Winning Chess Puzzles for Kids
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Description
Winning Chess Puzzles For Kids is the perfect introduction to basic chess tactics for children ages 7 to 13. Full of imaginative drawings, this fun and instructive workbook combines standard chess problems with a variety of insightful chess-related puzzles. The main part of the book consists of exercise sheets with more than 1000 positions, covering mates in one or two moves, and simple tactics such as forks, pins, and discovered checks. There are also over 100 pages of additional material with names like Lily's Puzzlers, Combo Mombo, Kiril's Kontest, Who's The Goof, and Switcheroos, as well as word searches and chess mazes. This book can be studied by itself or used as a supplement to the author's earlier works: Winning Chess Strategy For Kids and Winning Chess Exercises For Kids. Taken together, they make a complete course of instruction for the aspiring player.
Specifications
| Best Sellers Rank | #214,141 in Children's Books (Books) |
| Isbn 10 | 189552511X |
| Isbn 13 | 978-1895525113 |
| Item Weight | 1.92 pounds |
| Language | English |
| Print Length | 304 pages |
| Publication Date | November 11, 2006 |
| Publisher | Chess'n Math Association |
| Reading Age | 5 - 7 years |
Reviews
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Excellent Beginner Puzzle Book!!
I'm a beginner adult chess hobbyist and I can't recommend this book enough for beginners like me. Most of the Puzzles are easy to help you clearly see checkmate positions, forks, pins etc. Others like the Mate in 2 or Triple Loyds are more challenging!If I was a kid wanting to really learn chess, I would definitely enjoy this book. In fact, I'm writing all of my answers in a separate note book so that MY child will have the opportunity to go through this workbook.
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Jeff Coakley is the greatest chess writer for kids ever
Jeff Coakley writes the best scholastic chess teaching books ever. This book combines conventional mate in 1 and 2 with tactics and instructive original problems (who's the goof?, helpmates, switcheroos, etc). If you are teaching a chess club, you won't regret ordering this book and his others (esp Winning Chess Strategy for Kids).
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Five Stars
Fabulous resource for chess coaches/teachers and students. Engaging for children and adults.
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Pages Falling Out
My kids like the book. My 12 year old has about an 800 rating and thinks its a little too easy but he's not far into the book yet. My 8 year old - not rated - thinks its a challenge. Problem with the binding on the copy we received and many pages coming out.
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giant book
The price is up there but my son's chess coach recommended it so I bought it. It is a very big volume containing hundreds and hundreds of puzzles and exercises to keep the kids' minds going. Since my 7yo took his first chess class he came home and beat me so I am no longer useful to him. This book gives him something to think about since I cannot help him anymore!
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Great - for Adults, Too!
It's great -- gives me a lot of practice in learning the strategy and tactics of chess.
User
Great Book for Chess lovers
Great Book, recommended by my son's chess teacher. We get a lot of use out of it. He is in 5th grade.
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A Gift My Son REALLY Liked
My son teaches chess as part of his elementary school day care work at his Jiu-Jitsu studio. He was really excited to get this book. It is a great tool to enhance his program curriculum.
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