Become a Chess Champion: Learn the Basics from a Pro

James Canty III's "Become a Chess Champion" is a beginner's guide to chess that teaches kids the basics through fun mini games and puzzles, with a focus on having fun and avoiding overwhelming beginners. It also introduces kids to the world of chess, including famous chess players, inventors, and astronauts, and helps them develop key skills such as strategising, patience, and logic.

Format: Hardback
Length: 128 pages
Publication date: 05 September 2024
Publisher: Priddy Books

Kids will love learning the basics of chess with this fun and beginner-friendly guide from professional chess player James Canty III. The book is structured like a chess course, with knowledge introduced gradually as readers turn the pages, accompanied by hilarious chess pieces illustrated by Brian Lambert. The emphasis is on making learning chess fun, with mini games and puzzles to teach important concepts and avoid overwhelming beginners. Kids will learn key skills such as how to play the perfect opening and trick their opponents to bring about checkmate. By the end of the book, readers should be confident enough to take on their parents, guardians, or grandparents in a competitive game of chess!

"Become a Chess Champion" also introduces kids to the wonderful world of chess, meeting chess players, inventors, and astronauts who have played chess in unique and exciting ways. As well as being great fun, chess helps kids develop key skills such as strategizing, patience, and logic, and helps them excel in school subjects such as maths. Check it out!

Dimension: 280 x 207 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781838993627