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Apr 15, 2013 11:27AM
I learnt chess from a book that used the chess pieces as characters, and then gradually taught the rules of chess by having I think the White bishop explaining them to the White king. He defeated the Black king a few times with some simple mates, and then had to learn more complex openings to counter the Black king's increasing skill. I believe it had a blue cover. It is NOT "Chess for Children" by Raymond Bott and Stanley Morrison.
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Is it possibly Kids' Book of Chess and Chess Set? It seems to use a lot of character-driven teaching and a previous cover illustration had a decent amount of blue.
Doesn't look like it - it was written like a story in which the pieces were characters. So the White and Black armies were always fighting, although I think it was a pretty 'friendly' war - captured pieces were returned at the end of each battle, etc. so it was more a matter of pride as to who won each time.
Similar idea, but I read the book in the early 90's, so can't be this one. It also didn't involve external characters, just the chess pieces as opposing armies + kings.
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Starting chessby Harriet Castor?
Go through books on worldcat.org advanced search. Chess is likely to be in the title. Limit to juvenile book English. Most likely non-fiction. Use year range especially if new book good way to restrict results.
Check covers Google images or other sites eg. abe.com ebay.com.
I think I've found it!White King, Black King by J I Roberts - http://www.amazon.com/White-King-Blac...
Got it on ebay, cross fingers it's the right one!
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What's the Name of That Book???
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