There is this myth that chess is a very difficult game to learn and is played only by very few clever people. This myth, this book, comes to bring down! Chess is played and enjoyed by millions of people all over the world. Why not by you, too?

Chess is in its essence a game, in its form an art and in its execution a science. Chess helps in shaping childrens’ character and developing their thinking skills and concentration, to name just a few of its benefits. 

This book starts you off and gives you all the information you need to play the game well.

427 diagrams, 454 exercises, 126 problems

Vassilis Aristotelous (1956), Cyprus Chess Champion 2008, FIDE (World Chess Federation) Instructor and Arbiter, has been teaching chess to children and adults for many years, with great success.