Simple Chess Tactics and Checkmates

Once you know how to move the chess pieces and you can recognise a checkmate, what do you do next? This book takes you through the next step: to the excitig world of chess tactics. However, as in the author's book Starting Chess, the processes are explained as simply as possible with step-by-step instructions, clear diagrams, and hundreds of examples. This makes an ideal book for those starting out in chess, including children.

Tactics involve thinking ahead, finding ways to win your opponent's pieces without losing your own. In this book you will find many of the tactical tricks used by the best plahyers, including how to make use of pins, forks and skewers to win your games.

One of the most satsfying aspects of chess is checkmating your opponent's king - and author Tony Gillam shows you how to spot an opportunity and checkmate in style.

A.J. (Tony) Gillam was a primary school teacher and spent many years teaching young children to play chess. SInce then he has been a publisher and editor of specialist chess books with several hundred books to his name.