Chess for everybody

General information

Teacher book. Didactic guide and set of solutions

Student books. Elementary 1 and 2

Student books. Intermediate 1 and 2

Student books. Advanced 1 and 2

General information

Chess for everybodyis a project that aims to contribute to the chess training of people from the age of 6 in a very visual and fun way.

It is not necessary to have previous knowledge of chess since you start to explain everything from the beginning.

This collection comprises six books grouped into three levels: initiation, intermediate and advanced.
Each book in the collection explains the contents of the opening, the middle game and the endings. The contents of each book are grouped into ten units.
The PDF on the right shows general information about this collection, indexes of all books, etc.

In the new Chess for everybody project, a book for teachers is incorporated where a series of complementary transversal activities are exposed to offer an educational chess project for the first two books of Initiation and focused on the secondary stage.
In the event that they are used in the primary stage, it is recommended to use activities from the books of the teachers of the Play and Learn project.

Teacher book. Didactic guide and set of solutions

Book for teachers to implement educational chess in the secondary stage with the first two books of Initiation of the chess for all collection and its complementary materials.

It is structured in three blocks. In the first, the theoretical part on which the project is based in the stage is exposed. In the second, the objectives, the contents, the structure of the units, the typologies of the activities, the evaluative resources are shown… And, in the third, all the activities for each of the units of the three courses are presented.

The resources to carry out the multilevel activities of the students are found in the complementary materials: Stories about chess (comics), Tocado Movida (songs), Active Mind (dossiers on cognitive abilities), sheets for the workshops (downloadable PDF) and Investiga (dossiers on various chess challenges).

The following guides set out criteria for optimal chess learning with the books in the collection.

Didactic guide

Elementary 1

Elementary 2

Intermediate-Advanced

(it’s translating)

Set of solutions

Elementary 1

Elementary 2

Intermediate 1

Intermediate 2

Advanced 1

Advanced 2

Student books. Elementary 1 and 2

	Featuring the basic knowledge necessary to be able to play a complete chess game. The level of difficulty of the solutions is one move and the reader indicates them with an arrow as move notation is not explained yet.
	192 pages, color. Din A4 format. ISBN: 978-84-933393-9-5 RRP: 17 euros

	Move notation is taught and concepts on opening, middlegame and endgame are introduced, together with respective tactical resources. The level of difficulty of the solutions is one or two moves, depending on the kind of exercise.
	192 pages, color. Din A4 format. ISBN: 978-84-15184-21-8 PVP: 17 euros

The book of Chess for All is being updated. Initiation 1 to offer a version more adapted to educational chess but maintaining the same chess contents.
In this way it can be used both for a more traditional chess learning training (clubs and extracurricular activities) and for a more educational training (teaching schedule).

Student books. Intermediate 1 and 2

	Concepts on opening strategy are introduced, the repertoire of tactical and strategical resources in each phase of the game is enhanced. The level of difficulty of the solutions regarding subjects which are dealt with in more depth, is two or three moves.
	192 pages, color. Din A4 format. ISBN: 978-84-15184-22-5 PVP: 17 euros

	In addition to the continued enhancement of the tactical and strategical resources in each phase of the game, positional assessment is introduced in this volume. The level of difficulty of the solutions is two or three moves.
	192 pages, color. Din A4 format. ISBN: 978-84-15184-23-2 PVP: 17 euros

Student books. Advanced 1 and 2

	Opening theory is introduced. The reader starts to make plans based on assessment. Defensive play is dealt with more deeply, and the repertoire of tactical and strategical resources in each phase of the game is further enhanced.
	192 pages, color. Din A4 format. ISBN: PVP:

	Opening thery and pawn structure are dealt with in more depth. Positional sacrifices are introduced. There is a continuation of the enhancement of tactical and strategical resources in each phase of the game.
	192 pages, color. Din A4 format. ISBN: PVP:

General information

Teacher book. Didactic guide and set of solutions

Student books. Elementary 1 and 2

Student books. Intermediate 1 and 2

Student books. Advanced 1 and 2

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