Chess for Children: How to Play the World's Most Popular Board Game
With this charming book, children will delight in learning the basic moves of chess - the most popular and challenging strategy game of all. All the rules of chess are clearly explained, step by step, assuming no prior knowledge. The lessons are reinforced by the inventive tales that George is told by his pet alligator Kirsty, self-proclaimed Grand Alligator of chess. Chess is recognized in many countries as a useful tool for developing creative thinking in children. Although chess can be regarded as a rather complex and mysterious game, the rules themselves are straightforward. It doesn't take long to learn how the pieces move, and even children as young as five can enjoy exciting games. They will also thoroughly enjoy outwitting friends and relatives!
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 1904600069
- Print Status
- In Print
- Lessons
- 59
- Pages
- 112
- Suggested Grades
- 1st - 12th
- Publisher
- Gambit Publications
- Copyright
- 2004
Lessons
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Chessboard & Pieces
- 3 The Starting Position
- 4 Terribly Tough Test Number One
- 5 How Bishops & Rooks Move
- 6 Terribly Tough Test Number Two
- 7 How Queens & Kings Move
- 8 Terribly Tough Test Number Three
- 9 How Pawns & Knights Move
- 10 Terribly Tough Test Number Four
- 11 Exercises
- 12 Mini-Chess Games
- 13 Learning Chess Notation
- 14 How to Read & Write Chess Moves
- 15 A Sample Chess Scoresheet
- 16 Terribly Tough Test Number Five
- 17 The Value of the Pieces
- 18 Terribly Tough Test Number Six
- 19 Practicing Moves & Captures
- 20 Terribly Tough Test Number Seven
- 21 Practicing Checks
- 22 Giving and Escaping Checks
- 23 Terribly Tough Test Number Eight
- 24 Giving Checkmate!
- 25 Practicing Checkmate!
- 26 Terribly Tough Test Number Nine
- 27 Learning to Castle
- 28 An Example of Castling during a Game
- 29 Terribly Tough Test Number Ten
- 30 Pawn Promotion
- 31 How Many Queens Can I Have?
- 32 Terribly Tough Test Number Eleven
- 33 The en passant Capture
- 34 Practicing en passant Captures
- 35 Terribly Tough Test Number Twelve
- 36 How Chess Games are Drawn
- 37 Draws by Agreement
- 38 Draws by Stalemate
- 39 Draws by Repetition of Position
- 40 Terribly Tough Test Number Thirteen
- 41 Winning Your First Games
- 42 Checkmate with a Queen
- 43 Checkmate with Queen & Rook
- 44 Checkmate with Two Rooks
- 45 Terribly Tough Test Number Fourteen
- 46 Some Basic Tactics
- 47 Forks
- 48 Pins
- 49 Skewers
- 50 Terribly Tough Test Number Fifteen
- 51 How to Begin a Chess Game
- 52 White's Dream Opening Position
- 53 An Opening Trap to Avoid
- 54 Different Ways to Open a Game
- 55 Terribly Tough Test Number Sixteen
- 56 Planning & Strategy
- 57 Terribly Tough Test Number Seventeen
- 58 George vs. Kirsty: the Big Match
- 59 Solutions to Terribly Tough Tests
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