Learn Chess Quick: How to Play the World's Greatest Board Game, and Win

Orpin, Alan

ISBN 10: 1906388660 / ISBN 13: 9781906388669

Published by Batsford, 2010

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Seller Inventory # 1906388660-VB

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Learn Chess Quick: How to Play the World's Greatest Board Game, and Win
• Publisher: Batsford
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1906388660
• ISBN 13: 9781906388669
• Binding: paperback
• Illustrator: Jolliffe, Gray
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

Every day more and more educators are realizing that chess is a great way to help attention-challenged teens develop a capacity for disciplined thinking. Learn Chess Quick is designed to grab the interest of those students and release their untapped potential—right from page 1. With a little help from the world’s greatest board game and the sidesplitting humor of Gray Jolliffe’s cartoons, hard-to-reach youngsters will painlessly discover the pleasures of mental competition, the importance of focusing on a task, and the values of sportsmanship. They’ll be having fun even before they’ve made their first move!

About the Author

Brian Byfield has held a passion for chess and bridge throughout his career in advertising, film and TV. He is the author of Play Chess in 10 Minutes (ISBN 9781849940153) and Play Bridge in 10 Minutes (ISBN 9781849940160). He lives in London. Alan Orpin is an accomplished chess player and an award-winning director of TV commercials. He lives in Hamburg. Gray Jolliffe is an award-winning cartoonist and illustrator whose best-known work is the Wicked Willie series, first published in the 1980s. He is the illustrator of Play Chess in 10 Minutes (ISBN 9781849940153) and Play Bridge in 10 Minutes (ISBN 9781849940160). He lives in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.