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How to Play Chess
Learn chess the fun way and add firepower to your chess strategies with this beginner’s guide to the world's most popular game of skill.
From the opening move to checkmate, How to Play Chess is an easy-to-follow guide to achieve grandmaster greatness. Perfect for children aged 8–13, this companion explains chess tactics and strategies in simple language supported by amazing 3-D images. Starting with basic terms and techniques, this book will make you a chess champion and teach you master tips to impress your opponents.
The book begins with a short history of chess and also explains the basic rules and objectives of the game. It contains descriptions of popular moves and the reference section illustrates the moves of one of the most famous chess games – the Opera Game played by the Duke of Brunswick in 1858.
Grab a copy of How to Play Chess and learn to solve the toughest of chess challenges.
From the opening move to checkmate, How to Play Chess is an easy-to-follow guide to achieve grandmaster greatness. Perfect for children aged 8–13, this companion explains chess tactics and strategies in simple language supported by amazing 3-D images. Starting with basic terms and techniques, this book will make you a chess champion and teach you master tips to impress your opponents.
The book begins with a short history of chess and also explains the basic rules and objectives of the game. It contains descriptions of popular moves and the reference section illustrates the moves of one of the most famous chess games – the Opera Game played by the Duke of Brunswick in 1858.
Grab a copy of How to Play Chess and learn to solve the toughest of chess challenges.
72 pages, Hardcover
Published October 11, 2016
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9,125 books2,072 followersDorling Kindersley (DK) is a British multinational publishing company specializing in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 62 languages. It is part of Penguin Random House, a consumer publishing company jointly owned by Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA and Pearson PLC. Bertelsmann owns 53% of the company and Pearson owns 47%.
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Established in 1974, DK publishes a range of titles in genres including travel (including Eyewitness Travel Guides), arts and crafts, business, history, cooking, gaming, gardening, health and fitness, natural history, parenting, science and reference. They also publish books for children, toddlers and babies, covering such topics as history, the human body, animals and activities, as well as licensed properties such as LEGO, Disney and DeLiSo, licensor of the toy Sophie la Girafe. DK has offices in New York, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto and Melbourne.
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September 30, 2021
The explanations and the illustrations in this book make the book easy to be understood by the newbie.
This book covers all the principle in the chess game. Worth to read!
This book covers all the principle in the chess game. Worth to read!
October 20, 2022
Informative but worth reading for only beginners.
December 31, 2022
It is an introduction to chess but it provides a nice revision as well. Nice to read it while practically performing the moves on the board. The last chapter was on a match between Paul Murphy and the Duke of Brunswick. It was a nice presentation. Hope that I found other books with similar presentation.
January 11, 2019
Beautifully illustrated in 3D making it very easy to follow. Children can learn chess from this and refer to it when they grow up. A nice book to have on the shelf.
October 19, 2024
I have been a volunteer chess coach for a local grade school team for 5 years. I always give the new chess players a beginner's book each year. I have also looked for a book that would work as a complement to what I teach in the class.
This is the best beginner's chess book that I have found. It is very similar to what I teach during the year, so I bought one for each chess family to use as a guidebook. I use a very large hanging magnetic chess set when I provide instruction. This will be an excellent review for the players to review at home.
It shows all the basic moves in a large format with many pictures. It will certainly improve their performance if the use this as a supplement.
Highly recommended for new chess players or teachers of new players.
This is the best beginner's chess book that I have found. It is very similar to what I teach during the year, so I bought one for each chess family to use as a guidebook. I use a very large hanging magnetic chess set when I provide instruction. This will be an excellent review for the players to review at home.
It shows all the basic moves in a large format with many pictures. It will certainly improve their performance if the use this as a supplement.
Highly recommended for new chess players or teachers of new players.
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