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Checkmate! : the wonderful world of chess / John Foley

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Mortimer Children's, an imprint of Wellbeck Children's Limited, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Description: 112 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781839352485
  • 1839352485
  • 9781839352201
  • 1839352205
Subject(s):
Contents:
Let's play -- The history of chess -- Setting up the chessboard -- How to read a chess game -- Minigames -- The chess pieces: the pawn ; the bishop ; the rook ; the king ; the queen ; the knight -- Special moves -- Tricky tactics -- Attack & defense -- Check & checkmate -- Openings -- Strategy -- Endgames -- The touch move rule -- Using a chess clock -- Chess tournaments -- Chess & terminology -- Shirov v Polgár.
Summary: All-in-one guidebook to all aspects of chess, suitable for beginner, intermediate, and advanced players.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 794.1 F663 Available 33111011088230
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 794.1 F663 Checked out 07/09/2024 33111011187701
Children's Book Children's Book Northport Library Children's NonFiction 794.1 F663 Available 33111011136088
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Chess is the ultimate fun strategy game - and this is the perfect introduction to chess, whether you're a budding master or you've never played before.

In simple, fun stages, readers will learn what every piece can do, and how to use them on the board. Clear, original board diagrams make the action easy to understand. Readers will also discover the best tactics to use against their opponent, from how to counter the Queen's Gambit to how to avoid the Fool's Mate. There's plenty to discover about the wider world of chess too - including unusual trivia and unbelievable true chess stories from history. You'll also find a full glossary of chess terms and profiles of some of the world's greatest players inside.

Written with clarity and humour, this is the only guide any young chess player will need.

Includes glossary.

All-in-one guidebook to all aspects of chess, suitable for beginner, intermediate, and advanced players.

Let's play -- The history of chess -- Setting up the chessboard -- How to read a chess game -- Minigames -- The chess pieces: the pawn ; the bishop ; the rook ; the king ; the queen ; the knight -- Special moves -- Tricky tactics -- Attack & defense -- Check & checkmate -- Openings -- Strategy -- Endgames -- The touch move rule -- Using a chess clock -- Chess tournaments -- Chess & terminology -- Shirov v Polgár.

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