My Chess Books

By Bill Jordan

Hi, I am a chess FIDE master and am the senior Australian champion.

My Chess Books contains samples of some of my books.

Included are links so you read a sample of the books.

There are books on:

Basics

Tactics

Strategy

Openings

Middlegames

Endgames

Rate Your Chess

et etc

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bill Jordan
• Release date: Jul 5, 2019
• ISBN: 9781386814443

Bill Jordan

Bill Jordan was taught chess on his 7th birthday by his father using a chess set carved by his grandfather. Bill became Victorian Junior chess champion in 1971. He later became Australian junior chess champion, Victorian chess champion, Australian correspondence chess champion, and in 2017 South Australian chess champion. Since the age of 17 Bill Jordan has represented Australia in international chess events in Malaysia, Yugoslavia, Mexico and China. Since 1981 Bill has been a life member and has been president of the Melbourne chess club, one of the oldest chess clubs in the world. He is an enthusiastic chess software programmer who has taught and written manuals for chess as well as IT and lateral thinking. He has also written numerous articles for chess magazines. Bill is an experienced individual and group coach, who has a wide and deep understanding of many opening systems and chess positions in general.

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My Chess Books

Bill Jordan

Published by Bill Jordan, 2019.

While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this book, the publisher assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein.

MY CHESS BOOKS

First edition. July 5, 2019.

Copyright © 2019 Bill Jordan.

ISBN: 978-1386814443

Written by Bill Jordan.

5/7/19

My Chess Books

This is an introduction to some of the Kindle chess books I have written.

They are all available at Amazon. Some of them are available at Barnes&Noble and Apple.

Look Inside

At Amazon you can double-click on the cover to Look Inside the book. This allows you to sample the first 10% of a book. Line breaks which are in the full version, are removed in the Look Inside version.

All books use standard chess notation, which is short Algebraic notation.

Except for Chess Basics Made EasyIt is presumed the reader has familiarity with chess rules and Algebraic notation.

Diagrams

Most of the books have many clear colour diagrams. A few have black and white diagrams.

Paperbacks

Some of these are available as paperbacks at Amazon.

Level of books

This is a rough guide to what level of player books may be suitable for. There is nothing to stop you reading any book.

Intermediate level is between novice level average club player or strong social player level.

Average club level is about 1300 - 1800 ELO. Note that ratings on some websites where you can play chess can be inflated by hundreds of points.

Chess Basics Made Easy is aimed at novice players.

Checkmate Made Easy is aimed at intermediate players.

Attacking the King Made Easy is aimed at intermediate players.

Chess Concepts Made Easy is aimed at intermediate players.

Tactical Patterns Made Easy is aimed at intermediate players.

Opening Moves Made Easy is aimed at intermediate players.

Opening Traps is aimed at intermediate players.

Opening Traps 2 is aimed at intermediate to average club players.

Opening Strategy Made Easy is aimed at intermediate to average club players.

Tactics Practice Book 1 series is aimed at intermediate players.

Tactics Practice Book 2 series is aimed at average club players.

The Endgames Made Easy series is aimed at intermediate to average club players.

Tricky King Pawn Openings is aimed at intermediate to average club players.

The Rate Your chess and Play Like a World Champion series are designed for players of any level.

How I Learned chess is designed for players of any level.

Optimise your Chess Thinking is designed for players of any level.

The Computer Chess books are designed for anyone interested in computer chess.

The My Favourite Chess