Volume 1 covers the fundamentals of the game, from beginning strategies to energetic endgames. Learn from the start not just how the pieces move, but also where and why to move them Volume 2 goes beyond the basics to cover advanced strategy, hard-hitting openings, and classic attack and defense tactics. Both books sharpen and test your chess skills with practical, educational "chessercizes" that make your movements more muscular Advance in the game--and have fun doing it--using the techniques that produced a long line of Soviet champions.

Volume 1 covers the fundamentals of the game, from beginning strategies to energetic endgames. Learn from the start not just how the pieces move, but also where and why to move them Volume 2 goes beyond the basics to cover advanced strategy, hard-hitting openings, and classic attack and defense tactics. Both books sharpen and test your chess skills with practical, educational "chessercizes" that make your movements more muscular Advance in the game--and have fun doing it--using the techniques that produced a long line of Soviet champions.

While most anthologies feature short stories of the same genre, this one celebrates the diversity of some of America's best writers. These stories entertain, challenge, and reveal the scope of imagination that prove quality fiction comes in many guises.