Checkmate!: My First Chess Book (Everyman Chess)
by Garry Kasparov
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Author: Garry KasparovEdition: Hardcover
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2004-10-01
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 98
Publisher: Everyman Chess
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Book Review: Great for us old fogies, too. Keep on learning!
Summary: 4 Stars
Yesterday I took a magnetic chess board I bought on Amazon to my weekly visit with an 86 year old friend who had stated a desire to try learning chess again. (We had both played with little skill or knowledge when we were younger.) I went online to find us the basics so we could stumble our way through our first game. I had this book when I got home and started reading it. I have already found three important moves we did not know about. (Granted, we were too impatient to read all the way through the online instruction!) Castling, pawns capturing pawns "en passant", and promoting pawns that reach the far side of the board will certainly make chess even more challenging!
I think the typeface will be easy for Nelda to read, and the graphical board representations are easier to see than some other books I paged through. The "3D" images may be harder for her to make out; that remains to be seen. I think the hardback format will also be easier for her to handle than a paperback, even if they typeface in the paperbacks were not too hard to read.
You don't need to be a child to appreciate this book. At 56 I am not ashamed to say I am finding it quite useful.
Summary of Checkmate!: My First Chess Book (Everyman Chess)
Discover all the various pieces - the king, the queen, the knights, the bishops and the pawns. Find out how the pieces move, the values of the chessmen, how to attack and how to defend, how to capture, how to employ special moves such as castling, how to write the moves down and, crucially, how to give check and deliver checkmate. Learn the numerous tricks and traps that you can set your unwary opponents and, just as importantly, how to avoid falling into them yourself. Make a journey through this book and, with the help of the world's best player, readers will be ready for your first chess battle.*Covers all the crucial rules, aims and aspects of the game
*Full color illustrations throughout
*Innovative design
*Written by a legend of the chess world
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