Not So Simple Checkers – Beginner’s E-book

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This book is designed to teach the game of checkers from the absolute basics. It guides the reader in a light and enjoyable way, step-by-step, through the fascinating world of checkers.

Checkers is a game of logic, and logic is the study of the principles of correct reasoning. The goal of Not So Simple Checkers is to present information in the clearest, most understandable, and logical way possible, where everything follows from something else, every cause has an effect, and no effect occurs without a cause.

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Description

This book focuses on 100-square checkers (international draughts), but the strategies and techniques it describes are applicable to any version of checkers, including the 8×8 board variants.

The book is 238 pages long and takes the reader through all elements of the game, from the opening moves, through the middlegame, to endgame strategies. Its contents are laid out as follows:

INTRODUCTION

ABOUT THE BOOK
WHY CHECKERS?
100-SQUARE CHECKERS (INTERNATIONAL DRAUGHTS)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR

INTRODUCTION TO CHECKERS

THE CHECKERS BOARD
RULES OF THE GAME
NOTATION
PHASES OF THE GAME
OPPOSITION
DON’T BE AFRAID TO CAPTURE
ATTACK AND DEFENSE

TACTICS, or COMBINATION PLAY

COMBINATION
ONE-MOVE COMBINATIONS
ONE-MOVE COMBINATIONS USING THE MAJORITY CAPTURE
ONE-MOVE COMBINATIONS USING A KING
COMBINATIONS USING OPPOSITION
COMBINATIONS USING A FREE TEMPO
COMBINATIONS USING A STICKY MOVE
COMBINATIONS USING PIECE TRANSPORT
COMBINATIONS USING REMOVING THE OPPONENT’S PIECES
COMBINATIONS USING COMBINING IDEAS

STRATEGY, or POSITIONAL PLAY

THE IMPORTANCE OF PIECES
FORMATIONS
LOCK
BREAKTHROUGH

OPENINGS

OPENING PLAY – PRINCIPLES
SHOTS AND COUPS

ENDGAMES

KINGS VS PIECES
PLAYING AGAINST A KING

This comprehensive guide leads beginners through every aspect of checkers in an easy-to-follow, logical, and enjoyable way, helping them understand both the ‘how’ and ‘why’ of each move and strategy.