Explains all legal chess moves, and discusses the regulations governing tournaments, lifetime rankings, and tournament director certification.

• One of the world's greatest chess players reveals the secrets of how he plans his play • Packed with invaluable information on how to mobilise your forces

In the chess world, there are the fewthe dedicated, competitive expertsand the many, the millions of social players who are totally unaware of chess theory. Now

'When most people learn to play chess, they usually memorise the movements of the pieces and then spend years pummelling away at each other with little rhyme an

With more than 400 illustrations, and detailed maps, this immense and deeply researched account of the history of chess covers not only the modern international