Chess: the path to mastery

This textbook is a continuation of the book "Chess. Primary School." Contains 12 thematic chapters, which discuss the basics of chess tactics and strategy, the choice of the game plan, methods for predicting the player's future development of the game, instructive endings, grand masters duels, tasks and sketches. After theoretical positions and illustrative examples, numerous exercises (tasks for independent solution and fixation of the studied material) and answers with explanations are given. The textbook is intended for optional study of the subject "Chess" in secondary schools of general education schools, chess groups of the Palaces of children's creativity and children's and youth sports schools, and can be used by trainers and chess teachers as a teaching aid.