This is the adventure your student has been waiting for. Defending his or her King, and conquering another King with the help of knights, wisemen, foot-soldiers and more. This program is designed to take your student from the very beginnings of chess instruction to confident play and perhaps victories over both mom and dad! While your student learns chess, he will also acquire many other valuable qualities that will help him in his studies and life. Chess will provide the opportunity to develop mental and physical discipline as well as focus. Logical thinking and concepts such as cause and effect are essential in chess play and important to decision making. Chess will teach your student to consider all options presented, noting both the positives and negatives of each opportunity. Finally, chess will instill a confidence in your student as he or she grows in their play. This is one program you will want to have as part of your student’s educational plan.
Necessary Resource
The Square Table! Tournament Chess Roll-Up Board and Staunton Pieces | #BOARD | $18
This set is perfect for your child’s new adventure in chess. The large size of the vinyl roll-up board and easy-to-recognize Staunton-styled pieces are perfect for learning the game’s many patterns and positions. This is the standard size used for tournament play. The durability and ease of storage make it perfect for anyone beginning in chess.Recommended Resource
Wooden Chess Clock | #CLOCK | $29
A chess clock times games for students and helps them learn to slow their pace of play as needed and manage their time throughout the game. It is also necessary when playing a blitz style of chess, which uses five minutes or less. You must have a clock when participating in a rated tournament.
Knights of the Square Table: A Knight’s First Moves
A Program Designed for Beginners in Chess, Ages 5-7
#CHESS1 | An $85 Value for $69Students will learn the roles of pieces, how they move, the basic requirements of a complete game, castling, en passant and self-possession at the board.
First Moves Training Manual | CH1-101| $29
This WinterPromise Exclusive is an important workbook for your young chess player. It will provide the instruction and reinforcement needed to teach the game’s essentials with 36 scheduled weeks of practice, activity ideas, and reinforcement of basic concepts. Also includes worksheet instruction and practice of the concepts presented in the study, and a fun card game for cementing key concepts!Chess Rules Workbook | CH1-201 | $8
Workbook sheets that allow practice of notation and other chess skills learned this year.The Chess Tactics Workbook | CH2-202 | $15
Chess for Kids | CH1-203 | $7
A colorful, fun and instructive book in the royal game.The Story of Chess | CH1-204 | $18
This unique and artfully illustrated story of the royal game will not only reinforce the chess basics so important to a young player, but will also engage your student’s imagination! Chess will never be the same again!Chess Notation Notebook | CH1-205 | $4
Your student will record his games for future reference.“Buddy” Board Companion | CH1-206 | $4
A roll-up companion to your board with chess rules.
Knights of the Square Table: A Knight in the King’s Court
A Program Designed for Older Beginners in Chess, Ages 8 and up
#CHESS2 | An $80 Value for $69Older students will learn the basics of chess, and proceed rapidly to tactics, strategy, and initiative.
King’s Court Manual | CH2-101 | $29
This WinterPromise Exclusive starts with the basics for older beginners, but quickly moves into the more subtle aspects of the game. This manual will introduce your student to the three parts of a chess game and the concepts of initiative, time and space. Your 36-week schedule gives your student skills practice, activity ideas, DVD suggestions, and weblinks to chess sites for chess news and more! Also includes worksheets for additional reinforcement, and a fun card game that will get your student excited about practice!A World Champion’s Guide to Chess | CH2-201 | $18
This fantastic instruction manual serves as your student’s coach throughout the year. Susan Polgar, Five-Time Women’s World Champion, shares some of the same techniques and methods she learned as a child. The instruction is engaging and motivates students to dig for the answers and analyze results!The Chess Tactics Workbook | CH2-202 | $15
This workbook with perforated pages is the perfect tool for developing your students’ tactical abilities. Working through this book will help prove the maxim, “tactics win games” in your own students’ play. These pages can be copied for those in your own family.Clabbernappers | CH2-203 | $6
Fall into this exciting adventure of imagination! Follow hero Danny Ray, Oklahoma’s best cowboy-junior division, as he saves the day. After being summoned to another land, Danny Ray discovers that pirates have captured the Queen. Danny must rescue the Queen in time for the Great Chess Game!Chess Notation Notebook | CH1-205 | $4
Your student will record his games for future reference.Chess Rules Workbook | CH1-201 | $8
Workbook sheets that allow practice of chess skills.
