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"IT'S CHESS, NOT CHECKERS!" THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE LUCKY HAVE HAD THIS ADAGE EXPRESSED TO YOU BY A PARENT, TEACHER OR COACH AT SOME POINT IN YOUR LIVES. IF YOU KNEW HOW TO PLAY CHESS AND WERE WISE ENOUGH TO LISTEN CLOSELY TO THE INSTRUCTION THAT FOLLOWED, YOU PROBABLY LEARNED A VERY VALUABLE LESSON ABOUT HOW THE RULES OF CHESS MAY BE APPLIED TO OVERCOME THE CHALLENGES IN YOUR LIFE. FOR THE BEGINNER, LEARNING HOW TO PLAY CHESS CAN BE VERY INTIMIDATING. THEREFORE, MANY YOUNG SCHOLARS CHOOSE NOT TO LEARN AND, IN DOING SO, FAIL TO REALIZE HOW THIS DECISION KEEPS THEM FROM UNLOCKING THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. WITH THIS IN MIND, THE AUTHORS OF THIS BOOK HAVE DEVELOPED A SIMPLE FORMULA THAT WILL TEACH READERS THE FUNDAMENTALS OF CHESS AND SHOW HOW THE RULES OF THE GAME ENHANCES THEIR ABILITY TO AVOID AND OVERCOME FAILURE.