30 May 09
>I'm involved in teaching chess to kids in elementary schools and there's a book I've always used called, Winning Chess Strategy for Kids, by Jeff Coakley. It's good for any beginner, including adults, but it's aimed at children.
>It's written in a way to appeal to kids, with entertaining art work, kids' lingo, and easily understood language, and covers everything from the beginning to a whole range of advanced strategies such as pawn structure, combinations, and tactics. It's just 238 pages long but kids have no trouble going through it. If someone studies this book, it should take them up to about a 1400-1500 rating within a few months.
30 May 09
Originally posted by robbie carrobieLego Chess is great and my son loved it when he first started. Watch out for compatibility problems though, I tried to install in on my Windows Vista machine and it crashed every two minutes, even with the alledged patches installed.
it is not a book, but a cd rom for computer, lego chess, its a great little program for helping kids learn to play chess.
02 Jun 09
Originally posted by Fat LadyBoth these excellent books appear to be kid friendly with the cool cover design
How to Beat Your Dad at Chess and Chess Tactics for Kids, both by GreenPawn's son, Murray Chandler, are both very good.
but they're not beginners books - maybe after a year, or for an adult chess player to use to help with coaching.
"Winning Chess Strategy" for kids by Jeff Coakley mentioned in another post is good and so is "Winning Chess Puzzles" by the same author. Both are aimed at 7-10 year olds.
And there is good info at: http://chesskids.com/