{"title":"Books and Teaching Curriculum","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe following teaching tools are some of our top recommendations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChess for Students\u003c\/strong\u003e books on \u003ca href=\"\/products\/chess-rules-for-students-bain\"\u003eRules\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/checkmate-ideas-for-students-bain\"\u003eCheckmate\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/chess-tactics-for-students-bain\"\u003eTactics\u003c\/a\u003e are low price, large print and ideal for a classroom setting. Even a teacher with limited or no chess knowledge will learn with them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBardwick's\u003c\/strong\u003e books are a great series for teachers and students \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.chesshouse.live\/collections\/books-and-teaching-curriculum\/products\/teaching-chess-in-the-21st-century-bardwick\"\u003eTeaching Chess in the 21st Century\u003c\/a\u003e which contains great advice about teaching young chess players with specific stories and problems. It talks extensively about tying chess in to more standard classroom subjects, math in particular. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.chesshouse.live\/collections\/books-and-teaching-curriculum\/products\/chess-strategy-workbook-a-blueprint-for-developing-the-best-plan-bardwick\"\u003eChess Strategy Workbook: A BluePrint\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.chesshouse.live\/collections\/books-and-teaching-curriculum\/products\/chess-workbook-for-children-bardwick\"\u003eChess Workbook for Children\u003c\/a\u003e are two of the top workbooks used in classrooms. Filter this page further for Bardwick to see the rest of the titles in the series.\u003c\/p\u003e\nSee more \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/chesshouse.myshopify.com\/collections\/chess-books\/topic-beginners\"\u003emore books for beginners\u003c\/a\u003e here.","products":[{"product_id":"bobby-fischer-teaches-chess-fischer","title":"Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess - Fischer","description":"Here is the fastest, most efficient, most enjoyable book on chess ever compiled. As the student, you start at the beginning and progressively develop your skills as you apply Bobby Fischer's principles and learn how to play Chess the Bobby Fischer way. When you finish this book, you will not be able to beat the greatest Chess player the world has every known, but you will be a much better chess player than you were.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e Bobby Fischer was born in Chicago Illinois, in 1943. He was introduced to Chess and learned the moves when he was six years old. 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This approach provides a fresh view on the concept, and thus would work well in conjunction with another checkmate book, should the student desire more examples or wish to use Checkmate! as a second workbook. And workbook it is. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike Bain's other books, Checkmate! is full of examples followed by problems. There is either one example and three problems or four problems on a page. Checkmate! contains 55 pages of discussion and problems plus 12 pages of answer key at the back. As a bonus Bain reviews algebraic notation and recording moves at the front and opening, middlegame, and endgame principles in the back. One improvement that Bain makes over his recommended Chess Tactics for Students book is that the hints are not next to the problem statement. 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Chess Strategy Workbook teaches you to be observant and take your time to discover the clues in chess positions, introducing many of the strategies used by chess masters in a way that is fun and easy to understand. Learn how to use the different types of chess advantages (king safety, material, piece activity, and pawn structure) to correctly evaluate the position in order to select the best move. Basic strategies for the opening, middlegame, and endgame, are covered in detail as well as pitfalls to avoid and how to think during the game. Two hundred problems with a comprehensive answer key are given at two skill levels: Basset Hound (novice to intermediate) and Chess Detective (intermediate to advanced).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMany average chess players struggle to find a solid strategy for chess improvement short of compiling a daunting stack of 20 chess books, and then trying to find time to read them! Well there's a new book just out that I must tell you about. It may very well save you hours upon hours of study time depending on your current level of well-built or fragmented knowledge. If you're like me, you don't have hours of extra time to waste, so you search reviews for advice. There are no magic methods to improving at chess, but there are many that are far superior. You have to research and make your best decision about what books, dvds, and computer\/online resources to use. To stay motivated, and fuel your excitement about improving at chess, you need to see some improvement. And for intermediate players it can be a real puzzle where to go next.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eNational Chess Master Todd Bardwick is one of the nation's leading full-time chess instructors and runs the Chess Academy of Denver and the Rocky Mountain Chess Camps. 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