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Author Chandler, Murray, author.

Title Chess for children / Murray Chandler and Helen Milligan ; illustrations by Cindy McCluskey.

Publication Info. London : Gambit, 2004.

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Location Call No. Status
 Simsbury Public Library - Children's Department  J 794.1 CHA    Check Shelf
Edition 1st ed.
Description 96 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Summary Teaches chess step-by-step, covering the board and pieces, notation, castling, draws, and basic tactics, and features a boy named George, who learns how to play chess from his tall-tale-telling pet alligator, Kirsty.
Contents Introduction -- Part 1-The Chessboard and Pieces -- Part 2-Learning Chess Notation -- Part 3-Learning to Castle -- Part 4-How Chess Games are Drawn -- Part 5-Some Basic Tactics -- Part 6-George v. Kirsty: The Big Match.
Subject Chess -- Juvenile literature.
Chess.
GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Chess.
JUVENILE FICTION / Sports & Recreation / Games.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Activity Books.
Chess. (OCoLC)fst00853777
Schaken.
Chess.
Genre/Form Literature. (OCoLC)fst01921716
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Literature.
Added Author Milligan, Helen, author.
McCluskey, Cindy, illustrator.
ISBN 1904600069
9781904600060
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