Let's Learn to Play Chess

For children aged four to eight, and their parents

Ages: Ages 4 to 8
Pages: 112 pages, full colour

Twenty five lessons that take a child from an empty board to a whole game played alone. Every topic carries a box written for the parent, so you can sit down and help without knowing how the pieces move.

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Look inside

Pages from the book

A lesson page: title, diagram, and the box written for the parent — How a lesson opens

A page of six chess diagrams with a short line of text under each — Six positions, one idea

An exercise page with six positions for the child to solve — Exercises, with answers in the back

What is inside

Four things that make it different

A box for the parent on every topic

The exact question to ask, the thing not to say, and how to stop so the child asks again tomorrow. You do not need to play chess.

One model position per rule

Not ten examples. One arranged position the child can picture later, away from the book.

Short lessons, on purpose

One idea and a few moves. Fifteen minutes is enough, and fifteen minutes daily beats an hour once a week.

Real games at the end

Short masterpieces from Lucena, Lopez, Greco and Philidor, retold so a six year old can follow them.

Before you buy

Try the board first

A real chess board in the browser, free and with no sign up. If your child enjoys twenty minutes on it, the book will land.

Open the board

„Think bravely, choose carefully, and learn from every move.“