chess

Provides over three hundred examples that demonstrate attacking and defensive strategies in the game of chess and includes annotated 3-D illustrations and basic and advanced tactics of the game.

Presents diagrams and detailed discussions of modern chess strategies and interprets thirty-five games, most from between 1990 and 2002.

Provides instructions to chess players at all skill levels on how to defend their games against problematic openings, and includes diagrams and charts.

Explains the fundamental principles of chess, with advice on how to become a strong player, examples from master games, and portraits of famous people in chess history.

Introduces the rules and strategies of chess, as well as its history and someof the great players and matches.

Describes a classroom literacy project that encourages third through eighth grade students to read and write about chess, while also learning how to play; and provides lesson plans, over one hundred chess diagrams, parent letters, and other useful information.

Young Gary is brought to Chess Country by a girl on a magical tricycle, and while he learns the rules and fundamentals of chess, he improves his problem solving skills. Features chess diagrams.