From Beginner to Chess Expert in 12 StepsRecognize Checkmate. To this end you should get the book Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess and go through this book enough times that every bit of it seems easy. Additional information can be found on http://www.chesscorner.com/tutorial/basic/check/check.htm. The first 112 diagrams at 1w.htm are positions where white can make a move that immediately checkmates. Although this may seem a little hard at fi
