Play Chess in 10 Minutes

The quickest way to learn the game

Brian Byfield

Illustrated by Gray Jolliffe

IMPRINTBatsford

FORMAT

HARDBACK ISBN 9781837331130

HARDBACK PUBLICATION DATE 7 January 2027

CATEGORY Chess and Games

HARDBACK PRICE £ 7.99

EBOOK ISBN 9781849940863

EBOOK PUBLICATION DATE19 October 2012

CATEGORY Chess and Games

EBOOK PRICE

£ 2.99

£

A fun gift book explaining all the rules of chess for the absolute beginner, illustrated by popular cartoonist Gray Jolliffe. 

Most people think chess is a difficult game to learn. But that really isn’t the case. By the time you’ve read this helpful little book, you’ll have absorbed everything you know to go off and play your first game. In clear, simple, humorous text, backed up with useful chessboard diagrams and fun cartoons, the author shows you round the board, introduces the pieces and how they move, and lets you into the secrets of special moves such as castling. 

You’ll also find invaluable advice on how to marshal your troops and win the game: why you need to avoid the sides of the boards, how not to isolate your queen, how to see every threat as an opportunity and every opportunity as a potential minefield. Armed with this book, you’ll become a real chess player – in no time at all!

About the Illustrator

Gray Jolliffe is an award-winning cartoonist and illustrator whose best-known work is the Wicked Willie series, first published in the 1980s. He is the illustrator of Play Chess in 10 Minutes (ISBN 9781849940153) and Play Bridge in 10 Minutes (ISBN 9781849940160). He lives in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.

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