Games / Crosswords

This book includes 5,334 different instructional situations--many taken from real matches--including 306 problems for checkmate in one move, 3,412 mates in two moves, 744 mates in three moves, 600 miniature games, 144 simple endgames, and 128 tournament game combinations, plus solutions, the basic rules of the game and an international bibliography.

Want to play chess like a champ? Dummies can help.

From Netflix's "The Queen's Gambit" to podcasts, virtual and mobile gaming, and beyond, chess is back in a big way. But, with all those kings, queens, and knights, chess can be a royal pain to grasp. Chess For Dummies is here to help beginners wrap their minds around the rules of the game, make sense of those puzzling pieces, and sharpen their chess strategy such that even Paul Morphy would be impressed. You'll learn the laws of chess, its lingo, and engage in the art of the attack with the easy-to-follow, step-by-step explanations found in the latest edition of Chess For Dummies.

Whether you're playing chess online, in a tournament, or across the dining room table with a family member or friend, this hands-on guide is sure to capture your interest (and your opponent's queen), getting you up to speed on the game and its components and giving you the know-how you need to put the principles of play into action from the opening to the endgame.

Grasp the rules of play and the nuances of each phase of the game

Familiarize yourself with the pieces and the board

Pick the perfect chess set and chessboard for you

Get to know each of the pieces and their powers

If you feel like you're in a stalemate before you even begin a game, Chess For Dummies is your guide to forcing moves, raking bishops, and skewering your opponents like a true champion.

Chess is Child's Play is a book written byparents, for parents. It is written for YOU! Chess is one of the oldest strategygamesknown to man. Studies show that children who learn chess at an early age gainsuchvaluable life skillsas: .Problem-solving ability .Improvedpatience and focus .Enhancedimagination .Greater self-confidence. Chess educators Laura Sherman and Bill Kilpatrickhavecreated aneasy, step-by-stepmethod for teaching chess thatparents of all skill levelscan use to teachchildrenof any age. You don't have to know how to playchess in orderto usethesystem.Thisbook will teach you the game, whileshowingyou how to teach your child to play. You will learn together. Chess makes childrensmarter.Give your child an advantage in life and teach him or herto play today!"

Chess becomes fun when we learn how to survive the opening and stop falling into our opponents' cheap tactical tricks.

And that's what this book is about! By understanding opening play and how to exploit tactical ideas, we turn the tables on our opponents. Now they will be the ones getting outmanoeuvred, tricked, trapped and pushed off the board!

Chess Opening Traps for Kids is a serious course on how to play the opening, illustrated with memorable and entertaining examples. By focusing on 100 key themes, Graham Burgess explains how to use opening tricks to our advantage. Every opening features hidden dangers for both players, so we need to avoid pitfalls while making full use of tactics to achieve the opening goals of purposeful development and central control.

Most of the 100 sections feature a basic example followed by a more complex one. Some of the traps have claimed grandmaster victims, while others are more likely to arise in junior chess. Either way, the aim is to learn the theme so well that you can use it when similar opportunities arise in your own games. A series of exercises at the end of the book allows you to check that you have grasped the main points. Throughout the book there are tips on how to spot tactics in advance and advice on opening strategy.

Not too traditional, not too avant-garde--these puzzles are original, contemporary, and fun to solve for puzzle fans everywhere.
- 50 daily-size crossword puzzles made by constructors from across the United States
- Medium-difficulty, middle-of-the-road style puzzles that appeal to a broad range of solvers
- The perfect complement to the excellent Chicago Tribune Sunday Crossword Puzzles
[PuzzleMeter: Difficulty--Medium;
Style--Middle-of-the-Road]

Let go of perfect and embrace good enough!

Looking to change your messy ways? This full-color guided journal will help you explore your relationship with cleaning: why you hate it, what stands in your way, and how to make small changes that lead to big results down the road. Forget about those unattainable #goals in glossy magazines and TV makeover shows. Everyone deserves a space they love, and that means something different for everyone. So when you need a little extra motivation, Cleaning Sucks provides the tips, tricks, quotes, and gentle kicks in the pants you need to get off your butt and get cleaning up.

- Answer prompts and complete challenges and checklists to make big changes from small habits
- Find motivation through hilarious and kickass quotes to inspire the hell out of you
- Banish your inner critic, and bask in the glow of every accomplishment, no matter how small

Five Nights at Freddy's fans won't want to miss this pulse-pounding collection of three novella-length tales that will keep even the bravest FNAF player up at night...

Some things must be learned the hard way . . . Reed sees an opportunity to teach the school bully not to mess with him, but ends up mangling the lesson. Robert, an exhausted single father, gets a crash course in parenting when he buys a fancy new teddy bear to watch and entertain his young son. Chris, eager to join the Science Club at school, agrees to undergo a grisly experiment to be accepted. But in the malevolent universe of Five Nights at Freddy's, there's always an education in pain.

In this seventh volume, Five Nights at Freddy's creator Scott Cawthon spins three sinister novella-length stories from different corners of his series' canon, featuring cover art from fanfavorite artist LadyFiszi.

Readers beware: This collection of terrifying tales is enough to unsettle even the most hardenedFive Nights at Freddy's fans.

A bumper collection of 300 quick crossword puzzles to test your word knowledge and have you reaching for the thesaurus. The puzzles are in a standard 13x13 grid size. How quickly can you solve these? You will find the solutions easily at the back of the book.