CHESS FOR KIDSTo be published by Right Way Books on 28 October 2010.
A story book for young children based on the chessKIDS academy website.
Pre-order now from AMAZON.CO.UK or AMAZON.COM.
Published books:
The Complete Chess Addict (with Mike Fox) Faber & Faber 1997
The Even More Complete Chess Addict (with Mike Fox) Faber & Faber 1993
Move One! A Chess Course for Beginners Faber & Faber 1990
All these books are currently out of print. Second-hand copies are readily available from the usual sources (Amazon, Bookfinder, Abebooks etc.)
Self-published books/booklets:
BEGINNERS' GUIDE TO CHESS
PARENTS' GUIDE TO CHESS
SCHOOLS LESSONS VOLUMES 1 & 2
MOVE TWO! (unpublished successor to MOVE ONE!)
SIMPLE OPENINGS GUIDES
PERSONALIZED STORY BOOK
To read all of these (except the personalized story book) you'll need ADOBE ACROBAT READER. Just click on the link for each product.
Please feel free to download and print off anything you want. It's all free but donations to help cover my hosting/domain costs are welcome - to make a donation or download in other formats please visit the chessKIDS academy Library.
I've recently been working on other projects, mostly in an editorial capacity. I acted as consultant to the English Language version of the Harry Potter Chess Course. The final edition came out in Autumn 2008 so I guess it's too late to start collecting the issues!
I also revised and updated The Right Way to Play Chess, originally written by David Pritchard in 1950, and contributed a chapter on teaching your children chess.
I have contributed a chapter to The Chess Instructor 2009, published by New In Chess.
Future projects:
The chessKID Quiz Book a quiz book for users of chessKIDS academy
The Chess Obsessive/The Ultimate Chess Addict update/follow-up to the Chess Addict books incorporating material from 15 years of our Addicts' Corner column in CHESS
Pawns in the Game Children's chess: history/educational theory/psychology
Chess in Richmond A History of Richmond & Twickenham Chess Club, Richmond Junior Chess Club and chess in the Borough of Richmond upon Thames
Any publishers interested in any of these titles: please contact me. Several people have also suggested that I should write a history of chess in Richmond, but that would not be of any interest to a commercial publisher.