How to Win at Chess: The Ultimate Guide for Beginners and Beyond

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Brimming with practical and easy-to-follow tips for improving your game, the book includes over 500 instructional gameplay illustrations to help you better visualise the board, as well as chapter-specific QR codes for exclusive bonus content on Chessly, Rozman’s teaching platform. However, I think for intermediate chess players and up who want something meatier, it might not be the best choice. I restarted playing chess recently after my interest was rekindled by the release of "The Queen's Gambit" on Netflix. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages.

The best part of the book in my view is Chapter 14 (Intermediate Tactics), where Rozman expounds and demonstrate across a number of contexts his "CCA" heuristic - checks, captures, attacks.Bought the book in November and my understanding of the game has increased a lot because of this book.

After explaining the basics of the game to you, this explains and suggests a couple of beginner-friendly openings for White and Black to you and covers basic strategy ideas and endgames. Whether you want to become a recreational chess player or are training to be a Grandmaster, How to Win at Chess is the perfect interactive introduction to the world of chess.Whilst I understood the principles of chess and basic game rules, I have never really played chess properly.

With this book he takes beginners by their hands and patiently helps them navigating through the confusing and overwhelming world of those sixty-four black and white squares. I picked up “How to Win at Chess” by Levy Rozman and am delighted by the improvement in my understanding…and ability to win!

Levy Rozman, more popularly known as GothamChess, is an online chess streamer who earned the International Master title in 2018. Full of Levy Rozman's signature charm and humor that have made him beloved by millions of fans, the first half of this unique guide introduces rising players (0-800 Elo rating) to the four key areas to consider when playing chess--openings, endings, tactics, and strategy--and the second half builds upon these core skills for more experienced players (800-1300 Elo rating).