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Chess is often sometimes described as high-level pattern recognition. That oversimplifies it a bit, but someone can be quite a skilled player with nothing more than that. Here are 424 simple checkmating patterns that you can learn to recognize. We have the second edition here:

ebay item number: 154375654722

Softcover, algebraic notation.

If you are a fan of the Netflix series The Queen's Gambit, this book is for you. This is the type of book Beth Harmon would buy.

 We combine shipping! To combine, place all your purchases in the shopping cart and press "proceed to checkout." This comes from the private library of Allan Troy, late owner of Troy's Chess Shoppe, Torrance, California. Follow us! We have an ongoing sale of 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st century chess books, sets, and clocks! Some persons are impersonating us! Please check our store to make sure these goods are from us! Accept no substitutes!