Fork, a common Chess Pattern

Before You Start 8 --
Chess sets 10 --
Game 10 --
A piece-by-piece guide to the moves 13 --
Special moves 16 --
Strengths and weaknesses of each piece 17 --
Recording a game 22 --
Chess clocks 24 --
Chess Tactics 26 --
Check 28 --
Checkmate 30 --
Stalemate and other drawing mechanisms 32 --
Basic tactical knowledge 34 --
Common mating patterns 40 --
Some tactical clues to look for 49 --
Openings 56 --
Occupying the centre 58 --
Openings for white 60 --
Openings for black 80 --
Common opening traps 98 --
Dealing with openings you don't know 110 --
Middlegame 114 --
Key principles of the middlegame 116 --
Endgames 128 --
Players' aims during the endgame 130 --
Transition to the endgame 130 --
Elements of the endgame 132 --
Avoiding disaster moves 134 --
Checkmating the king with limited material 135 --
Tricks, traps and finesses 142 --
Test Your Chess IQ 148 --
Check your ability 150 --
Checkmate in one move 150 --
Two-move problems 153 --
Pin and win! 156 --
Exploiting the fork 158 --
Use the skewer 161 --
Back-rank weaknesses 162 --
Destruction and deflection 163 --
Stalemates 165 --
Endgame teasers 166 --
Openings 167 --
Answers to problems 168 --
Assessment 169 --
Way Forward 170 --
Chess clubs 172 --
Chess coaches 172 --
Chess problems 172 --
National associations 172 --
Newspapers and magazines 173 --
Competitions 173 --
Computer chess 174 --
Chess on the Internet 177 --
Correspondence chess 179 --
Chess variants --
some different fun ways of playing chess 182.