Author : David MacEnulty
Publisher : Random House Incorporated
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 31,20 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 0812935942
Learn how to get a checkmate and win a game of chess.
Author : Kevin Stark
Publisher : New In Chess
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 50,16 MB
Release : 2014-02-01
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9056914634
Beginners of all ages will win more games after studying this easy-to-follow book. This isn?t another random collection of puzzles, but a systematic course that teaches you how to checkmate your opponent. Experienced chess coach Kevin Stark explains elementary mating patterns in all the important positions and provides many tests to see if you have really mastered the technique. A fun book and a great help in achieving the ultimate goal in chess.
Author : David Macenulty
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 33,86 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780812935103
The chess endgame begins when the Kings come out to play. The outcome of a game can come down to who knows more about Kings and Pawns -- you, or your opponent. To win, you need to understand the positions that will give you the best winning chances. Book jacket.
Author : Richard James
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 48,26 MB
Release : 2012-08-30
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 0716023369
This is the perfect introduction to chess for children from the age of seven upwards. The book contains 30 short lessons, starting with learning about the board and the pieces, then the moves of each piece in turn, then the vital concepts of check, checkmate and stalemate, and finally basic strategy and thinking skills. Quizzes and puzzles reinforce what the children learn. The book uses the characters of the 7-year-old twins Sam and Alice who are always arguing and fighting. They decide to join the army where they are told about an impending invasion of aliens from the planet Caïssa. The outcome of the invasion will be decided by a game of living chess. During their lessons they learn about the battlefield and the different types of soldier and get to play the part of each in turn.
Author : Laura Sherman
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 21,66 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781936277315
An introduction for parents who wish to teach their young children (ages 2-7) to play chess.
Author : David MacEnulty
Publisher : SCB Distributors
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 20,16 MB
Release : 2014-01-29
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1936490471
Practice Makes Permanent! You have no doubt heard the saying that practice makes perfect. Actually, practice makes permanent. If you practice badly, you will perform badly. It is practice in the pursuit of perfection that leads to better performance. Accurate practice is the essential ingredient in achieving success in any complex endeavor. With almost 300 checkmate exercises, My First Book of Checkmate Workbook offers the opportunity for accurate practice at the all-important task of finding checkmate. Beginning with the simplest checkmate patterns, this companion of My First Book of Checkmate proceeds gradually and methodically through ever more complex puzzles until you are solving problems that can take four, five or six moves to unfold. This is truly practice that will lead to perfection in the exciting field of checkmate.
Author : David MacEnulty
Publisher : Random House Incorporated
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 39,47 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 0812935098
Presents problems and situations to improve tactics and techniques in playing chess, including strategies, forks, pins, and skewers.
Author : Jennifer Kemmeter
Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Incorporated
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 40,12 MB
Release : 2022
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780762479382
This engaging workbook introduces kids to the wonderful world of chess--from an explanation of every piece on the board to the fundamentals of the game and strategies to capture pieces and win--all told through fun visuals, mock games, and exciting exercises. Chess for Kids includes: A comprehensive introduction to the king, queen, knights, bishops, rooks, and pawns and how each piece moves, attacks, and defends. Detailed explanations of the basic rules of chess, tactics, strategies, mating patterns, and piece strategies. Write-in, workbook activities to help kids 'learn by doing,' unlike other chess books which are text heavy and not interactive. The best offensive and defensive strategies including how to find weak spots in your opponent's defense and how to close games when most of the board's pieces are gone. Learn the pieces, study the strategies, and checkmate all your opponents in this complete guide to mastering the game of chess!
Author : Richard James
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 18,22 MB
Release : 2013-06-20
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 0716023407
This accessible how-to guide for parents and teachers on the best way to teach chess to children, from international chess expert Richard James, is linked to both his bestselling book, Chess for Kids, and his website chessKIDS academy. James, who taught grandmasters Luke McShane and Jonathan Rowson, shows how learning chess is interesting and fun. It can also help children develop life skills, such as decision-making and social skills, and be a springboard to other subjects in the school curriculum, such as maths, science, history and even languages. In an easy-to-follow, fun way, James explains how to structure short lessons with worksheets and other activities to introduce the chess pieces, chess notation and chess-board dynamics - so that children can understand the thinking behind the moves and start playing and enjoying this fascinating game.
Author : Garry Kasparov
Publisher :
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 33,98 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Games
ISBN : 9781857443585
In Checkmate! readers are invited to learn chess with Garry Kasparov, the World number one and the most famous figure in chess history, as their teacher. In this book chess players can discover all the various pieces and how they move, how to attack and how to defend, how to capture, and, crucially, how to give check and deliver checkmate.
