I have a lot of free material to help anyone wanting to run a successful social chess club for children.
Minichess Download Pack
Activities for Spectrum Minichess Clubs.
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Chess Heroes Beginners’ Guide
Make sure you know ALL the rules before you start!
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Junior Chess Heroes
A worksheet based book for younger children learning at home.
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Journey Through Chess
A worksheet/activity book for parents and teachers of children aged about 7-8.
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Chess for Heroes
A beginners’ book for older learners explaining what’s really happening in a game of chess.
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The Chess Heroes Books
A unique series of books for players who know the basics and would like to play competitively. Click on a title to download.
Checkmates for Heroes
Chess Tactics for Heroes
Chess Openings for Heroes
Chess Endings for Heroes
Chess Puzzles for Heroes
Coming later in 2022: Chess Games for Heroes.
Simple Opening Guides
Back in the 1990s we introduced Richmond Junior Chess Club members to a wide range of openings through our series of simple opening guides. Now revised and updated, they’re available for download as a combined volume here.
Chess Stationery
We provide the stationery you need to run a successful chess club.
Scoresheets: to enable your members to record their games.
Tournament Pairing Charts: to enable you to run informal tournaments.
Pairing Cards: to enable you to run tournaments using the Swiss System.
Chess Board and Pieces: if you don’t have sets you can make your own.
Chess 1500 