Review: I thought I knew how to play chess until I read this book
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 13, 2014
This book basics rules to play the game such as what each piece is named and what it can do. The diagrams were very effective in helping me keep everything straight. What surprised me are these two rules to the game than I never knew.1. Castling never even heard of this aspect of the game2. The Catch 22 that you have to move the king out of danger unless the next move also puts it in danger.While I always knew that chess was about planning your moves in advance (something I have yet to master), the book also outlines various strategies and the names of each one which I always wondered about. It's great that they are in one spot and the pictures help to make it all clear.I would recommend this book to all beginners as well as most intermediate players.