What is a good book for learning chess strategies?

Chess is an exercise of infinite possibilities for the mind, one which develops mental abilities used throughout life: concentration, critical thinking, abstract reasoning, problem solving, pattern recognition,...

The opening phase in chess is a significant one; it is like a basement to your game. Once you dont what happens in your opening play, then you would be more likely to resign the game, i.e. the probability...

Enpassant is a special pawn move in chess that many does not know. When the white pawn on 2nd rank (7th rank for black) moves 2 squares the opponent black adjacent pawn on the 4th rank can capture diagonally...

1. Develop your pieces as soon as possible. 2. Don't move the same piece twice unless all your other pieces have been developed. 3. Don't make unnecessary pawn moves. 4. Do Castling as soon as possible. 5....

Never move silly pawns anywhere in the beginning of the game, especially not on the outer files like Black has done below. You just lose time and run behind in piece development. This means that your...