Chess for Children edition by Murray Chandler Helen Milligan Humor Entertainment eBooks
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A new edition of the internationally best-selling chess book for children.
"...the book is well thought out and can be enjoyed by kids as young as 5." - Lubomir Kavalek, Washington Post
With this charming book, children will delight in learning the basic moves of chess - the most popular and challenging strategy game of all. All the rules of chess are clearly explained, step by step, assuming no prior knowledge. The lessons are reinforced by the inventive tales that George is told by his pet alligator Kirsty, self-proclaimed Grand Alligator of chess.
Chess is recognized in many countries as a useful tool for developing creative thinking in children. Although chess can be regarded as a rather complex and mysterious game, the rules themselves are straightforward. It doesn't take long to learn how the pieces move, and even children as young as five can enjoy exciting games. They will also thoroughly enjoy outwitting friends and relatives!
"Chess For Children is attractively produced and user friendly for kids. The diagrams are large and clear and there are cartoons throughout the book that reinforce the subject matter. ... It's a perfect book for younger ones to work on with their parents. Recommended." - US Team Captain John Donaldson
Murray Chandler gained the chess Grandmaster title by winning events in New York and Amsterdam. During 28 years as a professional player, he has taken part in over 150 international tournaments, in 32 different countries. His previous books include the best-selling How to Beat Your Dad at Chess and Chess Tactics for Kids.
Dr Helen Milligan is a World Chess Federation woman master, and a former British Ladies Champion. She has represented Scotland in ten Chess Olympiads, and New Zealand in two.
"This is a kid-friendly book - a great way for kids to learn chess." - Michael Stevenson, NZ Chess
Chess for Children edition by Murray Chandler Helen Milligan Humor Entertainment eBooks
First let me say that overall this book is well-geared for children and adults alike. The content is excellent. HOWEVER there are HUGE printing errors that are massively confusing for one who actually reads the book and the moves closely.In the board depictions about taking the king the black king on the board is consistently illustrated as a white king in the move instructions. Particularly for young players still trying to figure out the notation system, this is highly confusing. I had to go through the book with a black pen and meticulously color-in the white king references that should have been black king references in the move instructions so that my grandsons wouldn't have whiplash from trying to figure out the book. This book has been in print since 2004. I am utterly shocked this has not been fully edited in the 2017 printing since this is the 12th reprinting of the book. Possibly this is a new error only in the 2017 re-print, but since I ordered this in December of 2017, it certainly seems someone would have noticed this and corrected it before...unless adults buy this book for kids to read and then wonder why the kids seem confused or turned off.
The author or publisher definitely needs to address this problem. If the rest of the book wasn't really good or if I was not willing to go through and take about an hour to color in the move depictions, the best place for this book is the trash bin. The last thing I want to do for my grandchildren is to get them confused about chess if they take the time to read this book carefully. Very counter-productive.
That said, with better key editing, this could be a very good book for kids.
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Chess for Children edition by Murray Chandler Helen Milligan Humor Entertainment eBooks Reviews
My 7 1/2 grandson is starting to learn how to play chess. He said he fines the book easy and helpful. I fine the book easy to understand.
This book is well written for children. My seven year old grandsons are using it to help learn the game of chess. Someday they will be great!
I bought this to use with my 5 year old grand kid. It has some excellent illustrations, exercises, and games I can play with him. It is a very good tool I can use to help him, and myself better learn chess. Not a story book.
I bought this to teach a kindergartner how to play. As I worked through it, I found it easier and more effective to just teach him straight ahead.
In other words, I walked him through the name and function of each piece. I explained the board and piece layout. I explained castling and en passant. He got it.
The exercises are good, but I used the book for ideas and for a sense of curriculum. That's why I give it four stars.
While the book may have been used differently than I expected, it served my goal to teach a young one chess.
Anthony Trendl
anthonytrendl.com
This book is awesome. My husband bought it to teach our grandson some chess strategies. My husband read it before passing it to our grandson. They have both enjoyed reading it and BOTH have learned strategies and techniques! The book is well written and entertaining. My grandson has loved it!!
Better for older children with some experience playing chess.. I needed something for my 6 yr. old granddaughter who expressed an interest in learning the game and for a grandparent to help but who knows nothing about the game. I ordered a few books while waiting for my book order from and found the library had what I was looking for. The Kids Book of Chess by Harvey Kidder was perfect for us. It is my granddaughter's favorite because it is written like a storybook. That and Chess for Children by Nottingham, Wade, and Lawrence were most helpful to me and provided a way to start playing the game in installments so it's not so overwhelming. I wish I had checked out the library offerings first before buying on line.
I just received this book and have spent about an hour looking through it. I'd been intending to give it to my niece and two nephews (11, 9, & 5 yrs old) but after being initially charmed by the illustrations and impressed by its comprehensiveness, I'm now having second thoughts. As has been noted in some of the other reviews, there's a real disparity between the book's packaging and its reading level. The illustrations, typeface, and page size certainly look like those of a children's primer, but the text actually reads like a CliffsNotes guide to the game, with liberal use of "i.e." and chess jargon that is often under-explained, or as in the case of "control" and "develop", never defined at all. The problem is most acute in the final 20 pages, a rushed, confusing, and (I imagine) intimidating introduction to openings and strategy. Pedagogically, what really differentiates much of this book from more adult-oriented tutorials is its terseness. Topics that would typically rate four or five pages in a book like "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Chess" are condensed to one, with most of the explanation appearing as captions to arrow-filled diagrams.
I suspect that publishers of children's books feel a need to keep their page counts down. Perhaps they think that expecting a nine-year-old to read more than a hundred pages about a topic like chess is just too much to ask. They might be right -- I don't know -- but the answer in that case is to market something that covers less of the game and in a more gentle fashion.
First let me say that overall this book is well-geared for children and adults alike. The content is excellent. HOWEVER there are HUGE printing errors that are massively confusing for one who actually reads the book and the moves closely.
In the board depictions about taking the king the black king on the board is consistently illustrated as a white king in the move instructions. Particularly for young players still trying to figure out the notation system, this is highly confusing. I had to go through the book with a black pen and meticulously color-in the white king references that should have been black king references in the move instructions so that my grandsons wouldn't have whiplash from trying to figure out the book. This book has been in print since 2004. I am utterly shocked this has not been fully edited in the 2017 printing since this is the 12th reprinting of the book. Possibly this is a new error only in the 2017 re-print, but since I ordered this in December of 2017, it certainly seems someone would have noticed this and corrected it before...unless adults buy this book for kids to read and then wonder why the kids seem confused or turned off.
The author or publisher definitely needs to address this problem. If the rest of the book wasn't really good or if I was not willing to go through and take about an hour to color in the move depictions, the best place for this book is the trash bin. The last thing I want to do for my grandchildren is to get them confused about chess if they take the time to read this book carefully. Very counter-productive.
That said, with better key editing, this could be a very good book for kids.
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