Chess Openings for Kids: Exercise Workbook

Description

♟️ What is this workbook for?

Understanding opening principles and applying them in a game are two different things. A child can know that rapid development, central control and king safety are important — and still forget all three in an actual game. This workbook bridges that gap: exercises organised by theme where the reader makes real decisions before seeing the solution.

🎯 Who is this book for?

• Children who know the basic opening principles and want active practice
• Students who keep making opening mistakes despite knowing the theory
• Parents and coaches looking for structured practice material that’s easy to check

📖 Contents

Thematic chapters with exercises and solutions: development (bringing pieces out with tempo, punishing poor development), centre control (central pawns, abandonment of the centre), king safety (castling, timing, consequences of delay), tactics in the opening (quick mates, trapped pieces, early resources), tests and solutions, score table.

👤 About the author

Graham Burgess is a FIDE Master and author of numerous titles in La Casa del Ajedrez’s children’s series. Translated into Spanish by José Andrés de Mingo Matías.

♟️ Why we recommend it at Chesscul

At Chesscul we recommend this as the practical complement to the opening theory book from the same series. Watson and Burgess teach the concepts; this workbook puts them into practice.

🔗 Recommended companions

• Chess Openings for Kids: the opening theory book whose content this workbook practises.
• Opening Tricks for Kids: tactical opening resources for students who have mastered the basics here.
• Chess Tactics for Kids: Exercise Workbook: the equivalent workbook applied to general tactics.