Chess for Kids: How to Play and Win

Author(s): Richard James

Children's Reference

An introduction to chess for children from the age of seven upwards. This book contains 30 short lessons, starting with learning about the board and the pieces, then the moves of each piece in turn, then the vital concepts of check, checkmate and stalemate, and finally basic strategy and thinking skills.


Product Information

A fun book that teaches children (from the age of 7 upwards) how to play chess.

Richard James has been teaching chess to children since the early 1970s, running Richmond Junior Chess Club for more than 30 years, where he worked closely with such future stars as Luke McShane and Jonathan Rowson. He has an international reputation as an expert on how young children learn chess, having had an article on the subject published in The Chess Instructor 2009, published by New In Chess. Richard is the webmaster of chessKIDS academy, a website pioneering online interactive chess instruction for young children. He also has a particular interest in promoting chess among children on the Autistic Spectrum.

General Fields

  • : 9780716022541
  • : Little, Brown Book Group Limited
  • : Right Way
  • : 0.405
  • : July 2010
  • : 197mm X 130mm X 15mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : December 2010
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Richard James
  • : Paperback
  • : 1
  • : English
  • : 192