Alpha Teach Yourself Chess in 24 Hours

by Susan Polgar, Zsuzsa Polgar, Leslie Alan Horvitz, et al.

Book Overview

-- Co-author Paul Truong is a five-time National Chess Champion of Vietnam and is currently the reigning US Open Blitz Chess Champion. Grandmaster Susan Polgar is the Women's World Chess Champion and former #1 ranked woman in the world of chess.-- There are few books more comprehensive than Alpha Teach Yourself Chess in 24 Hours or any that will have as broad-based an appeal to both beginning, intermediate, and tournament-ready players-- The U.S...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0028644085
• ISBN13: 9780028644080
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Alpha Books
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

...Polgar avoids wordy text and lines of movement

"Alpha Teach Yourself Chess in 24 Hours" Zsuzsa Polgar ...et al, [...] ISBN 0 02 864408-5 Rates much above the typical beginner book, because Polgar ILLUSTRATES the point she is making, instead of giving you dull and boring, wordy paragraphs to read. When you see the illustration, you QUICKLY get the point of the lesson. The author is SUSAN POLGAR, and "Zsuzsa" is the Hungarian form of our "Susan". Susan Polgar gives days and weeks of her personal time through the year, to promote chess. She is one of the most self-sacrificing chess celebrities in the entire world, totally committed to enlarge human experience through chess. She has a heart of gold where chess is concerned. For example, the weend of 13-14 May 2006, Susan Polgar attended the annual Bert Lerner National Championships for children grades Kindergarten through 6th Grade. Many of the children taking home trophies, had the honor of having Susan Polgar appear on stage with them for photographs. Besides that, Ms. Polgar gave a simultaneous exhibition on Friday the 12th of May. This book has a nice set of questions at the end of each chapter, with answers in the back. I also like the way Polgar has sample games that have a new diagram for EACH and EVERY MOVE in the sample games, and there are explanations for each and every move. Chapter Nine must be mentioned, because it covers ENDGAMES. It is so important that all chess players get skills for the Endgames, and Susan gives them here. This book is THOROUGH, and COMPLETE. I can recommend it to any chess BEGINNER as a "first book" on chess. --Bruce R. Bain, President, Denver Chess Club

*** An absolutely fantastic book for beginners ***

I wanted a nice and easy book to help me teach my students. I tried the dummies / idiots series. No good! This one is simply a class above everything else out there! This book is good for both adults and children! I love it!

Outstanding Chess Book for Beginners

This is a very well written book, the best chess book for a newbie. I would defitenitely recommend this book to all beginners.

Great and affective book

This is a very affective book to train a person how to play chess. I actually was able to teach a group of kids in school using this book as a guide. It worked out great. The children were able to learn it even faster than what the title said. Anyway, I think it is absolutely the best book out there for a beginner. It is easy to follow and comprehend. I strongly recommend it.

Very nice chess book

I have read the book thoroughly and I actually was able to learn chess in less than 24 hours with this book. That is how simple it is. It is amazing how clearly everything was explained. I wish I had this book when I was much younger. I am using it now to teach my own kids how to play chess. It also gives you so much up to date information about the chess world which I found very helpful. I am now a fan of Polgar and Truong for life. Nice work!