014

      David MacEnulty

      All Rights Reserved. No part of this book may be used, reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any manner or form whatsoever or by any means, electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the express written permission from the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.

      ISBN: 978-1-888690-16-3

      Published by:

      Russell Enterprises, Inc.

      PO Box 3131

      Milford, CT 06460 USA

      http://www.russell-enterprises.com

      info@russell-enterprises.com

      Layout and cover design by Fierce Ponies Enterprises, Brooklyn, NY

      Contents

      Introduction

      PART I

      1 Checkmate in One: Various Piece Combinations

      THE BACK RANK OR CORRIDOR MATE

      CHECKMATE WITH THE QUEEN

      CHECKMATE WITH A QUEEN AND ROOK

      CHECKMATE WITH A QUEEN AND KING

      CHECKMATE WITH A QUEEN AND BISHOP

      CHECKMATE WITH A QUEEN AND KNIGHT

      CHECKMATE WITH TWO ROOKS

      CHECKMATE WITH A ROOK AND KING

      CHECKMATE WITH A ROOK AND KNIGHT

      CHECKMATE WITH A ROOK AND BISHOP

      CHECKMATE WITH A BISHOP AND KNIGHT

      CHECKMATE WITH THE BISHOP

      CHECKMATE WITH THE KNIGHT

      CHECKMATE WITH PAWNS

      CHECKMATE WITH PAWN ASSISTS

      2 Checkmate in One: Mixed Themes

      PART II

      3 Checkmate in Two

      PART III

      4 Checkmate in Three

      5 Checkmate in Four

      6 Checkmate in Five or More

      Solutions to Puzzles

      Introduction

      Checkmate is the heart of successful chess. Recognizing when a king is vulnerable to a devastating attack is as important as it gets when playing chess. Every chess player needs to develop the skills necessary to launch a successful attack on the opposing king. We also need to develop the defensive resouces to avert such an attack on our own king. Although this last point is not the direct subject of this workbook, solving the puzzles here will certainly help you see when a mating attack is heading your way. If you see it in time, you can take steps to avoid it. Indeed, developing a fine-tuned sense of danger is essential both on and off the chessboard.

      One of the main elements in playing chess well is pattern recognition. Many of the mates in this book fall into well-known patterns. The more of these patterns you know, the easier it is to find them hidden in positions over the board, and the more likely you will emerge victorious. As you go through this book, look for recuring themes and patterns that you can use in your own games.

      Checkmate is a very simple concept: one of the two kings is under attaack and has no means of escape. The game is over. We never actually remove the king from the board during the game; the king’s inevitable demise is sufficient. Although the concept is a simple one, the implementation can sometimes be quite complex.

      The first puzzles in this

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