Chess games are often won or lost in the first ten or twelve moves, with one key play that assures the ultimate supremacy of the victor. In the Winning Way, Bruce Pandolfini, America's foremost chess teacher and author, reveals the pivotal moves that allow you to gain the winning advantage quickly and decisively. With 150 quizzes, diagrams, and analyses geared to the advanced beginning and intermediate player, Pandolfini offers a practical approach to mastering essential stratagems of the opening game. He then shows you how to exploit these techniques in your own play, again and again, as you reach a new level of chess mastery.