Welcome To The Game Of Chess - our acclaimed introduction to chess. The rules of the game are taught in a progressive sequence with directives on how to play well and record games - building a foundation for students to advance to more in-depth chess ideas. We have been told repeatedly, “No other book teaches chess as easily as Welcome To The Game Of Chess.”
2nd grade and up - 32 pages - 11" x 8½" black & white with gray-scale diagrams -
$9.95
Welcome To Chess Ideas - an introduction to strategy and tactics for the novice chess player. The principles, concepts, and ideas of chessmasters are shown in simple examples - including how and when
to employ them. Welcome To Chess Ideas will teach you to, “Help your
pieces so they can help you.” - as so advised by Paul Morphy, the great American Chess Champion.
3rd grade and up - 40 pages - 11" x 8½" black & white with gray-scale diagrams -
$9.95
Welcome To Checkmate - checkmating patterns are revealed so you can use them again and again in different ways to win games. The
personified illustrations make the patterns easy to recognize.
“Welcome To Checkmate has a lot of great material that animates the basics of learning to checkmate.”
........................Jennifer Shahade, US Women’s Chess Champion - 2004
4th grade and up - 48 pages - 11" x 8½" black & white with gray-scale diagrams -
$9.95
And Our Teacher's Manual
Dynamic Chess Lessons - designed especially for teachers new to teaching chess. Its 12 sequential classroom lesson plans teach chess basics interactively making for a rewarding teaching experience. Students will quickly learn how the pieces move and all the rules as they play mini-game exercises. Each lesson builds upon the next making learning chess easy and fun. Dynamic Chess Lessons is best used with a demonstration board and Welcome To The Game Of Chess distributed to each student.
48 pages - 8 ½ " x 11" black & white with gray-scale diagrams
$9.95
Our New Chess Demonstration Board
A Must For Teaching In The Classroom Or Club
Our Demo Board (28” x 30“) is vinyl and rolls up for easy travel or storage. Top and bottom wooden dowels support the board and a nylon cord on the top dowel allows the board to be hung for display. It features pocketed squares that allows the pieces to be easily moved on the board. The letters and numbers on the chessboard perimeter is the grid system of Algebraic Notation for naming each square so chess moves can be written down and replayed for study.
$39.95
Official Tournament Chess Sets
Chess Pieces Style And Size:
The official style (design) of chess pieces for tournaments and schools is the Staunton Design with a 3 3/4” tall King and all the other pieces in proper proportion to the Staunton Design.
Chessboards:
Roll-up vinyl chessboards with 2 1/4” squares are the most commonly used type of board for tournaments and schools.
Complete Tournament Set:
Durable plastic pieces and vinyl roll-up board
$9.95
Tote Bag
Carrying Sleeve
for Chess Demonstration Board - holds 28" Chess Demonstration Board and pieces securely while traveling. Made of durable black canvas with an adjustable shoulder strap
for Tournament Sets - A 12" x 9" green vinyl bag with a zippered pouch, handles and a loop beneath bag for your roll-up chessboard
$10.00
$6.00
Chess Clock
QUICK CHESS
Diamond Quartz Analog - an accurate and economical chess clock in a sturdy plastic case with a large, easy-to-see display - perfect for schools, clubs or tournament play. No more over-winding. Uses 1 AA battery (not included).
MagneticTravel Set with full version chess also included in a magnetic case that folds to store all 32 chess pieces. Full board size 8” square. Instructions for Quick Chess games allows you to start playing chess immediately
$32.00
$6.00
Chess Poems - the only book of children’s chess poetry accurate to the rules and concepts of chess. The poems personify each chess piece to enhance chess
lessons. And the rhyming verse is a perfect chess-literature scholastic link for
teachers to use in language arts or writing programs while introducing chess concepts at the same time. Kindergarten - 5th Grade
32 pages - 5 ½ " x 8 ½ " bright green & white pages with gray scale illustrations
$4.95
These six classroom Chess Character Posters will enliven your chess instruction. Original gray-scale
illustrations from the book Chess Poems by Michael Kusen - 8 ½” x 11” each - set of six
$6.00
The Elephant Lesson Kit
The Elephant Lesson Kit is a specially designed chess demonstration board lesson. It contains a unique set of puzzle piece manipulatives that conceal a special position on the chess demonstration board. One by one as each piece is removed in a specific sequence, a step-by-step evaluation of the entire position takes place. This process teaches the importance of analyzing an entire position to find the best move. The lesson is interactive, entertaining, dynamic and keenly analytical. The Kit is complete with: manipulatives, story narrative, lesson guidelines, and a detailed step-by-step lesson plan.
$12.00
The Opera Box Chess Lesson Kit ©
This lesson kit allows your class to replay the most famous chess game in history played by American Chess Champion, Paul Morphy in Paris in 1858. It has become legendary for its instructive value in tactics and piece development and it is very easy to understand with just a basic knowledge of chess. You get 33 tickets to the opera (where the game was actually played) to distribute to your students. Each ticket has a move of the game on it that your students play out on the demonstration board. You also get a complete lesson plan, a brief biography on Paul Morphy and the history of the game, a quick card reference of the game moves and a six page move-by-move detailed analysis for a more scholary study of the game.
$16.00
