Chess Textbook

By studying this wonderful textbook, you will receive basic chess education and confidently play at the strength of a third category player. The book will also contribute to the improvement of intermediate chess players and help in obtaining an intermediate chess education. It contains information about rules, opening theory, middlegame, endgame, nearly 1000 exercises, and 64 sample games. The edition is supplemented by a unique section "Teaching Chess," where the author provides methodological recommendations for organizing the work of a children's chess group using the textbook. Maxim Blokh is a highly experienced coach (among his students is three-time world blitz champion Alexander Grischuk), an international grandmaster, and the author of chess bestsellers. For students of general education and sports schools, extracurricular institutions, and it can also be used as a self-teacher and for parents to work with children.