Learn to play chess by watching videos, reading, workshops, programs and/or finding a coach.
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Want to learn how to play chess? Want to help someone to learn how to play? We created this manual to instruct veterans in our VA Hospital Chess Recreational Therapy Programs. It contains not not only the rules of the game, but pointers on how to win. The manual utilizes a quick step-by-step learning process that is required for our traumatic brain injury program participants. This makes it ideal for anyone to learn the game. 100% of book profits goes to helping Illinois Veterans and their families.
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Videos
Chess videos come in many forms and can contain content from How-to-Play Chess to making you a master player course. They also range from free to expensive. They have the advantage from coming from the world's finest chess coaches and can be re watched until you are proficient.
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The Internet
Chess websites such as Chess.com and You Tube contain extensive chess video libraries. Normally free to use.
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Online Stores
Online stores such as E Bay, Amazon and USCFSales.com.
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Public LibrariesCheck out your local public library, it may contain chess videos.
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Reading
Sometimes a good chess books, blog or article will be your "road to chess enlightenment". They range from the price of free to "not so" free. Hey, authors need to make a living as well.
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Chess books
Chess books can be purchased from both online stores and in bookstores. Chess clubs and libraries are good if you don't need to own them. A good book to get to quickly help your game is pictured below.
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Chess Blogs
A free blog that is recommended is Tactics Time! written by Tim Brennan. It contains "real world" chess puzzles from actual chess games. Just click the below image.
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Chess Articles
Chess Life (the monthly magazine from the USCF) and Chess.com are a few places to read them. They will keep you "up to date" with chess topics.
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Need a Workshop, Coach or Program? (Just clink the buttons below to find out how to arrange one)