Chess Minigames for Enjoyable Learning [pdf]

Re:Chess Minigames for Enjoyable Learning [pdf] by marttt on Friday February 11, 2022 @10:57AM (#30302898)

To OP: I was just looking into simple chess puzzles for my son (checkmate in two etc), so this popping up on HN front page is excellent. Many thanks for your work! Would you mind also providing an epub version of it?

Apparently, there's also another booklet on your homepage, "How to Teach Your Child Chess" [1]. Will look into that one as well.

1: https://andytrattner.com/img/pdf/teach-chess.pdf

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Re:Chess Minigames for Enjoyable Learning [pdf] by andytratt on Friday February 11, 2022 @09:20PM (#30309313)

Thanks so much for the positivity and suggestion! Unfortunately, it is not a priority for me right now to make an epub.

Regarding puzzles, see tactics section. You surely have already found mountains of mate in 2 exercises somewhere... If not, https://ausee.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/23.pdf

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Re:Chess Minigames for Enjoyable Learning [pdf] by marttt on Sunday February 13, 2022 @03:32PM (#30325345)

Ha, this will surely keep us busy for a while, thanks very much for that link. Btw, I already played several of your proposed Minigames with my son (8yo), and he was instantly hooked. Nice change from the regular games he insists on playing every night before bedtime. I think both your books are really well thought out and structured. Very encouraging and helpful for amateurs like us. Thanks again!

Regarding the epub: turns out the layout of your pdfs is just fine to read on my e-reader's screen, so the epub definitely isn't crucial. I also quite like the books' clean and simple design.

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