Chess for Kids
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- Create Date：2021-04-05 11:58:08
- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Michael Basman
- ISBN：075661807X
- Environment：PC/Android/iPhone/iPad/Kindle
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Summary
Want to become a chess Grandmaster？
International Master and renowned chess tutor Michael Basman teaches you the rules， skills， and techniques in this visual guide to chess。
From the history of chess and the aim of the game to essential tactics and taking it even farther in clubs， tournaments， and championships， Chess for Kids covers it all。
Before explaining techniques， the book details each piece - pawns， bishops， the king， and more - to ensure kids have a comprehensive understanding before they begin to play。 Chess board graphics illustrate different scenarios and support the text explanations so readers can visualize different moves and their potential outcomes as they go。
Let Chess for Kids and International Master Michael Basman turn you into a champion chess player。
Reviews
Andy Fiedler
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Clear， easy to follow， and engaging。
Shu
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One can tell the author is someone who loves chess and loves teaching chess to kids。 My 5-year old enjoyed many of the “It’s your move！” chess puzzles。 The layout is classic DK Publishing， multicolored and nonlinear， which doesn’t seem to match the classic aesthetics of chess， IMO。
AMY
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45 pages。 Great book for beginners and higher。 There are very nice photos and diagrams of the basics of this game， as well as moves。 The author includes lots of chess problems to solve。 The answers are given at the end of the book。 I learned a lot about this game that I did not know。 I think it would be a great book to have on hand for chess club members or just in a good library collection。 Highly recommended for Grades 3 and up。
James Weakley
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From providing a brief but complete history of the game to including overviews of the individual pieces， Basman uses this short book to its full effect。 He prepares young players to explore strategies for defence， attack， and concluding each game， while providing examples of how to gain experience through playing multiple games with a variety of people。 Chess for Kids is an excellent resource for new players and a wonderful refresh course for more experienced players。
Haley Hoenke
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Rebekah Sheppard
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Excellent visuals of tactics well explained。
Lisa
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we've borrowed this a couple times from the library since the kids have become interested in chess。 I would love to buy it for our library。 It has little situations to figure out。 It would help me with my chess！ we've borrowed this a couple times from the library since the kids have become interested in chess。 I would love to buy it for our library。 It has little situations to figure out。 It would help me with my chess！ 。。。more
Christy Baker
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For the most part， this was a good overview to a complex game of strategy， though parts of it were a bit weighty in description even as an adult reading it who is unfamiliar with the game play。 I did find the diagrams and pictures helpful and the additional resources section at the bank was well done。 The encouragement to try out moves and answer questions and play rounds was handled well given the limitations of book format。
Todd
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A great book for children and novice chess players alike。 The illustrations are easy to understand and easy to put into play。
David Natiuk
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It's a difficult task to make a game like Chess approachable and interesting for children under the age of about 8 or 9。 I think "Chess for Kids" does an admirable job with lots of colorful pictures， a good outline， and logical steps from total beginner to beginner Chess Player。 It seems to me that many Chess authors because of their high skill level （or else they wouldn't be writing a book， right？） are sometimes challenged when trying to keep everything on a beginner level。 They'll put in "exam It's a difficult task to make a game like Chess approachable and interesting for children under the age of about 8 or 9。 I think "Chess for Kids" does an admirable job with lots of colorful pictures， a good outline， and logical steps from total beginner to beginner Chess Player。 It seems to me that many Chess authors because of their high skill level （or else they wouldn't be writing a book， right？） are sometimes challenged when trying to keep everything on a beginner level。 They'll put in "examples" or "tests" which are quite difficult， but probably seem simple to them。 I didn't find that here， but rather a good mix of beginner and slightly challenging examples。The one thing I felt could be improved on is the style & size of the tests。 They are rather small， and the black & red contrasting pieces is not standard Black & White。 I felt it made it harder to read than it had to be， and seemed like a non-standard approach。 But overall， I'd recommend this book to the beginner chess player。 It's readable by an 8-year old， and can be used in conjunction with an adult for those kids picking up the game even younger。 。。。more
Michael
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While originally for Ian， I learned quite a bit from this book。
erin g
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joy came home from australia enamored with the life-sized chess game she saw there and wanted to learn how to play。 this book was a necessary reference， as i'm a bit rusty。 no little kid is gonna read it themselves， i don't think--it's a bit advanced for her at 6--but the big pictures are great， and there are little fun-facts on each page which were interesting and entertaining to her as well as me。 joy came home from australia enamored with the life-sized chess game she saw there and wanted to learn how to play。 this book was a necessary reference， as i'm a bit rusty。 no little kid is gonna read it themselves， i don't think--it's a bit advanced for her at 6--but the big pictures are great， and there are little fun-facts on each page which were interesting and entertaining to her as well as me。 。。。more
Reference
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hathitrust digital library https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ls?q1=Chess for Kids&field1=ocr&a=srchls&ft=ft&lmt=ft
The British Library https://bll01.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Chess for Kids&tab=LibraryCatalog&search_scope=Not_BL_Suppress&vid=44BL_INST:BLL01&lang=en&offset=0