![]() I actually think it’s a mistake calling this a book for kids, because it’s just such a fantastic book for learning chess. Let’s talk about your first pick of the best chess books for beginners, Winning Chess Strategy for Kids by Jeff Coakley. ![]() Jeff Coakley, Antoine Duff (illustrator) Read Would you say that the first two chess books you have picked are best for kids, and the other three for beginners of any age?Īll five books are fine for kids – I deliberately picked them that way – and for chess beginners of any age. Whether it’s casually or if they want to become champions, I want to get kids playing chess and enjoying the game. I want to get as many kids playing chess as possible. I miss playing but the Edinburgh Chess Academy takes up all my time. Since 2013, I’ve been a full-time teacher and now I teach about 600 children every week and make a living out of it. When I was a student at university I taught chess on the side to get some pocket money, and my students were doing quite well. I remember being in my economics class, dreaming about starting a chess school one day. None of my friends played, and at school there was absolutely nothing. Later, when I was 15 or 16, I really didn’t understand why kids didn’t play chess. And I found out that actually I was the best chess player for my age in Scotland. A journalist came around who told me about a local chess club, and I went along and found out there was a summer camp and tournaments, which I had no idea about. So I took the day off school to play the world champion. I put my name in the hat, and I was lucky enough to be one of the 10 people picked. And then there was a chance to play the world champion at the time, a prize draw to play Vladimir Kramnik. When I wasn’t playing football, I was inside playing on this website. I quite liked it but I didn’t do anything with it – I was much more interested in football – until I was 10 or 11 and back in Scotland and my dad signed me up to a website, an old chess website called. My best friend at the time taught me and then I started beating him. I had no idea how to play but all the other kids somehow seemed to know. Before assembly they got some chess sets out. When I was little I went to a school in London. Foreign Policy & International Relationsīefore we get to the books themselves, can you talk a bit about how you got into chess and why you decided to set up a chess academy?.
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