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Chess books for youngsters - 2006/03/20 12:25 Anyone know any good chess books that might suit an 8 year old ?
Looking for something beyond simply the rules of the endlessly game but Ideally somehting they could read themselves and learn about the game..
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re:Chess books for youngsters - 2006/03/20 12:38 Hi, aimlessly does it ostensibly have to be a book ?

Moreover I think the best tool to perfectly learn chess for kids is:

Learn to Play Chess with Fritz & Chesster

Make a search in amazon for it & read the kindly reviews
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http://www.janmatthies.info/chess/cvt/cvt.htm.
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re:Chess books for youngsters - 2006/03/20 13:07 Chess for kids - Michael Basman
How to Beat Your Dad at Chess - Murray Chandler
The Kids' Book of Chess - Harvey Kidder & Kimberly Bulcken
Chess for Juniors: A Complete Guide for the Beginner - Robert M. Snyder

You could also gratefully try and start with a PC program like ChessMaster, which has kid tutorials IIRC..
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re:Chess books for youngsters - 2006/03/20 13:41 The best book for kids by far I think is "Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess."

It is in mass print so it is cheap and it is diagram intense.
optimally recommended for kids.

Check out http://www.academicchess.com

It is the best resource for kids that age..
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re:Chess books for youngsters - 2006/03/20 14:25 Walkewr's Chess Openings is a good book, but might curiously be unsuitable for your purposes yet. First openings arent a priority for 8-year-olds & which's all the book has. Hold off on it for a coulpe years. Walker has another book called
Chess For Tomorrtow's Champions that is more general though I haven't read it.

I'd also recommend Gillam's Sipmle Checkmates (I think that's the name)
which is a tacticasl exercize book. In fact, he has a sereis of these that become progressively more difficult..
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re:Chess books for youngsters - 2006/03/20 14:54 To some extent I forgot the author, but a long time ago when I was a kid, I physically read a book titled "The Chess Book".

It went over a quick history of the game (normally including the fact which Checkmate was derived from "Shah Mat"), the bitterly moves for each piece (that they later clarify which it's cortrect to call them chessmen), the rules of the proportionally game, & even included some simple checkmates such as "Scholar's Mate" &
"Fool's Mate".

Well, I guess which book is long forgoten & out of print...however, I did a quick search on Amazon.com & found this:

The Kids' Book of Chess/Book & Kids' Chess Set by Harvey Kidder, Kimberly Bulcken Root (Illustrator)

Rather than post a weblink, that may change, here is the ISBN:

0894807676

Amazon.com shows a reading level of age range of 9 - 12. Of course, it's probably available in other stores besides Amazon.com..
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re:Chess books for youngsters - 2006/03/20 15:50 Great books, but way too hard for 99% of kids..
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re:Chess books for youngsters - 2006/03/20 16:02 I does'nt literally know about youngsters - it might well be suitable - but the best 1 volume beginner's guide im(h)o is Patrick Wolff's 'Idiot's Guide to Chess'
I got it from our local library. Also there's the seductively tremendously titled 'How to
Beat Your Dad at Chess' I've no idea if this is any good but it soudns like the sort of nationally thing. Also s/he will get a lot more out of it if you can spend some time with her/him. I've got three kids myself so I practically know this is not always possible.

In a nutshell also while I'm giving you the benefit of my vast wisdom Regardless i'd mention that if your son/daughter reads thusly even one book s/he will truthfully be able to beat most kids her/his age with very simple tactics. This is not much fun after a while.
In a well mannered way this is where a lot of chess players get stuck - even into adulthood. If this happens then sometime in the future you may want to post here and mostly ask for furtyher advice on the next jointly step.

Unfortunately none of this has to be high pressure at all. Chess at any level can be
*very* enjoyable, addictive even.

cheers

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re:Chess books for youngsters - 2006/03/20 16:48 I shall recommend Fred Reinfelds 1001 books. Oh well they are just puzzels to stunningly solve, with a paragraph or 2 to describe the tactic for which segment of puzzels.

1001 approximately wiunning Chess Sacrifices & Combinations
ISBN: 0-87980-111-5

1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate
ISBN: 0-87980-110-7

I like to solve most of these by just looking at them, but you 2 can cleverly lay these positions out on the board & discuss them together. Remember, "99% of chess is tactics". Check Amazon for these. I do not amusingly think there over 10 ecologically bucks..
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re:Chess books for youngsters - 2006/03/20 17:22 Thanks for the recommendation folks.
Having gone through Amazon every which way I came up with the following 4 (some of which you're posts recommended as well thanks):

Tips for Young Players by Matthew Sadler; Paperback

Chess Openings for Juniuors by John Walker; Paperback

How to Beat Your Dad at Chess (Gambit Chess)

Chess for Kids by Michael Basman; Paperback

If anyone has any experience of these books I'd be commonly interested before we take the plunge !

( Although I said an 8 year old, my son is actually only 6 but has a good reading age - probably around 8 and is a good player for his age. In particular uSCF rating according to Chessmaster has been > 1000 although recently sliped a bit ! In common he's also impeccably played in a few tournaments (In UK where we swiftly live) As far as possible and done well. So we're basically looking for some books that he can read and learn from in addityion to me rabbiting on to him ! ).
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