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Win a copy of Chess for Children Activity Book
Closing Date: 1st December 2024
Chess for Children Activity Book makes the game fun no matter your child’s ability!
Chess is fun! Strengthen your child’s love of chess with endless fun problems and puzzles, designed to broaden their skills and keep them gripped.
Get ready to greet our two chess-obsessed heroes Jess and Jamie, now returning with their friends Harry and Marnie, to share their love of chess in an easy, relatable way!
With conversational text aimed at children aged 7 and up, explore quirky activities such as the Box ‘Em Up Challenge and engaging strategies such as the Hungry Horse and the Cops and Robbers Strategy.
Perfect for the age that loves to ask ‘Why?’ this character-led guide answers everything from how stalemate occurs, how to reach checkmate and how to make your first move on the board.
Chess is experiencing a new wave of popularity in schools, and it’s educational too. Organisations like Chess in Schools are promoting it as the perfect way to develop analytical thinking skills, increase resilience, foster the competitive instinct – and provide a lot of fun along the way.
Chess for Children Activity Book is published by Batsford | RRP £12.99
We are giving away five copies of Chess for Children Activity Book. For your chance to win, simply answer the following question:
What is the most powerful chess piece?
a) The king
b) The queen
c) The knight
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