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Reprint edition published in April 2020.

Reading Level: 12-55 years

This is a completely unabridged revised edition of the most famous general study of chess ever written. It is designed to teach the beginner and the intermediate player just about everything he or she needs to know about openings, middle game, and end game. It is remarkable in presenting both ideas and actual moves (taken from the masterplay) in the most easily assimilated form.

Revised and brought up to date by Fred Reinfeld and Sidney Bernstein, this book explains and makes easy for you more than 90 different openings, ranging from the classical Ruy Lopez to the work of Alekhine, Reti, Nimzovich and others. Combinations are analyzed and presented so clearly that you will soon find yourself seeing moves ahead more clearly than you did before. You will learn how to plan your game with a purpose, how to attack, sacrifice, defend, exchange, and govern your general strategy. Endings are also thoroughly covered. All in all, there is not an aspect of practical chess which is not treated, and there is hardly a player living below the rank of grandmaster who could not profit from Mason's work.