
Chess For Children Activity Book: Volume 2
Sabrina Chevannes(Author)
Batsford (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 13. February 2025
Book
Hardback
120 pages
978-1-84994-902-6 (ISBN)
Description
Chess is fun! This follow-up to the bestselling Batsford Book of Chess for Children is a lively collection of chess puzzles, games and activities, guaranteed to increase your child's enjoyment of the game while improving their skills and deepening their understanding.
In conversational text aimed at children aged 7 and up, meet our two chess-obsessed heroes Jess and Jamie as they address the reader in a straightforward and relatable way, and are this time joined by their friends Harry and Marnie, who love chess just as much as they do!
Explore fun problems and puzzles such as the Box 'Em In Challenge, easy chess variants such as Three Check Chess and Progressive Chess, a heap of guess-the-next-move quizzes, and revision pages to help remind children of the chess basics.
This book works well as a companion to Chess for Children but also as a standalone activity book. Whether your child is just beginning to learn chess or already gripped by the game, Chess for Children Activity Book will help you encourage their interest and make learning chess a real pleasure.
In conversational text aimed at children aged 7 and up, meet our two chess-obsessed heroes Jess and Jamie as they address the reader in a straightforward and relatable way, and are this time joined by their friends Harry and Marnie, who love chess just as much as they do!
Explore fun problems and puzzles such as the Box 'Em In Challenge, easy chess variants such as Three Check Chess and Progressive Chess, a heap of guess-the-next-move quizzes, and revision pages to help remind children of the chess basics.
This book works well as a companion to Chess for Children but also as a standalone activity book. Whether your child is just beginning to learn chess or already gripped by the game, Chess for Children Activity Book will help you encourage their interest and make learning chess a real pleasure.
Reviews / Votes
Will delight chess lovers, children learning chess, and the chess instructors who teach them.'-- BookLovers
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Series
Edition
Second Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Illustrations
130 colour illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 247 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
578 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84994-902-6 (9781849949026)
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Sabrina Chevannes
Chess For Children Activity Book
E-Book
02/2025
Batsford
€10.79
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Previous edition

Sabrina Chevannes
Batsford Book of Chess for Children Activity Book
Book
08/2015
Batsford
€32.37
Article exhausted; check for reprint
Person
Sabrina Chevannes is a Women's International Chess Master and digital marketing professional. She started playing chess at eight years old and has won 10 British chess titles. She lives in London.
Content
Introduction
Revision Time: The Pawn
Pawn Wars Strategy
Revision Time: Rooks, Bishops
and Queens
Cops and Robbers Strategy
Revision Time: Knights
Hungry Horse Strategy
A Knight's Tour
Chess Variants
Jesoen Mor
Revision Time: The King
Mine Alert
Introduction to Strategy
Strategize: Knights vs. Bishops
Revision Time: Chess Notation
Co-ordinate Bingo
Revision Time: Check and Checkmate
Checkmate Challenge
Puzzle Time: Mate in One
Three Check Chess
Thinking Ahead
Puzzle Time: Mate in Two
Progressive Chess
Revision Time: Scoring Points
Chess Maths
Good Capture/Bad Capture?
Giveaway Chess
Strategize: Opening Principles
Puzzle Time: Yes, No or Maybe
Revision Time: Pins, Forks
and Skewers
SPAF
Revision Time: More Tactics
Spot the Tactic
Spot the Threat, Stop the Threat
Walk the Dog Challenge
Shadow Mate Challenge
Box 'em in Challenge
Game Time: Guess the Move
Bughouse
Goodbye
Glossary
Index
Answers to Puzzles
Revision Time: The Pawn
Pawn Wars Strategy
Revision Time: Rooks, Bishops
and Queens
Cops and Robbers Strategy
Revision Time: Knights
Hungry Horse Strategy
A Knight's Tour
Chess Variants
Jesoen Mor
Revision Time: The King
Mine Alert
Introduction to Strategy
Strategize: Knights vs. Bishops
Revision Time: Chess Notation
Co-ordinate Bingo
Revision Time: Check and Checkmate
Checkmate Challenge
Puzzle Time: Mate in One
Three Check Chess
Thinking Ahead
Puzzle Time: Mate in Two
Progressive Chess
Revision Time: Scoring Points
Chess Maths
Good Capture/Bad Capture?
Giveaway Chess
Strategize: Opening Principles
Puzzle Time: Yes, No or Maybe
Revision Time: Pins, Forks
and Skewers
SPAF
Revision Time: More Tactics
Spot the Tactic
Spot the Threat, Stop the Threat
Walk the Dog Challenge
Shadow Mate Challenge
Box 'em in Challenge
Game Time: Guess the Move
Bughouse
Goodbye
Glossary
Index
Answers to Puzzles