Want to know all the ins and outs of this most challenging, stimulating game? Get them from a Grandmaster... and then start playing--and winning--with your own magnetic chess set! In "Chess Basics, world-renowned champion Nigel Short proves that this "game of kings" doesn't have to be complicated... not when there are easy-to-follow diagrams plus information on setting up the board; descriptions of every piece and its function; a guide to notation; a discussion of check and checkmate; a list of special moves; and more.