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NOTE: All call numbers are for the Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana

AUTHOR	TITLE	CALL #
Basman, Michael	Chess for Kids This book presents the beginner with the rules, skills, and techniques of the game.	J794.1
Bloss, F. Donald	Sammy Seahorse Teaches Chess	J794.1
Bott, R.	Chess -- First Steps	J794
Brady, Frank	Chess -- How to Improve Your Technique A shortcut to successful playing for the beginning or occasional chess player explaining, among other things, the idea behind a move and why certain positions are more favorable than others.	J794
Brussel-Smith,	The Royal Game -- Chess for Young People	J794
Caldwell, Susan	Beginner's Guide to Playing Chess Colorfully illustrated activity books with step-by-step instructions and tips.	J794.1
Cardo, Horacio	Story of Chess Through an illustrated story of the creation of chess, this book provides narrative and visual devices for learning the game and remembering the moves.	J794
Carroll, David	Make Your Own Chess Set Introduces the history of chess and chess pieces and gives instructions for making twenty-five different chess sets out of easily available materials.	J731.89
Castor, Harriet	Starting Chess Lively illustrations of snooty queens, cheeky pawns and wise old kings bring the game to life, while simple diagrams make examples and puzzles clear and easy to follow.	J794.1
Evans, Larry	How Good Is Your Chess? Readers test their skills against 100 fascinating positions from actual games and must choose the best move among three choices.	J794.12
Fenton, Robert	Chess for You An introduction to chess explaining the rules, the moves and relative values of the various pieces, and basic game strategy.	J794
Fine, Reuben	Teenage Chess Book	J794
Fischer, Bobby	Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess	J794.1
Hertan, Charles	Power Chess for Kids: Learn How to Think Ahead and Become One of the Best Players in Your School Learn how to weed out silly moves and just consider a few important ones. Learn the two easiest ways to think one and a half moves ahead.	J794.12 HERTA
Hochberg, Burt	Chess Braintwisters The author...warns the reader from the start anything goes--especially joke creations that flout or even stomp on the laws of chess....	J794.1
Horowitz, I. A.	Chess for Beginners In this book, I. A. Horowitz, Chess Editor of the "New York Times" and former U.S. Open Champion, applies some of the ideas and convictions acquired from thirty-five years of playing, teaching and analyzing the royal game.	J794.1
Horowitz, I. A.	First Book of Chess	J794
Horowitz, I. A.	Picture Guide to Beginner's Chess In concise language and with clear pictures, Al Horowitz provides all the information the beginner needs to know to play an intelligent chess game.	J794
James, Richard	Chess for Kids: How to Play and Win	J794.12 JAMES
Kane, George Frances	Chess and Children	J794
Kane, George Frances	What's the Next Move? Presents eighty chess problems, in large diagrams, which represent critical points in a game and challenge the reader to deduce the next move.	J794
Katz, Rosalyn B.	Play Better Chess An introduction to chess strategy, covering basic rules and moves, the strengths and weakness of each piece, open and closed board positions, and advice on getting to checkmate.	J794.1
Keene, Raymond D.	Chess for Absolute Beginners	J794.1
Keene, Raymond D.	Learn Chess Fast!: The Fun Way to Start Smart and Master the Game Provides instruction in the basics of playing chess, using illustrated explanations, diagrams, stories, and quotations, as well as examples of elementary games and strategies.	J794.1
Keene, Raymond D.	Simon & Schuster Pocket Book of Chess Describes the game of chess, from the basic moves to strategies for attack and defense, with chapters on the history of the game, great champions, competitions, and computer chess.	J794
Kidder, Harvey	Illustrated Chess for Children Traces the history of chess, describes the pieces and how they move, and discusses the strategy of the game.	J794
Kidder, Harvey	Kids' Book of Chess A direct, lively introduction to the game that's inspired passion and challenge for over 900 years.	J794.1
King, Daniel	Chess: From First Moves to Checkmate Introduces the rules and strategies of chess, as well as its history and some of the great players and matches.	J794.1 KING, 2010
Langfield, Paul	A Picture Guide to Chess Text and illustrations introduce the principles and strategies of chess.	J794
Leeming, Joseph	First Book of Chess	J794
Levin, David H.	Chess Puzzles for Children	J794.1
MacEnulty, David	The Chess Kid's Book of Checkmate Chess teacher MacEnulty relays the rules of checkmate to beginners and young players. Includes step-by-step instructions, with more than 100 diagrams.	J794.12
Mantell, Paul	Chess in Action: From First Attack to Checkmate In fun and fresh language, this guide helps young chess players imagine themselves as generals of their own armies, warriors geared for the fight. At the same time, it conveys all the basic rules and strategies of the chess game in a clear, straightforward way.	J794.1 MANTE
McLeod, William T.	Chess for Young Beginners	J794
Norwood, David	Advanced Chess Colorfully illustrated activity books with step-by-step instructions and tips Chess books cater to all levels of competence	J794.1
Norwood, David	Chess Puzzles	J794.1
Nottingham, Ted	Chess for Children Uses the revolutionary Lincolnshire system to explain how to play, enjoy, and master chess and recounts anecdotes about notable players in the history of the game.	J794.1
Nottingham, Ted	Winning Chess Piece by Piece Presents a series of chess puzzles organized around the pieces involved, covering knight, rook, bishop, and queen moves, forks, pins, and sacrifices, and surveying some of the game's grandmasters.	J794.12
Nottingham, Ted	Winning Chess: Tactics & Strategies Presents tactics and techniques for playing chess, including openings, middlegame and endgame strategies, forks, pins, skewers, and examples from the games of world champions.	J794.1
Pandolfini, Bruce	Square One: The Best Chess Drill Book for Beginners of All Ages	J794.1
Reinfeld, Fred	101 Chess Problems for Beginners	J794.1
Reinfeld, Fred	Chess for Children Text, photographs, and diagrams outline the essentials of chess, including basic moves, openings, and game strategies.	J794
Reinfeld, Fred	Chess for Young People	J794
Reinfeld, Fred	Chess is an Easy Game	J794
Richardson, Martin J.	Chess for Children Explains the aims, rules, tactics and winning moves of chess through simple text, diagrams and illustrations.	J794.1
Roberts, J.I.	White King, Black King Introduces the fundamentals and game strategies of chess with emphasis on territorial conflict between the two kings.	J794
Root, Alexey W.	Children and Chess: A Guide for Educators Root provides interesting and informative lesson plans but also gives educators the reasons and methods for including chess in their grade 3-8 classrooms.	J794.12 ROOT (Parent Teacher Collection)
Root, Alexey W.	Science, Math, Checkmate: 32 Chess Activities for Inquiry and Problem Solving	J794.1 ROOT (Parent Teacher Collection)
Rosenberg, Arthur	Chess for Children and the Young at Heart A step-by-step explanation of the basic principles and strategy of chess.	J794
Sarnoff, Jane	The Chess Book	J794
Scharff, Paul	Two Kings	J794.1
Schiller, Eric	Whiz Kids Teach Chess Today's most promising young chess players present a fascinating look at learning chess--complete with a step-by-step primer on basic chess play, large diagrams, and easy-to-understand explanations targeted toward novices under age sixteen.	J794.1
Seirawan, Yasser	Competitive Chess for Kids Teaches the player of this popular game how to swiftly deliver checkmate.	J794.1
Smith, Kelvin	Chess for Kids A beautifully illustrated instruction book that teaches the basics of Chess with stories and characters that make learning the game as much fun as playing it.	J794.1
Snyder, Robert M.	Chess for Juniors Introduces the pieces, rules, opening moves, and basic strategy of chess.	J794.1
Summerscale, Claire	Chess A chess guide for the 21st century, this book uses computer-generated 3-D illustrations to bring the game to life, teaching readers everything from the strengths and weaknesses of individual pieces to more advanced strategies and techniques.	J794.1 SUMME
Wilson, Fred	202 Checkmates for Children Provides challenging puzzles intended to sharpen children's chess play and problem solving skills.	J794.12

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