For chess players at every level, this is a complete and invaluable guide designed to help you progress to good club level and better. A World Chess Federation (FIDE) Master, Graham Burgess lays out the main opening gambits and hundreds of test positions, provides courses in tactics and attacking strategy, and analyzes some of the greatest games ever played. He explains all you needs to know about entering the world of chess, from internet games to club, national, and international tournaments.

"The Mammoth Book of Chess is a cracker … nobody will fail to find something new here."—British Chess Magazine