Introduce children to chess fun and strategy with this original, witty way of teaching the game's rules, techniques, and tactics. Hundreds of diagrams take them through each step of tactics such as a discovered check and game variations such as mating races. They'll see how well they score on the knight's advanced driving test, in which the white knight takes all the pawns on both sides of the board in the fewest possible moves. Other fully outlined plays focus on the Knight's Forks, the Bishop versus the Knight, and the Queen. And while kids are learning to play and improving their game, fascinating side stories will introduce them to luminaries like Judith Polgar, who became a grandmaster at age 15. Throughout, rate yourself with brief quizzes--and at the end give yourself a checkmate certificate to cap it off 128 pages, 315 b/w illus., 8 x 10.

Winning Chess Piece by Piece

Children's Books

Nottingham, Ted

Lawrence, Al

Wade, Bob

Literature & Fiction

Sterling_Publishing

Master the ancient art of chess, the game of kings. Now, novice players can learn quickly and at a glance the key techniques and classic moves of the chess masters. This fully revised and updated edition includes basic and advanced tactics, combinations, sacrifices, pawn structures, and annotated illustrations to help players of every level hold their own against more advanced players. This book also includes:,
<li>Over 300 examples of attacking and defensive strategies for the opening, middle and end phases of the game </li>
<li>NEW: Master Challenges at the end of each section to reinforce practical knowledge and hone skills </li>
<li>NEW: "How to Win" quick-reference summary helps players start winning immediately</li>
<li>NEW: Game Analysis section that includes a selection of groundbreaking games that can be played again and again--so players learn from the greatest players of all time It's a comprehensive and compact reference that will find a ready place in school and private chess clubs. This book will also be a favorite among individuals who wish to discover chess as a pleasurable way to spend a social evening.</li>

The Chess Player's Bible: Illustrated Strategies for Staying Ahead of the Game

Humor & Entertainment

Eade, James

Puzzles & Games

B.E.S.

Inside Chess and the Art of War, you'll find an ancient military history drawn from and adapted into a helpful guide on how to become a chess master at any skill level. 2,500 years ago Sun Tzu wrote a military treatise called The Art of War. Since then, the book has been used not just by military tacticians but by business leaders, planners, traders, politicians, and even sports coaches. Here, Sun Tzu's lessons are applied to how to play a winning game of chess.
Chess is not an easy game to learn, nor an easy game to master, even if you've been playing chess for years. In Chess and the Art of War author and chess teacher Al Lawrence and International Grandmaster Elshan Moradiabadi have studied Tzu and drawn on his philosophies to deliver 40 fascinating lessons organized into the opening, the middlegame, and the end game. Illustrated with extracts from classic chess games, the authors prove that playing by Sun Tzu's philosophies will make you a skilled opponent and a winning player. Whether you're a beginner or a tournament veteran, Sun Tzu's ancient lessons in Chess and the Art of War will teach you something new and useful on and off the chessboard.

Chess and the Art of War: Ancient Wisdom to Make You a Better Player

Moradiabadi, Elshan

Chartwell Books

Uses the revolutionary Lincolnshire system to explain how to play, enjoy, and master chess and recounts anecdotes about notable players in the history of the game.

Chess for Children

Sterling Pub. Co., Inc.

"Three chess experts explain the history, rules, and strategy behind this ancient game of kings'....The authors introduce each piece from pawn to king separately in practice sessions that demonstrate the piece's strengths and limitations....Several famous matches are explained move by move....Clear black-and-white photographs and drawings illustrate each move....This useful addition for both school and public library collections will be popular with new chess enthusiasts."--Booklist.

Activities, Crafts & Games

Sterling

Improve your chess skills and outwit your chess computer, with this step-by-step introduction to the guiding principles of computer chess play. The secrets you find here are the same ones built into toughest computer chess programs in the world, like IBM's "Deeper Blue." Your biggest asset is the element of surprise--something you can bring to your game that leaves a computer clueless. (These tips work for beating people as well, and you'll get the specifics on how to find--and beat--opponents for face-to-face, through-the-mail, and over-the-modem play, across the street and around the world.) Master tricks like "the rule of the square," which will bewilder opponents who don't know it--especially computers. Increase your ability to plan, understand a goal, keep it in focus, and visualize the steps to get you there. That's how to exploit any computer's biggest weakness, the "horizon effect," its inability to look far enough ahead to see what you're up to. With each move clearly pictured, you go move by move through a basic game, learning openings that put your computer opponent off-balance right from the start. Then it's on to middlegame strategy and tactics, and to endgames no computer can see coming. There's even an exclusive interview with "Database Man," Don Maddox, designer of the Deep Blue program, who reveals its hidden weaknesses. Soon you'll be defeating your opponents, human and otherwise, more soundly than you ever dreamed possible. Sterling 128 pages, 120 b/w illus., 6 x 9.

Playing Computer Chess: Getting The Most Out Of Your Game

Alburt, Lev

Winning Chess Tactics & Strategies

Kids love to win--and any kid who has begun (or wants to begin) learning and loving this timeless game will cherish this clever follow-up to Winning Chess Piece by Piece. These brilliant tactics and techniques will hone and develop young players' skills and give their brains a real workout...while they're having a great time. They'll learn all the chess master's tricks of the trade: how to calculate moves far in advance, with the help of examples from winning games; strategies used by world champions--including Gary Kasparov's "discovered check" and "skewer"; Improving the Pieces to get in the best position to strike; and end game techniques. Along the way, quizzes help players chart their progress. Plus: you get a "certificate" for successfully completing the "course"!

Winning Chess Piece By Piece

Presents a series of chess puzzles organized around the pieces involved, covering knight, rook, bishop, and queen moves, forks, pins, and sacrifices, and surveying some of the game's grandmasters

Kids love to win--and any kid who has begun (or wants to begin) learning and loving this timeless game will cherish this clever follow-up to Winning Chess Piece by Piece. These brilliant tactics and techniques will hone and develop young players' skills and give their brains a real workout...while they're having a great time. They'll learn all the chess master's tricks of the trade: how to calculate moves far in advance, with the help of examples from winning games; strategies used by world champions--including Gary Kasparov's "discovered check" and "skewer"; improving the pieces to get in the best position to strike; and end-game techniques. Along the way, quizzes help players chart their progress--plus you get a "certificate" for successfully completing the "course"! 128 pages, 285 b/w illus., 8 x 10.

Introduce children to chess fun and strategy with this original, witty way of teaching the game's rules, techniques, and tactics. Hundreds of diagrams take them through each step of tactics such as a "discovered check" and game variations such as "mating races." They'll see how well they score on "the knight's advanced driving test," in which the white knight takes all the pawns on both sides of the board in the fewest possible moves. Other fully outlined plays focus on the Knight's Forks, the Bishop versus the Knight, and the Queen. And while kids are learning to play and improving their game, fascinating side stories will introduce them to luminaries like Judith Polgar, who became a grandmaster at age 15. Throughout, rate yourself with brief quizzes--and at the end give yourself a checkmate certificate to cap it off! 128 pages, 315 b/w illus., 8 x 10.

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Winning Chess Piece by Piece

The Chess Player's Bible: Illustrated Strategies for Staying Ahead of the Game

Chess and the Art of War: Ancient Wisdom to Make You a Better Player

Chess for Children

Chess for Children

Playing Computer Chess: Getting The Most Out Of Your Game

Winning Chess Tactics & Strategies

Winning Chess Piece by Piece

Winning Chess Tactics & Strategies

Winning Chess Piece By Piece