A complete, easy-to-use program for teaching and self-study of chess, in two books co-written by Roman Pelts and Lev Alburt, Grandmaster of Chess and three-time U.S. Chess Champion. Amateur
chess players have a new weapon in the battle to improve their game. Based on the famous, formerly secret "From Beginner to Master" course of study developed over decades in the Soviet Union,
the Comprehensive Chess Course provides students with all the essential information they need to learn chess and then to improve their skills steadily and efficiently. The contents of the two
booksincluding every diagram and every problemleave little to chance. The Course is filled with what has worked well in practice in Russian classrooms and teaches all the rules of chess, all
the fundamentals, and how to visualize the board and piecesthe prerequisite for success in chess.