Copyright © 2023 by John Robert Adair
All rights reserved. No part of the contents of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form, or by any means, without the written permission of the publisher.
Published in the United States of America by Nindy Publishing House.
Chess Basics: Tactics, Ideas & Strategies
A Tutorial for Beginning & Intermediate Players
A First Edition publication by Renaissance Publishers.
Printed and bound in the United States of America.
Cover art of Condottiere on Horseback by Alvaro Villamor.
Cover design and illustrations by Nancy D. Conde, Nindy Publishing House.
Other art: Copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s Lady With an Ermine by Alvaro Villamor.
All of the above, courtesy Adair Family Archives & Art Collection.
All rights reserved.
Photos on First Page: Top Row – José Capablanca, Magnus Carlsen, Paul Morphy
Bottom Row: Carlos Torre, Judit Polgár, Bobby Fischer, Maurice Ashley
The Chess Player by Bay Area artist Simone Adair
Courtesy Adair Family Archives & Art Collection
All rights reserved.
All chess diagrams made available through a license from apronus.com – an online chess diagram editor and generator.
The chess piece designs (Alpha Font) made available through a lifelong license from Eric Bentzen.
Chess Basics: Tactics, Ideas & Strategies is an algebraic edition.
All chess diagrams are in algebraic format; all text, annotations, and explanations are written in algebraic
notation.
Catalog in Publication Data
ISBN: 9798863505190