Description of Checkmate for Children
Checkmate for Children, by Kevin Stark, helps childrenor--any beginning chess player for that matter--master the most important skill in chess.
This book presents a systematic course on the most important and most exciting subject in chess: giving mate! Stark demonstrates how to use the queen, rook, bishop and knight, as well as pawns to checkmate your opponent. Typical mating patterns, checkmating ideas and combinations are clearly presented.
Instructive and enjoyable positions are used to show the basic concepts as well as the techniques that experienced chess masters use. The many examples, tests, and exercises will allow you to train your skills.
Checkmate for Children is not another collection of chess puzzles, but a systematic course that teaches how to checkmate your opponent. This book makes improving fun and easy, and is full of helpful explanations and practical advice.