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Junior <strong>Chess</strong>: Software, Books and DVDs<br />
FRITZ & CHESSTER (for PC or NINTENDO DS - specify when ordering) £29.95<br />
Recommended for 5-12 year olds<br />
Use your wits, learn to think ahead, have fun AND learn about chess! Together with Prince<br />
Fritz and his cousin Bianca learn how to play chess, then test and increase your knowledge<br />
in a whole range of exciting games and situations. How do you<br />
set up the board? What’s stalemate? When is it a draw? What’s<br />
‘opposition’? Find the answers to these questions and many<br />
more in animated games and contests.<br />
FRITZ & CHESSTER 2 (PC ONLY) £29.95<br />
Following on from volume 1 this software will teach children<br />
about openings, middlegame strategy and tactics,<br />
endgames, pinning, delivering check, attacking, protecting -<br />
and more. Try out over 20 mini games to practice what<br />
you've learned and see if you can get the high score.<br />
FRITZ & CHESSTER 3<br />
(PC ONLY) £29.95<br />
Aimed at more advanced players<br />
or those that have completed the<br />
first two volumes in the series.<br />
Once again difficult concepts are<br />
made simple by mini-games that<br />
instruct while entertaining.<br />
- Over 20 mini games and puzzles * Entertaining and challenging<br />
- Play simplified and full chess games against the dinosaurs<br />
- Playing chess gives brains of any age a good workout<br />
- Kids especially benefit from learning and playing the game.<br />
BUY ALL 3 VOLUMES OF<br />
FRITZ & CHESSTER JUST<br />
£79.95 (RRP £89.85)<br />
DINOSAUR CHESS £24.95<br />
(PC or MAC pease specify when ordering)<br />
Sign up to Prof. MacDinosaur's chess<br />
class. You will grow from a hatchling<br />
to a huge dinosaur ready to take on<br />
the Tyrannosaurus Rex. The action<br />
takes you through different parts of<br />
the dinosaur's world from jungles to<br />
forests. Here you learn the chess skills<br />
that will help you grow enough to<br />
defeat the other dinosaurs in battle.<br />
<strong>Chess</strong> Tutor (PC ONLY) £19.95 each<br />
The interactive version of Cor van Wijgerden’s<br />
famous Step-by-Step teaching method. Not<br />
only does the software include all of the<br />
material and exercises from the printed<br />
workbooks but it has plenty of new ones as<br />
well. You can even play exercise positions or<br />
full games of chess against the computer. The<br />
program also tracks the progress and results<br />
of multiple users. Currently only Steps 1 to 3<br />
are available - £19.95 each.<br />
DGT CHESS TRAINER (CD) £9.95<br />
Comes on 2 CDs. The first CD is a structured training course, which is the official<br />
training method of the Dutch <strong>Chess</strong> Federation and is aimed at novice players. The<br />
course is split into 45 lessons containing an amazing 15000 exercises to work through<br />
and covers all the rules of chess and basic strategies and tactics. The second CD holds a<br />
special version of Fritz that plays Fischer Random chess (also known as <strong>Chess</strong> 960) and<br />
thirty days free access to the <strong>Chess</strong> 960 room on the <strong>Chess</strong>Base site.<br />
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How to Beat Your Dad at <strong>Chess</strong> £9.99<br />
This is not just a book for kids - for ‘Dad’ read any<br />
opponent who beats you regularly! This book teaches<br />
the 50 Deadly Checkmates - basic<br />
attacking patterns that occur<br />
repeatedly in games between players<br />
of all standards. Each mating motif is<br />
carefully and simply explained, and<br />
several illustrative examples are given.<br />
A final test enables the reader to grade<br />
his pattern recognition abilities, and the<br />
last chapter explains what to do if your<br />
Dad is Garry Kasparov. Fun, instructive -<br />
and guaranteed to improve your game.<br />
Also available in the same series<br />
<strong>Chess</strong> Tactics for Kids - Murray Chandler £9.99<br />
<strong>Chess</strong> Openings for Kids - Murray Chandler £9.99<br />
GET ALL 3 BOOKS IN THE SERIES FOR £25 - SAVE £5<br />
<strong>Chess</strong> for Absolute Beginners (DVD) £19.95<br />
This DVD is by far the best ever made to teach absolute beginners<br />
how to play chess. With the aid of great graphics<br />
and animation Susan Polgar will teach you tactics, checkmates,<br />
rules, notations, setting up the board and everything<br />
there is to know for a beginner to learn to play chess. Ideal<br />
for children. Running time: 80 mins.<br />
Ten Ways to Succeed Series £4.99 each<br />
Tim Onions is a well known UK-based chess teacher,<br />
specialising with children aged between 4 and 10 years old.<br />
With clear presentation and illustrations throughout, these<br />
books are ideal for an improving player.<br />
Ten Ways to Succeed in the Opening £4.99<br />
Ten Ways to Succeed in the Middlegame £4.99<br />
Ten Ways to Succeed in the Endgame £4.99<br />
<strong>Chess</strong> Puzzles in One Move for Younger Players £4.99<br />
GET ALL FOUR FOR £15 - SAVE £4.96<br />
Learning <strong>Chess</strong>: A step-by-step guide<br />
This step-by-step method was developed in 1987 by renowned chess<br />
trainer Cor van Wijgerden to teach children to play chess. Literally<br />
thousands of schools and chess clubs in Holland, Belgium, Germany,<br />
Switzerland and Austria use his material for their chess lessons. His<br />
method consists of 6 steps. Each step is accompanied with an<br />
instruction book with the teaching material to be used by the teacher<br />
or parent and a workbook with exercises for the students. The manual<br />
is a great support for the teacher. Ready made lessons, hints on how<br />
to use the workbooks, how to give assistance, and more.<br />
Workbook for Students £7.99 each (6 volumes available)<br />
Manual for Teachers £12.99 each (6 volumes available)<br />
See website or call us for quantity discounts on these titles<br />
NEW Stepping Stones 1 & 2 £7.99 each (2 volumes available)<br />
Although the Step-by-Step method can be used by younger children<br />
it is not ideal since it was developed for ages 9 and upward. This new<br />
series For children is aimed at children from the ages of 6 to 9 and<br />
adapts the material from the first two steps to this younger age group.<br />
Tel: 020 7288 1305 or 020 7486 7015 Email: info@chess.co.uk<br />
The award-winning<br />
Winning <strong>Chess</strong> Strategy for Kids £18.95<br />
This wonderfully entertaining book also<br />
happens to be quite effective. Everything<br />
any child will need to know about chess<br />
strategy and more is here in this book,<br />
which is well laid out and easy to follow. Part<br />
of the fun factor for kids is that the book is<br />
replete with cartoons to help make the<br />
learning experience more exciting. The large<br />
workbook format and algebraic notation<br />
make this a book which will occupy your<br />
child's attention for many hours. The flexible<br />
binding makes it easy to turn the pages and<br />
have them stay in place. Also available in this<br />
award-winning series:<br />
Winning <strong>Chess</strong> Exercises for Kids £18.95<br />
Winning <strong>Chess</strong> Puzzles for Kids 1 £21.95<br />
Winning <strong>Chess</strong> Puzzles for Kids 2 £21.95<br />
GET ALL 4 WINNING CHESS BOOKS FOR £70