Thinking with Chess Teaching Children Ages 5-14 - Alexey W. Root, Chess, Chess T
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lexey W. Root
THINKING ITH CHESS:
TEACHING CHILDEN
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AGES 5-14
© 2012
lexey \Y.
Root
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ublisher: Mongoose Press
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ISBN
978-1-936277-36-0
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2012938729
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Edited by
J
orge Amador
Layout: Andrey Elkov
Cover Design: Kaloyan N achev
Printed in China
First English edition
098765432 1
his book is dedicated to Fred Jlueller,
Denton
High School mathematics teacher and chess club sponsor
CONTENTS
Fo re ·word by Kevin O'Connell
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C.PTER I : Overview
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Benefits of Chess
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Chess Equipment ..................................................................................14
Multiple Ages
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CPTER 2: Rules of Chess
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Chessmen
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Special Rules
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Check, Checkmate, and Stalemate
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CPTER 3: Pieces, Pawns, and Squares
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Classiy
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Pattern Recognition
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CHAPTER 4: Bishop and Rook
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Lines
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Decode
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CHAPTER 5: Queen and King
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Choices
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Game Theory ......................................................................................41
C.PTER 6: Pawn and Knight
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Create
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Predict
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CHAPTER
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Endgame Checkmates
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Instruction
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Puzzles
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CHAPTER 8: Back-Rank and Smothered Checkmates
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Instruction
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Puzzles
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