Chess is Child#8217;s Play: Teaching Techniques That Work

Chess is Child#8217;s Play: Teaching Techniques That Work

 Chess is Child's Play is a book written by parents, for parents. It is written for YOU!Chess is one of the oldest strategy games known to man. Studies show that children who learn chess at an early age gain such valuable life skills as: Problem-solving ability Enhanced imaginationImproved patience and focusGreater self-confidence.Chess educators Laura Sherman and Bill Kilpatrick have created an easy, step-by-step method for teaching chess that parents of all skill levels can use to teach children of any age. You don't have to know how to play in order to use the system. This book will teach you the game, while showing you how to teach your child to play. You will learn together.Chess makes children smarter. Give your child an advantage in life and teach him or her to play today!About the AuthorsLaura Sherman founded Your Chess Coach, with her husband, Dan Sherman, teaching chess to children through various schools.Bill Kilpatrick, founder of several professional specialty schools, brings an entrepreneurial spirit to chess coaching. Together they provide consulting around the globe helping improve the ability of coaches, parents and educators to teach chess to children.

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Thinking With Chess: Teaching Children Ages 5-14

Thinking With Chess: Teaching Children Ages 5-14

 What#8217;s the best way to teach chess to children? Thinking with Chess: Teaching Children Ages 5-14 is a handbook for teachers, librarians, after-school instructors, chess coaches, counselors, and parents that requires no prior knowledge of the game. Both novices and veteran chess players can use its innovative lesson plans for teaching groups of children.InThinking with Chess, Dr. Alexey Root connects chess with skills important to academic success, such as classifying, pattern recognition, decoding,

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The Soviet Chess Primer by Ilya Maizelis (miękka okładka)

The Soviet Chess Primer by Ilya Maizelis (miękka okładka)

Książka wydana w języku angielskim. Miękka okładka.Ilya Maizelis#8217;s masterpiece is the definitive introduction to the game of chess. It has inspired generations of Russians to take up the game, including arguably the two greatest players of all time, the 12th and 13th World Champions.In the original Russian, this landmark work is simply called #8220;Chess#8221; – no other explanation was considered necessary. The Soviet Chess Primer is a modern English translation of Maizelis#8217;s witty introduction

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The Soviet Chess Primer by Ilya Maizelis (twarda okładka)

The Soviet Chess Primer by Ilya Maizelis (twarda okładka)

Książka wydana w języku angielskim. Twarda okładka.Ilya Maizelis#8217;s masterpiece is the definitive introduction to the game of chess. It has inspired generations of Russians to take up the game, including arguably the two greatest players of all time, the 12th and 13th World Champions.In the original Russian, this landmark work is simply called #8220;Chess#8221; – no other explanation was considered necessary. The Soviet Chess Primer is a modern English translation of Maizelis#8217;s witty introduction

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Capablanca: A Primer of Checkmate

Capablanca: A Primer of Checkmate

José Raúl Capablanca is renowned for his exquisite positional play and flawless endgame technique. But #8220;The Chess Machine#8221; was also a master of that other way to deliver mate: the attack on the enemy king.In this groundbreaking work, award-winning chess coach and author Frisco Del Rosario shines a long-overdue light on this neglected aspect of Capablanca#8217;s record. He illustrates how the Cuban genius used positional concepts to build up irresistible king hunts, embodying the principles

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The Secret Ingredient by Jan Markos and David Navara (twarda okładka)

The Secret Ingredient by Jan Markos and David Navara (twarda okładka)

Wersja językowa książki - angielska. Twarda okładka.The Secret Ingredient is a grandmaster guide to maximizing your chess results, focusing on key elements of practical play which have received little to no attention in previous chess literature.How exactly can we best make use of computers? What#8217;s the ideal, step-by-step process for preparing against a specific opponent? How can we optimize our time management at the board? And what#8217;s the one key skill that separates the best players from those

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The Silicon Road to Chess Improvement

The Silicon Road to Chess Improvement

Miękka okładka. Wydanie w języku angielskim. 560 stron.Książka jest zbiorem partii komentowanych oraz analiz gry silników szachowych. Traktuje o technikach i ideach używanych przez komputery i jest próbą określenia elementów jakie każdy szachista może poprawić ucząc się poprzez obserwację gry silników.Opis ze strony wydawnictwa:Matthew Sadler presents a unique set of methods to work out using an engine.Preparing openings and training early middlegame play, the conversion of advantages, positional play,and

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Under the Surface by Jan Markos (miękka okładka)

Under the Surface by Jan Markos (miękka okładka)

Książka w języku angielskim.The most significant difference between a grandmaster and a club player is not simply that the grandmaster calculates more accurately, but rather that he sees more deeply. This book invites you beneath the surface, where you can learn to navigate the depths of chess. Jan Markos shows how a strong player perceives chess, which features of a position he focuses on, and how he thinks at the board.The author#8217;s philosophy is that understanding chess brings pure happiness, and h

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Best Play: A New Method to Find the Strongest Move

Best Play: A New Method to Find the Strongest Move

 With a foreword by Alexander Morozevich:Have you ever wished for a #8220;formula#8221; to help you decide what move to make in any given chess position? In this ambitious and groundbreaking work, physicist and chess master Alexander Shashin presents the fruit of three decades of research into the elements of the game. He breaks down the position into mathematical ratios that compare the fundamental factors of material, mobility, safety, and space for each side, leading you to the proper plan and the ment

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Under the Surface by Jan Markos (twarda okładka)

Under the Surface by Jan Markos (twarda okładka)

Książka wydana w języku angielskim. Twarda okładka. The most significant difference between a grandmaster and a club player is not simply that the grandmaster calculates more accurately, but rather that he sees more deeply. This book invites you beneath the surface, where you can learn to navigate the depths of chess. Jan Markos shows how a strong player perceives chess, which features of a position he focuses on, and how he thinks at the board.The author#8217;s philosophy is that understanding chess brin

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Improve Your Chess Calculation - R.B. Ramesh

Improve Your Chess Calculation - R.B. Ramesh

Książka wydana w języku angielskim. Okładka miękka.Calculation is key to winning chess games. Converting your chess knowledge into concrete moves requires calculation and precise visualization.The bad news: calculation is hard work. You cannot rely on feeling or intuition – you will have to turn on your brainpower. The good news: you can improve your calculation skills by training. Set up a position on a chessboard and try to solve exercises without moving the pieces!Grandmaster Ramesh RB is the perfect c

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Leningrad Dutch by Mihail Marin (twarda okładka)

Leningrad Dutch by Mihail Marin (twarda okładka)

Wersja językowa książki - angielska. Twarda okładka.The Dutch is renowned as a fighting weapon against 1.d4, as 1...f5 immediately sets up an unbalanced struggle. Then Black#8217;s kingside fianchetto, which defines the Leningrad Dutch, allows pawn-storming play in similar style to the King#8217;s Indian Defence. Mihail Marin is the ideal author to explain both the strategic ideas and the latest theory.Leningrad Dutch covers lines where White also fianchettoes his king#8217;s bishop – these lines are the

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Leningrad Dutch by Mihail Marin (miękka okładka)

Leningrad Dutch by Mihail Marin (miękka okładka)

Wersja językowa książki - angielska. Miękka okładka.The Dutch is renowned as a fighting weapon against 1.d4, as 1...f5 immediately sets up an unbalanced struggle. Then Black#8217;s kingside fianchetto, which defines the Leningrad Dutch, allows pawn-storming play in similar style to the King#8217;s Indian Defence. Mihail Marin is the ideal author to explain both the strategic ideas and the latest theory.Leningrad Dutch covers lines where White also fianchettoes his king#8217;s bishop – these lines are the

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My System by Aron Nimzowitsch (twarda okładka)

My System by Aron Nimzowitsch (twarda okładka)

Wersja językowa książki - angielska. Aron Nimzowitsch was one of the greatest chess players of the 1920s and 1930s, ranked just behind the famous World Champions Alekhine and Capablanca. His reputation as an author is higher still.My System is at the top of a very short list of chess classics. Nimzowitsch#8217;s ideas have had a profound influence on modern chess thinking. Most chess masters will at some point have studied Nimzowitsch#8217;s work, and not to have read My System is by many regarded as a sh

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Alma by Judit Berg (twarda okładka)

Alma by Judit Berg (twarda okładka)

Wersja językowa książki - angielska.On a fateful summer afternoon Alma, Drifter, Felix and Bella are mysteriously transported to an alien world. Can they find their way back home? To succeed, they will need to make clever decisions – and perhaps even some sacrifices.Judit Berg is an award-winning, best-selling children#8217;s author from Hungary. In Alma, with the help of Judit Polgar, the best female chess player of all time, she shares the magic of chess with the readers in an exciting adventure story!T

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Dutch Sidelines by Mihail Marin (miękka okładka)

Dutch Sidelines by Mihail Marin (miękka okładka)

Wersja językowa książki - angielska. Miękka okładka.The Dutch is one Black#8217;s most ambitious replies to 1.d4, as with 1...f5 Black creates asymmetrical and richly complex play. Mihail Marin is the ideal author to explain both the strategic ideas and the latest theory.Dutch Sidelines covers lines where White does not fianchetto his king#8217;s bishop. These include 1.d4 f5 2.c4 lines, as well as Anti-Dutch options such as 2.Bg5, 2.Nc3 and various gambits. In addition, the author offers extensive guidan

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