Product Description
Become a Chess Champion Learn the Basics from a Pro
Authors: James Canty III, Neon Squid
Format: Hardcover
Recommended for ages 8+
Professional chess player James Canty III guides young beginners through the basics of the game in this course-style handbook, illustrated by Brian Lambert. Mini games and puzzles introduce key ideas at a manageable pace, teaching skills like playing a strong opening and setting up checkmate until readers can confidently challenge their families.
Along the way they meet a player who went 30 years without a loss, the priest who invented the folding board, and astronauts who played a match from the International Space Station. Chess also builds strategy, patience and logic that carry over into subjects such as maths.
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