CHESS, Step by Step: From Beginner to Champion-3: Book-3 - Paperback

by Viktor Kitsis (Editor), Aleksandr Kitsis (Author)

"CHESS, Step by Step: From Beginner to Champion-3"
Book-3, 2^nd edition, soft cover

"CHESS, Step by Step: From Beginner to Champion" is a guide to the game of chess. The series "Chess, Step by Step: From Beginner to Champion" consists of several volumes and is designed to to progressively challenge and guide readers "step by step" along the path of consistent chess improvement.

Each volume is broken down into chapters suitable for classroom instruction. This volume, Book 3, aims to further improve the reader's mastery in all three phases of the game - opening, middle and endgame, with the main emphasis on combinations. Chapters are illustrated by thoroughly explained examples and 1100 exercises and puzzles.

Author Biography

Aleksandr Kitsis, Founder of the Vivacity School of Chess, draws on his many years of chess playing and teaching experience to create an intellectually stimulating and logically progressing chess learning program that is geared toward young students of the game. Among Kitsis' chess accomplishments: * National Chess Master, rated among the top 1% of U.S. chess players * Author of chess books and articles * Experienced Coach with over 25 years of experience in the USA and USSR, his students won hundreds of tournaments, including the 1998 World OPEN (U2200) and the 2007 and 2008 SP World OPEN for Girls