Chess is Child's Play Teaching Techniques That Work
by Sherman, Laura; Kilpatrick, BillFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2012-05-16
Publisher(s): Mongoose Press
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Summary
Chess is Child's Play is a book written by parents, for parents. It is written for YOU!
Author Biography
Laura Sherman is a writer and chess coach who lives in Florida with her husband and three children Bill Kilpatrick is an entrepreneur specializing in advanced educational techniques. He lives in Southern California with his wife and four children.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. 9 |
| Authors' biographies | p. 10 |
| Why Chess? | p. 11 |
| What You Should Expect from the Lessons | p. 19 |
| Tips on Teaching | p. 23 |
| Special Exercises for Two- to Four-Year-Olds | p. 35 |
| The Rook | p. 49 |
| How to Take the Other Player's Pieces | p. 61 |
| The Bishop | p. 71 |
| How to Attack and Defend Pieces | p. 79 |
| The Queen | p. 97 |
| The King | p. 109 |
| Check | p. 113 |
| Checkmate | p. 125 |
| The Knight | p. 133 |
| The Pawn | p. 143 |
| Legal and Illegal Moves | p. 165 |
| How to Set Up the Chessboard | p. 169 |
| The First Game | p. 177 |
| Castling | p. 183 |
| Tips for How to Start a Game of Chess | p. 199 |
| Value of the Pieces | p. 217 |
| Your Pieces Can Get in the Way | p. 225 |
| More About Attacking | p. 233 |
| More About Defending | p. 241 |
| Getting Out of Check | p. 257 |
| More About Checkmate | p. 269 |
| Stalemate and Draw | p. 291 |
| Afterword | p. 302 |
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