The Chess Kid's Book of Checkmate

The Chess Kid's Book of Checkmate
Author: David MacEnulty
Publisher: Random House Incorporated
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2004
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 0812935942

Learn how to get a checkmate and win a game of chess.

The Chess Kid's Book of Checkmate

The Chess Kid's Book of Checkmate
Author: David MacEnulty
Publisher: Random House Incorporated
Total Pages: 191
Release: 2004
Genre: Games
ISBN: 0812935942

Learn how to get a checkmate and win a game of chess.

The Chess Kid's Book of the King and Pawn Endgame

The Chess Kid's Book of the King and Pawn Endgame
Author: David Macenulty
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003
Genre: 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.

My First Book of Checkmate Workbook

My First Book of Checkmate Workbook
Author: David MacEnulty
Publisher: SCB Distributors
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2014-01-29
Genre: 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.

Checkmate for Children

Checkmate for Children
Author: Kevin Stark
Publisher: New In Chess
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2014-02-01
Genre: 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.

Checkmate!

Checkmate!
Author: Garry Kasparov
Publisher:
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2004
Genre: 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.

Chess for Kids

Chess for Kids
Author: Richard James
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2012-08-30
Genre: 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.

Chess for Kids

Chess for Kids
Author: Jennifer Kemmeter
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Incorporated
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2022
Genre: 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!

Checkmate Tactics

Checkmate Tactics
Author: Garri Kimovich Kasparov
Publisher: Everyman Chess
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009-10-30
Genre: Chess
ISBN: 9781857446265

Garry Kasparov teaches you the main tactical ideas that you need to win at chess.