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The complete step-by-step guide to chess & bridge : how to play, winning strategies, rules, history
Bird, David
The complete step-by-step guide to chess & bridge : how to play, winning strategies, rules, history Bird David and Saunders John - 1st - London Southwater 2015 - 512 p : ill ; 22 cm
Originally published: in 2 v. as How to play winning chess by John Saunders. 2007; and as How to play winning bridge by David Bird. 2007.
Formerly CIP.
Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chess and bridge have been two of the world's most popular games for centuries, and this superb instructional book will tell you everything you need to know about them, from their intriguing histories to how to play and win. Biographies of the most well-known players are included, from famous bridge players such as Terence Reese and Omar Sharif to world-class chess players such as Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov.With stepby-step guidance and over 1200 photographs and illustrations, this easy-to-follow book will show players how to play and increase their enjoyment of two of the most tactical and complex games around today.
9781780194523
Chess
794.1 / BIR
The complete step-by-step guide to chess & bridge : how to play, winning strategies, rules, history Bird David and Saunders John - 1st - London Southwater 2015 - 512 p : ill ; 22 cm
Originally published: in 2 v. as How to play winning chess by John Saunders. 2007; and as How to play winning bridge by David Bird. 2007.
Formerly CIP.
Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chess and bridge have been two of the world's most popular games for centuries, and this superb instructional book will tell you everything you need to know about them, from their intriguing histories to how to play and win. Biographies of the most well-known players are included, from famous bridge players such as Terence Reese and Omar Sharif to world-class chess players such as Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov.With stepby-step guidance and over 1200 photographs and illustrations, this easy-to-follow book will show players how to play and increase their enjoyment of two of the most tactical and complex games around today.
9781780194523
Chess
794.1 / BIR