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Chess for Kids by Richard James (2010, Trade Paperback)

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About this product

Product Identifiers

PublisherLittle, Brown Book Group The Limited

ISBN-100716022540

ISBN-139780716022541

eBay Product ID (ePID)242931381

Product Key Features

Book TitleChess for Kids

Number of Pages192 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicChess, General

Publication Year2010

IllustratorYes

GenreRéférence, Games & Activities

AuthorRichard James

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight11.9 Oz

Item Length7.9 in

Item Width5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

Grade FromCollege Senior

Dewey Decimal794.1/2

Grade ToCollege Graduate Student

SynopsisThis 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., 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 Ca ssa. 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., 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 Caissa. 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.