In these pages, Grandmaster Larry Evans gives you detailed, diagrammed, step-by-step explanations of five basic mates. Each one is discussed without using any chess notation, so absolutely anyone can understand each move in these simple checkmates. You'll be able to learn all five quickly and immediately employ them to achieve victories in your own games. To truly widen your mating repertoire, Evans then presents you with 100 different situations, all from professional games, and allows you to figure out how to achieve mate in each one. Answers are included at the back of the book. If you're fairly new to chess and looking to practice your mating patterns, this is the book you must own. Buy it now and watch the immediate improvement you'll get in your chess game!

144pp