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Item: "The Great Pawn Hunter Chess Tutorial: Stories, Poetry and Games"
Author: Manus Patrick Fealy
ISBN: 1425940811
Publisher: Authorhouse
Media: Paperback 312 pages
Level : Beginner and Intermediate
This book is great for parents and coaches looking to teach and entertain flegling players. Follow The Great Pawn Hunter and his friends The Restless Knight, The Bad Bishop and Old Maestro through their adventures and learn such ideas as: double attack, discovered attack. and decoys. Forks, pins and harmony and other ideas are also exhibited. Many major chess openings such as "The Dutch", "Sicilian", King's Indian, French, Quenn's Indian, Pirc and many others are introduced to the reader. If you are a parent or coach consider teaching your son, daughter or student through entertaining stories. This book contains 38 chess stories, 38 poems and 17 complete chess games.

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Item: 32 Piece Triple Weighted Wood Ebonized chess set pieces

3 3/4" king

The beautifully designed knight is fully detailed in the Staunton style. How many times have players knocked knights off the table only to find out their knight's ears were damaged in the fall. NOT with these pieces! The knights have Dimpled ears! The queen coronets are elegantly pointed. These Chess pieces have a broad-base design and are triple weighted. This provides for excellent balance which is highly desirable for any chess set, especially when playing blitz. Chess pieces have green billiard cloth pads that won't scratch a cherished chess board.

King Height 3 3/4"

King Base 1 5/8"

King Weight 75 grams "almost 3 ounces".

KNIGHTS HAVE DIMPLED EARS !

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