Learn Chess Quick: How to Play the World's Greatest Board Game, and Win (Batsford Chess Books)

This fun and chatty book provides the ideal way to learn the world's greatest board game - the easy way.;Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; The Basics; Playing the Game; Tricks; The Whole Shooting Match from Start to Finish; Index.

Every day more and more educators are realizing that chess is a great way to help attention-challenged teens develop a capacity for disciplined thinking. Learn Chess Quick is designed to grab the interest of those students and release their untapped potential—right from page 1. With a little help from the world’s greatest board game and the sidesplitting humor of Gray Jolliffe’s cartoons, hard-to-reach youngsters will painlessly discover the pleasures of mental competition, the importance of focusing on a task, and the values of sportsmanship. They’ll be having fun even before they’ve made their first move!

This fun and chatty book provides the ideal way to learn the world's greatest board game - the easy way. From basic information on which piece does what, to nifty tricks and pins you can use to wipe the floor with your opponents, it covers everything you need to learn chess, with lots of laughs along the way Humorously illustrates all the basics of chess, including what the pieces are, how thy move and ways to beat your opponent