What's inside
- 504 chess puzzles, all from real games rather than composed positions
- Six large diagrams to a page — twice the size of a typical adult puzzle book
- Three graded sections: under 1200, then 1200 to 1500, then 1500 to 1800
- Forks, pins, skewers, discovered attacks, double check and back-rank mates
- 155 one-move puzzles to begin with, including 72 mate-in-one
- Never more than two moves deep, with full solutions at the back — 110 pages
Children lose chess games for one reason far more than any other: they do not see that a piece is hanging. Tactics puzzles are the fix, and the format matters as much as the content — six diagrams to a page means the pieces are large enough to read across a table, and a two-move ceiling means a child can hold the whole solution in their head instead of giving up halfway.
Why kids and parents love it
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It starts where they are
The first section is under 1200, so a child who has just learned the rules can solve from page one.
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And it keeps going
The final section reaches 1800, which is a strong club player. The book does not become useless in a month.
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Visible progress
Because every puzzle is rated, a child can see the difficulty they are clearing rise as they move through the book.
Good to know
- Trim size 8.5 × 11 inches, 110 pages, paperback
- Assumes a child already knows how the pieces move — it teaches tactics, not the rules
- Solutions are in algebraic notation, which is worth learning anyway
- Puzzle positions are CC0-licensed from the Lichess database
- An adult wanting the same thing with more puzzles should look at 1000+ Chess Puzzles for Beginners
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