Your First Move - Chess for Beginners (gnv64) torrent

Your First Move - Chess for Beginners
By Alexei Sokolsky
Raduga Publishers | 1987 | 296 pages | ISBN 5-05-002179-0 | PDF | 9.8 mb
scanned to PDF by gnv64

This is a chess primer for beginners. It was originally publshed in Russian in 1977.
In addition to basic theory, it also contains analysed instructive games, 280 diagrams and exercises for readers with solutions. Though my copy is 22 years old, its still in good condition, so I decided to scan & share it.

CONTENTS
I. RULES OF THE GAME . 7
II. THE SIMPLEST ENDINGS 42
III. SOME BASIC CONCEPTS 62
IV. HOW TO START A GAME 73
V. SHORT GAMES AND TRAPS 88
VI. MIDDLE GAME 105
VII. ENDGAME 160
VIII. CHESS COMPOSITION 195
IX. THE OPENING 206
X. CHESS: PAST AND PRESENT 276
XI. SOLUTIONS TO EXERCISES 293