Chess players sometimes wonder if they have what it takes to become a chess master. International Grandmaster Andrew Soltis answers their questions: How much talent does it take, what do you need to know, how much do you have to practice, which tournaments do you enter, and who do you have to beat? He offers detailed advice, practical exercises, and test games to make any player more competitive and help rising stars join the elite ranks of chess.

Learn how to think like a chess grandmaster . . . in just a year
Become a better chess player with the help of International Grandmaster Andrew Soltis. Soltis has selected 365 instructive short games to analyze, step by step, and then arranged them as daily lessons for players who want to reach the next level but can't devote hours to study. Each one features test-yourself quizzes and chess diagrams for visual learners, while challenging tactics appear several times so you can recognize them and understand how chess masters use them to full advantage. From Castling to Zugzwang,...

Andrew Soltis covers the unparalleled career of acclaimed American chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer with fresh insights into what made Fischer play - and act - the way he did.

Exploring the under appreciated skill of swindling in chess, Andrew Soltis explains how and when to set strategic traps to exploit an opponent's over-confidence.