Learn Chess the Right Way | Book 2 | Susan Polgar
The Polgar Way to Better Chess! Learn Chess the Right Way is a five-volume chess puzzle series designed for novice, beginner, and intermediate players. Created using the unique teaching methods of award-winning coach and former world champion Susan Polgar, the series introduces essential checkmating patterns, material-winning tactics, and defensive techniques through structured, practical training. Each volume contains 500 carefully selected puzzles to build skill and confidence step by step.
Book 2 focuses on winning material exercises. In the first six chapters, each section highlights a specific piece capturing an opponent’s piece — beginning with the Queen, followed by the Rook and other pieces. Chapter 7 removes hints entirely, challenging players to independently identify the correct move.
Chapters 8–12 introduce the most common and important tactical themes in chess, including decoys, forks, pins, discoveries, and skewers. The final chapter expands on these ideas, requiring players to determine both the correct tactical pattern and the winning method, incorporating concepts such as trapping a piece and intermediate moves.
About the Author
Susan Polgar, a Hungarian-American Chess Grandmaster, has enjoyed an illustrious career highlighted by four Women’s World Championship titles and becoming the first player to achieve the chess triple crown (Blitz, Rapid, and Classical). At age 15, she became the world’s top-ranked female player and remained in the top three for nearly 25 years.
In 1991, she broke historic barriers by becoming the first woman to earn the Grandmaster title through traditional FIDE qualification requirements. A five-time Women’s Olympiad Champion, she has won ten Olympiad medals, including five gold medals. In 2014, she received the Furman Symeon Medal as the world’s best trainer.
Beyond competitive play, Susan is an award-winning journalist, best-selling author, and head of the SPICE program at Webster University. She also leads the Susan Polgar Foundation, promoting chess education worldwide, especially for girls. Her university teams have won four consecutive national collegiate championships, and her training curriculum is used in more than 80 countries. She continues to coach, provide commentary at major events, and author best-selling chess books, including A World Champion’s Guide to Chess and Chess Tactics for Champions.
Other Details
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 168
- Dimensions: 25cm x 18cm x 1cm
- ISBN-13: 978-1941270455
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