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I know the basics of chess, but I am by far no expert. I really wanted to learn to play so tried watching YouTube videos and even looked into getting a chess coach but both options were no good. All the other self-help chess books I looked into were either going over things that were too basic or they were much too advanced. This book takes you step-by-step through each technique with diagrams for nearly every move. The diagrams make it super easy to follow along which is why I would highly reco
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Book has 16 traps and attacks that ends in mate or advantage to one side. It has diagram for (almost) every single move which makes it easy to follow without a chessboard. Annotations are sparse.
Some of the the moves by the defender feels like self-mate (where aim of the play is to get mated). I preferred if the book covered a few variations for the defender.
Some of the the moves by the defender feels like self-mate (where aim of the play is to get mated). I preferred if the book covered a few variations for the defender.
