Author: Ted Nottingham, Al Lawrence & Bob Wade
 Reprint edition published in March 2024.Â
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 Reading Level: 12-55 years
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 You're never too young to learn how to play chess! With the revolutionary "Lincolnshire technique," children of all ages can begin to master "the game of kings" by simply practicing playing with pawns.
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You'll learn step by step how each piece moves, how to use such tactics as Forks, Pins and Skewers to capture enemy pieces, how to read the opponent's strategy to determine whether to attack, defend, or counter with a new plan, how to checkmate and be constantly aware of all the checkmating positions.
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Many of the games here are specially designed to teach the action of each chessman. In chess the winner is nearly always the player who has the most active pieces and who uses them all as a team. You need constant practice and good opponents to make you a really good player. So get out the chessboard and pieces, and set up the positions as you find them in this, your first training.