Winning Chess Puzzles For Kids

Practice makes progress! Sharpen your chess skills—and win more games—with this fun workbook of chess exercises for kids ages 8 to 12. Remembering rules, understanding all the different tactics and strategies, and recognizing patterns of play—chess can be a complicated game to learn! That’s why Woman International Master (WIM) Viktoria Ni created this chess workbook with clear step-by-step instructions and annotated diagrams that show chess concepts in action. Packed with fun exercises, Winning Chess Exercises for Kids will help kids better recognize chess strategy and execute key chess tactics during the opening, middle game, and endgame. Whether your kid is just starting to play chess or is already chess-obsessed and wants to take their skills to the next level, this workbook will help them learn faster, practice smarter, and win more! Chess fundamentals every player should know. From strong chess openings and common checkmate patterns to potent attack tactics and clever defensive strategies. Over 350 exercises to play, practice, and solve. Increase understanding of chess basics and improve pattern recognition and board visualization. Clear annotated diagrams. Make learning and understanding chess tactics a breeze. Learn from a Woman International Master and expert teacher. Kid-friendly instruction that is accessible for beginners and stimulating for more experienced chess players. Answer key with explanations. So kids can better understand the thinking behind each move.

This accessible how-to guide for parents and teachers on the best way to teach chess to children, from international chess expert Richard James, is linked to both his bestselling book, Chess for Kids, and his website chessKIDS academy. James, who taught grandmasters Luke McShane and Jonathan Rowson, shows how learning chess is interesting and fun. It can also help children develop life skills, such as decision-making and social skills, and be a springboard to other subjects in the school curriculum, such as maths, science, history and even languages. In an easy-to-follow, fun way, James explains how to structure short lessons with worksheets and other activities to introduce the chess pieces, chess notation and chess-board dynamics - so that children can understand the thinking behind the moves and start playing and enjoying this fascinating game.

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.

Chess is not only a complicated game adults enjoy but also great fun for young children. There are many advantages of playing chess from a young age. Regardless of the child's age, chess develops concentration, increases patience and positively affects the intellectual and emotional development of the child. Chess is a game that develops perceptiveness, imagination and the ability to focus on a specific task. The development of the brain’s left hemisphere which is responsible for logical thinking takes place through counting combinations, whereas the development of the right hemisphere, which is responsible for creative thinking, occurs by arranging new plans and finding new non-standard moves in different positions. The diagrams in the book have been arranged in order from the easiest to the most difficult. At the beginning the child is told which piece to capture, for example a bishop. Then a few chapters later we can slightly raise the level and in chapter 5 the child is asked to capture a piece but without a hint of which one specifically. Because children between the age of 5-6 often do not see check, a full chapter is devoted to defending the king from being placed in check. One chapter is devoted to finding the checkmate in one move. I have also prepared a chapter dedicated to finding a fork and the goal is to find a move other than capturing. At the end of each chapter there is a friendly "chess critter" which is a reward for the child for correctly solving the tasks from the chapter. You can print a copy of the critter and let your child colour it the way they like. When your child gets a "chess critter" as a prize – it will make them happy and they will treat chess as fun instead of a very complicated and tiring task. The Author, Maksim Aksanov, wrote this book with the help of his 6 year old daughter. Through working with her, he could see which elements of the game are the most difficult for a child. He prepared a series of diagrams that allow a child to develop smoothly and learn this very difficult game. The basic problem that most or even all children have to face is perceptiveness. There are many different chess pieces and when they all come into play it can be confusing and cause the child to lose their concentration. Most often, children make mistakes such as they don't see a check, they don’t see the possibility of capturing a piece or they don't notice a checkmate in one move. One thing your child will appreciate most is that playing chess is also great fun and we all want our children to develop through play.

Tactics are the most important things to know in chess, so in order to win, tactics must be learned and mastered. Legal Attack is a guidebook intended for players who have just begun their journeys into the world of chess. Chess basics are first introduced, followed by a focus on puzzles. This book has 300 chess puzzles categorized under 30 powerful chess tactics. Practicing these puzzles will help recognize standard patterns to improve and win your games. These puzzles are organized from simple to complex, gradually taking readers through the important aspects of chess. Puzzles elaborate on tactics, mates, and traps. The solutions to all the puzzles are at the end of the book, so students of this sport can refer to them at any time. Almost all chess games are decided by a tactical blunder, so mastering the basics and developing an advanced technique will help players win every game.