Table of Contents
Preface 9
Authors' biographies 10
Chapter 1 Why Chess? 11
Chapter 2 What You Should Expect from the Lessons 19
Chapter 3 Tips on Teaching 23
Chapter 4 Special Exercises for Two- to Four-Year-Olds 35
Chapter 5 The Rook 49
Chapter 6 How to Take the Other Player's Pieces 61
Chapter 7 The Bishop 71
Chapter 8 How to Attack and Defend Pieces 79
Chapter 9 The Queen 97
Chapter 10 The King 109
Chapter 11 Check 113
Chapter 12 Checkmate 125
Chapter 13 The Knight 133
Chapter 14 The Pawn 143
Chapter 15 Legal and Illegal Moves 165
Chapter 16 How to Set Up the Chessboard 169
Chapter 17 The First Game 177
Chapter 18 Castling 183
Chapter 19 Tips for How to Start a Game of Chess 199
Chapter 20 Value of the Pieces 217
Chapter 21 Your Pieces Can Get in the Way 225
Chapter 22 More About Attacking 233
Chapter 23 More About Defending 241
Chapter 24 Getting Out of Check 257
Chapter 25 More About Checkmate 269
Chapter 26 Stalemate and Draw 291
Afterword 302
