A Parent's Guide to Chess

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Summary: Chess can be more than a game
Review: Get the benefit of guidance from one of America's leading chess instructors. A Parent's Guide to Chess is about how to open up the world of chess for your child, whether they aspire to become a Grandmaster or if they simply want a way to meet kids with a common interest. The number of books on learning or playing chess is astronomical. (Get "Chess for Dummies" if that is what you're looking for.) This is the only book I know of on finding rewarding outlets for that knowledge. I would also highly recommend Dan Heisman's "Everyone's 2nd Chess Book" once your budding prodigy has learned the basics of the game.

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Summary: Just helps you find others to teach your kid.
Review: If you just want to teach and help your child learn and excel in chess, this book isn't something you want. I'm from Slovenia, Europe & I bought Dans book ... and I was very dissapointed. First off all, this book is deffenetly not for Europeans as it talks about organised chess in the US & Canada. The book is essentially about how to get your kid a coach, how to get him into a club, a tournament and something on chess etiquette. I found practically nothing useful on teaching chess to my kid. I was (and still am) looking for a book on how I should do the best job at teaching my kid to play chess. And this book just isn't what I hoped for... BTW, I'm a cca. 1750 ELO player...

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Summary: Just helps you find others to teach your kid.
Review: If you just want to teach and help your child learn and excel in chess, this book isn't something you want. I'm from Slovenia, Europe & I bought Dans book ... and I was very dissapointed. First off all, this book is deffenetly not for Europeans as it talks about organised chess in the US & Canada. The book is essentially about how to get your kid a coach, how to get him into a club, a tournament and something on chess etiquette. I found practically nothing useful on teaching chess to my kid. I was (and still am) looking for a book on how I should do the best job at teaching my kid to play chess. And this book just isn't what I hoped for... BTW, I'm a cca. 1750 ELO player...

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Summary: From a kids point of view
Review: This book is very useful if you don't have a private coach or a scholastic club in the area. It recommends books, gives general advice, and tells you what to expect when a child starts participating in tournaments. My daughter has just participated in her first tournament, and I am grateful to Dan Heisman for letting us know what to expect and how to prepare her. Another book that is very useful is Heisman's Eveyone's 2nd Book of Chess.

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Summary: Excellent
Review: This is an excellent guide. I wish this had been around when I started playing (about 30 years ago). It would have been helpful for both me and my parents.

It does not cover how to play chess, which is good. Seems like every other starter book insists on it. It would be inappropriate in a book like this, so I was glad to not have to skim through that again.

The book does an excellent job of covering all the other aspects of playing chess: learning, clubs, tournaments, Internet, competition, etc.

Excellent choice.

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Summary: Not Just For Parents!
Review: This is truly a unique and wonderful book. Parents and players new to the world of scholastic chess will find an incredible treasure trove of advice here on everything from tournament registration, to school club participation, finding a chess coach, and much more. ...

The main audience for this book may be the parents and kids but any scholastic tournament director, floor judge, or other volunteer active in the scholastic chess world will benefit greatly from reading this book.

Rating:
Summary: Not Just For Parents!
Review: This is truly a unique and wonderful book. Parents and players new to the world of scholastic chess will find an incredible treasure trove of advice here on everything from tournament registration, to school club participation, finding a chess coach, and much more. ...

The main audience for this book may be the parents and kids but any scholastic tournament director, floor judge, or other volunteer active in the scholastic chess world will benefit greatly from reading this book.