A Purdy Fine Method of Chess

a study guide for the tactical player

Frisco Del Rosario

The Magic Theater	How to Play Chess for Beginners and Parents: This section is for students just starting with chess. It is a collection of Flash Movies explaining how the pieces move, how to set up the board, and how to think.
Purdy Fine Games	Students of Tactical Chess and some of their finer games.
Sage Advice	The philosophy behind the method: Here you will find: The Thirty Rules of Chess, How to Find a Master Class Move, Steinitz's Theory, How to Use A Purdy Fine Method of Chess, and articles on how to improve your game.
The Tactical Masters	The Great Masters: Selected games of Morphy, Alekhine, Tal, Marshall, Polgar, and others illustrating the tactical method and its advantages.
The Menagerie	Game Collection: The Blue Knights, Selected Short Games, How to Checkmate with a Knight and Bishop, and more.

For the Advance Player, USCF Rating of 1000 and above.

A First Book of Morphy
by Frisco Del Rosario

A First Book of Morphy, is just the thing to improve your game and come to a better understanding of chess. This book is based on Fine's Thirty Rules of Chess with the games of Paul Morphy used to demonstrate these principles.

I highly recommend this book for two reasons: It is an excellent book and Frisco is an old chess advocate who has help hundreds of young chess players learn the game.

If you purchase Frisco's book, it will help if you have a copy of: The Thirty Rules of Chess It has download in Word option at the top and bottom of the page, (even if you don't purchase Frisco's book, it will help if you download and study The Thirty Rules of chess).