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untateve 11-Apr-09, 19:53 |
 A chess book for a child... |
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tactical_abyss 11-Apr-09, 20:33 |
1.The chess kids book of checkmate (by David Macenulty)(Random House) for ages 6 to 14. 2.Chess workbook for children (by Todd Bardwick)(Barnes+Noble) You can do a google search for the books or check biz rate. |
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greenrat777 11-Apr-09, 23:18 |
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algol 12-Apr-09, 08:39 |
Murray Chandler |
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bhidragon 13-Apr-09, 14:44 |
Bain's Tactics Book It's been used successfully from elementary school to adult. I use it myself and would hand it to a nine year old without a second thought. |
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A chess book for a child |
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You might want to check these out... Raymond Bott and Stanley Morrison "Chess for Children" Collins, London & Glasgow, 1958 Raymond Bott and Stanley Morrison "More Chess for Children" Collins, London & Glasgow, 1968 I managed to find copies of these some 10 years ago, and as the former wasd the one that taught me the game, nostalgia indicated I snap them up! One point I will make, though: both books use the Descriptive Notation (the second describing the Algebraic and giving one example of a game so recorded). The first book is very much a primer, detailing the rules and object of the game, and examples of tactical motifs such as pins, discovered attacks, double attacks (including forks). Quite a few exercises (quizzes) to reinforce learning. Only two master games (Anderssen-Dufresne and Nimzovitch-Alapin), but several short schoolboy games at a level a learner can follow. A sample: Game 1 White: G.Shorten (age 9) Black: J.Pickles (age11) 1.P-K4 P-K4 2.P-KB3 B-B4 3.P-QKt3 Kt-KB3 4.B-Kt2 Kt-B3 5.B-B4 0-0 6.Kt-B3 Kt-KR4 7.P-KKt4 Kt-B5 8.Kt-R4 Q-R5ch 9.K-B1 Q-B7 mate. Used to illustrate how the notation works, but some light notes would not have gone amiss, I feel (e.g. Black's exploitation of White's disastrous 7th move could have been more efficient by reversing the move order: 7...Qh4+ and mate is quickly forced). The second is a deal more advanced and leads on from the first. Plenty of positions to play through, motifs to explore (winning middlegame combinations and elementary endgame techniques) and illustrative games from "school-kid" level to master games. I recommend this book highly. But, to reiterate: finding copies might be tricky... Cheers, Ion |
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chessnovice 15-Apr-09, 16:42 |
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algol 15-Apr-09, 19:57 |
... The first one Ion mentions starts at $1.38 + shipping: www.amazon.com The second one can be bought at $8.86 + shipping: www.amazon.com |
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untateve 16-Apr-09, 14:35 |
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