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Chess for Kids
Product Type: Book
Product Price: $6.99
Manufacturer: DK CHILDREN
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Description
International Master Michael Basman puts 20 years of experience teaching children how to play chess into this systematic, succinct, and thorough book.
Reviews
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-06-17
Summary: "Chess For Kids, Chess Player Instruction Book"
Great book for the beginner chess player of alll ages, and for those who need to brush up on their chess game skills. Easy to read/use!Chess for Kids
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-02-02
Summary: "Great Chess Book for Kids"
I bought this for a 7 year old girl who was just starting to play chess. However, looking at it, I was really impressed with its terrific overview and clear presentation. It is good for beginning and intermediate players of any age.
Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2009-10-09
Summary: "Chess for Kids book"
Really good book to help kids understand how to play chess. I bought this for my son who likes to beat his dad at chess! Well worth the money!
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2009-10-03
Summary: "Helpful and Approachable Introduction to a Fascinating Game"
This is an excellent overview and primer for young people just developing an interest in chess. The "for Kids" title may be a bit off-putting; the target age range is probably from, say, advanced 4th grade to early high school. However, the text is welcoming and easy to understand without being condescending.
The book flows well - from a simple overview of the game to a clear explanation of the function of each piece, to a basic introduction to rules and then strategy. It includes engaging exercises and teaching games that are more than simple question/answer problems, and will help a beginning student get a feel for aspects of the game before being thrown in to full-length games. It introduces chess notation and the rules of the game, but in a simple and natural way; it does not force the student to memorize confusing arcana before being able to play and enjoy the game. Text passages are short and clear, and keyed to attractive color photos and diagrams that illustrate board positions and piece moves. (The diagrams may sometimes be slightly confusing to a student with no prior knowledge, but in general are very good.) There are also frequent sidebars with interesting explanations and chess tidbits.
All in all, I think this book is a remarkably clear, informative, helpful, and engaging introduction. It should take a learner with no experience in chess up to the level of being able to play effectively and to begin to appreciate strategy. I bought it to use in teaching my 5th/6th-grade nephews the game, but I have to say I am learning things from it! It will also be helpful for students who already know the rudiments of the game but have not had systematic teaching. (Students who are ready to begin learning standard openings and strategy in a serious way should use a more advanced book.) It can be used independently by any student with moderate reading skills, but the student will benefit from having an experienced instructor as well.
Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2008-09-27
Summary: "Awakening the mind's power in "friendly rivalry""
My nearly-teenaged son's embarrassed by the title when I've carried it in public to study, but he and I have managed to learn (some of) the basics with ease thanks to the clear illustrations, concise explanations, and large format. As with any Dorling Kindersley book, it's attractively designed. Like Daniel King's "Chess" primer (reviewed by me recently here), the graphics can be seen from a distance, which assists you when you follow the moves on a board. It can be laid open for study, and unlike small paperbound introductions, this advantage-- while it may mean less detailed information given the oversized layout can be transmitted to the eye-- invites the hesitant or impatient beginner to try out the strategies.
Basman's prose favors terseness, but he teaches you with memorable metaphors that follow the military inspiration of the game. "The power of the mind-- the avenue to success in business and study-- is awakened, developed, and strengthened by chess." (8) Castling "moves your king to safety, almost as though he is in a real castle." (22) Pawns, knights, and bishops enter early as a "light brigade;" rooks move like two tanks with the queen as a "rocket launcher."
He gives five easy rules for openings, diagrams to understand capturing and value, recapturing, safe and safe-enough moves, and a mental checklist to use before moves. Pins and forks with a simple diagram and a paragraph become comprehensible by the colored squares the photos add to show moves. These are readable and concise. Not only endgames and defensive moves and counterattacks but notably draws earn attention.
There's minimal space devoted to the history and lore; this focuses more on the tactics. Each piece receives a page that shows how it moves and also how it captures. Simple exercises invite you to practice what's been shown. I do find that notation tends in beginner's guides to be taught quickly, and while the basics upon reflection do prove obvious, Basman's book encourages the reader to continue writing the notation and following sample games with a board to supplement the book's directions.
DK's style may emphasize the pictorial over the textual, but for chess, this stress does match the necessity for one to begin as soon as possible to visualize the action. This directness may, however, be a weakness for rapid learners, who I reckon will outgrow much of this book quickly. As I mentioned earlier, the pace moves fast here, and King's text may please learners at a slightly more advanced level. Basman's book's suited for a casual first-timer, and certainly a long shelf of intermediate books can follow once the learner's grasped the basics here.
The text also adds a short glossary, a few websites, and addresses for chess federations that eager players may want to visit to expand their competence. While's there's not as much depth given to the context and culture of chess, the diagrams do draw your eye to the conflicts diagrammed and this visual concentration does match the large-format DK design well. It's probably also more widely distributed in bookstores than more specialized (if probably more profound) texts, available for quick purchase for not only kids but grown-ups wishing (like me) to learn, whatever one's age, this bracing and imaginative pursuit.