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PUZZLES WORKBOOKS FOR SCHOOL CHESS CLUBS AND HOMEWORK Why solve puzzles?
These
workbooks are developed by
WGM Elena over 15 years of her teaching practice. She is using these
materials to work with private students with a great rate of success – most of Elena students achieve
rating of 1000-1100+ starting from
rating of 400 in less than a year. Majority of her students score 5 points out
of 5 at least once in local scholastic tournaments and qualify into Tournament of Champions
90 puzzles
each Order
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DESCRIPTION BELOW
Puzzles workbooks make a big difference for the
teacher during the class. It allows the teacher to follow student’s
progress and for all students to work at a different pace. These workbooks
were developed by WGM
Elena Donaldson, Three Times US Women’s Champion and based on our 10+
years of experience of teaching chess to young children in schools and our
summer camps. Please visit
Puzzles Sample , Workbooks
Test on-line.
Workbooks Levels For
After-school Club Puzzles on
Checkmates, Captures, Pins, Double Attacks
#1 Preview Chess Academy 101
Rating beg-600 COMPLETE BEGINNERS GROUP
#2 Preview Chess Academy 102
Rating 600-750 BEGINNERS GROUP, also K-1 750-850.
#3 Preview Chess Academy 103
Rating 800-1000 INTERMEDIATE GROUP
#4 Preview
Chess Academy 201 Rating 1000+
INTERMEDIATE/ INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED
GROUP
#5 Preview Chess Academy 202
Rating 1050+ ADVANCED GROUP
Endgames,
Openings, Homework and Self-Study
Preview Chess Academy 203
Rating 1100-1300
Preview
Chess Academy 301 (1300+)
Preview Chess Academy 104,
Checkmate in One move (400-700)
Preview Chess Academy 105,
Checkmate in One move (700-950)
Chess Academy
106: Captures and Pins 700-900 players
Chess Academy 107: Double Attacks for 700-900 players
Chess Academy 205: Endgames (Intermediate 900-1100) (available only for Chess Academy students)
COMING SOON: Books with (*) are only available to Chess
Academy students
(*) Chess Academy 206: Openings
(Intermediate 700-1000) To learn
basic opening moves and strategies to win games in local tournaments
(*) Chess Academy 207: Openings
(Intermediate 700-1000) Special challenge for
learning openings
(*) Chess Academy 305 Openings (Advanced
1100+) To learn advanced
opening moves and strategies to outplay the opponent in any openings
(*)
Chess Academy 208 Special tactics
(*) Chess Academy 304: Endgames
(1200+) Endgames
for advanced players
Coming Soon Chess Academy 302 Advanced puzzles 1300+)
Coming Soon Chess
Academy 303: Checkmates in two and three moves 1300+
.
Please note: Clubs are not allowed to make
copies from the workbooks.
