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Chess is fun! This follow-up to the bestselling Batsford Book of Chess for Children is a lively collection of chess puzzles, games and activities, guaranteed to increase your child''s enjoyment of the game while improving their skills and deepening their understanding. In conversational text aimed at children aged 7 and up, our two chess-obsessed heroes Jess and Jamie address the reader in a straightforward and relatable way, and this time they''re joined by their friends Harry and Marnie, who are as mad about chess as they are! Explore fun problems and puzzles such as the Box ''Em In Challenge, easy chess variants such as Three Check Chess and Progressive Chess, a heap of guess-the-next-move quizzes, and revision pages to help remind children of the chess basics. This book works well as a companion to Chess for Children but also as a standalone activity book. Whether your child is just beginning to learn chess or already gripped by the game, Chess for Children Activity Book will help you encourage their interest and make learning chess a real pleasure.
List of contents
- Introduction
- Revision Time: The Pawn
- Pawn Wars Strategy
- Revision Time: Rooks, Bishops
and Queens - Cops and Robbers Strategy
- Revision Time: Knights
- Hungry Horse Strategy
- A Knight's Tour
- Chess Variants
- Jesön Mor
- Revision Time: The King
- Mine Alert
- Introduction to Strategy
- Strategize: Knights vs. Bishops
- Revision Time: Chess Notation
- Co-ordinate Bingo
- Revision Time: Check and Checkmate
- Checkmate Challenge
- Puzzle Time: Mate in One
- Three Check Chess
- Thinking Ahead
- Puzzle Time: Mate in Two
- Progressive Chess
- Revision Time: Scoring Points
- Chess Maths
- Good Capture/Bad Capture?
- Giveaway Chess
- Strategize: Opening Principles
- Puzzle Time: Yes, No or Maybe
- Revision Time: Pins, Forks
and Skewers - SPAF
- Revision Time: More Tactics
- Spot the Tactic
- Spot the Threat, Stop the Threat
- Walk the Dog Challenge
- Shadow Mate Challenge
- Box 'em in Challenge
- Game Time: Guess the Move
- Bughouse
- Goodbye
- Glossary
- Index
- Answers to Puzzles
