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Checkmate!: My First Chess Book (Everyman Chess) |  | Author: Garry Kasparov
Publisher: Everyman Chess
Category: Book
List Price: $12.95
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 40498
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Pages: 98
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 8 x 0.7
ISBN: 1857443586
Dewey Decimal Number: 794.1
EAN: 9781857443585
ASIN: 1857443586
Publication Date: October 1, 2004
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Product Description
Discover all the various pieces - the king, the queen, the knights, the bishops and the pawns. Find out how the pieces move, the values of the chessmen, how to attack and how to defend, how to capture, how to employ special moves such as castling, how to write the moves down and, crucially, how to give check and deliver checkmate. Learn the numerous tricks and traps that you can set your unwary opponents and, just as importantly, how to avoid falling into them yourself. Make a journey through this book and, with the help of the world's best player, readers will be ready for your first chess battle.
*Covers all the crucial rules, aims and aspects of the game
*Full color illustrations throughout
*Innovative design
*Written by a legend of the chess world
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 7
 excellent resource July 11, 2010
jb
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book was bought as a gift for a child who says that it is a great book. I would recommend it based on it's ease of reading and understanding and great illustrations
Excellent first book for a child June 10, 2010
R. Porter (Buffalo, NY)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book is perfect as a child's first book of chess. The colorful layout and bullet points plus more in-depth discussion really draw a reader in. Kasparov explains the concepts well. My 11 year old daughter has barely put the book down since receiving it.
 Good intoductory book on chess February 18, 2010
Paul in Potomac (Potomac, MD)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Very well laid out and clear, but my eight year old and five year old need it explained to them as we go along and only get some of it.
Exemplary January 8, 2010
P. Chappell (Lyman, Utah)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
For a beginning player, the graphics are well done. Geared to a younger audience, the rules are explained so as to enhance retention. The examples in the back are well known to experienced players, but help the novice to more easily get up to speed.
Normally, someone of Kasparov's calibre is too far removed from the beginning level to explain things easily. This isn't the case here. I put this in our middle school library to help budding players get started. I've recommended it to others and will do so again for aspiring chess players.
excelent starter August 15, 2009
T. R. Young (Georgetown, SC)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I found this book great and easy for learning the moves, and also the idea behind the game. Strategy is a little beyond this book but, good learning tool, "you gotta crawl before you walk!"
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