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Chess from MobileReference is an ideal Chess quick-study. guide. The Chess covers the basic pieces of chess, before going on to some more. advanced topics. Audience. Intended for everyone interested in Chess, particularly for beginners and intermediate. students. Features.:.; Fully illustrated.; Search for the words or phrases.; Navigate from Table of Contents or read page by page.; Access the guide anytime, anywhere - at home, on the train, in the subway.; Always have the guide available for a quick reference.; Designed for optimal navigation on PDA, Smartphone, Tablet, and desktop devices.; Formatted to display on all electronic devices including Smartphones and Mobile Devices with a small display.; Add Bookmarks, text annotations and mark-ups.; Automatic synchronization between the handheld and the desktop PC. You. could read half of the book on the handheld, then finish reading on the desktop. Annotations and drawings are also synchronized. Table of Contents. I. Playing The Game. Overview | The board | King | Knight | Bishop | Rook |. Queen | Pawn | Special moves | Initial position | Conclusion of the game | Glossary. II. Notating The Game. Algebraic notation | Designations | Coordinate Notation. | ICCF numerical notation. III. Tactics. Guarding | Batteries | The Exchange | Forks | Pinned pieces. | Skewers | Discoveries | Removing the defender | Sacrifices | In between moves. IV. Strategy. Material | Tempo | Quality | Initiative | Compensation. | Zugzwang | Combining attack with defense. V. Basic Openings. Aims of an opening. King's Pawn Opening: Overview | Spanish Opening | Italian Game. | Russian Game | Philidor Defence | Danish Gambit | Sicilian Defence | French. Defence | Pirc Defence | Modern Defence | Alekhine's Defence | Scandinavian. Defence. Queen's Pawn Opening. Other openings. VI. The Endgame. Basic Checkmates: Overview | King and Queen vs. King | King and Rook vs. King. Pawn Endings: Overview | The Rule of the Square | The Opposition. Minor Piece end more...

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You're no idiot, of course. You've seen people play chess in movies and even on the computer. But when it comes to actually playing chess, you can barely distinguish the pawn from the rook. Don't throw in the towel yet! Whether you want to play chess for pleasure or sport, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Chess, Second Edition will teach you everything you need to know! more...

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This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computers and Games, CG 2006, held in Turin, Italy, May 29-31, 2006 co-located with the 14th World Computer-Chess Championship and the 11th Computer Olympiad. The 24 revised full papers presented were carefully selected during two rounds of reviewing and improvement from 45 submissions. The papers cover all aspects of artificial intelligence in computer-game playing. Topics addressed are evaluation and learning, search, combinatorial games and theory opening and endgame databases, single-agent search and planning, and computer Go. more...

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This bumper volume provides crossword puzzlers with an aid to successful crossword completion. Over 100,000 potential solutions include technical terms, place names and compound expressions. more...

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