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Laws Of Chess

by Marcio N. Baeta

116 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); trilingual (English, Spanish, Portuguese); illustrated; catalogue #06-0240; ISBN 1-4120-8486-5; US$15.99, C$18.39, EUR13.13, £9.19

Laws of Chess has been illustrated and ordered to help learning or teaching of how to play chess games and tournaments from its official rules (English, Spanish and Portuguese).

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About the Book

The FIDE (World Chess Federation) Laws Of Chess cover over-the-board play (the basic rules of play and competition rules), coming into force on 1 July 2005.
In this textbook of 116 pages, the essential rules have been illustrated and ordered to make it easy for people learning or teaching how to play chess games or tournaments. It is from the authentic text of the official Laws (English) or from its Portuguese and Spanish translations.
The book contains all articles of the laws and its appendices. The order in the authentic text is:
Preface
Basic Rules Of Play

The nature and objectives of the game of chess
The initial position of the pieces on the chessboard
The moves of the pieces
The completion of the game

Competition Rules

The chess clock
Irregularities
The recording of the moves
The drawn game
Quickplay Finish
Scoring
The conduct of the players
The role of the arbiter
FIDE

Appendices

Adjourned games
Rapidplay
Blitz
Quickplay finishes where no arbiter is present in the venue
Algebraic notation
Rules for play with Blind and Visually Handicapped

In the book these rules are grouped in three chapters: Introduction, How to Play, Tournaments. There is a single Appendix with essential rules and principles of the elementary mates and endgames and seven games played and annotated by the author.

About the Author
Portuguese:
O Autor é advogado, pintor e enxadrista, campeão brasileiro s&etilde;nior (2005) e campeão veterano estadual do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, 2005.
English:
The Author is a lawyer, painter and chess player, the senior chess champion of Brazil (2005) and veteran chess champion of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, 2005.
Spanish:
El Autor es abogado, pintor e ajedrecista, el campeón brasileño s&etilde;nior (2005) y campeón veterano estadual de Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, 2005.

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