ChessKid Announces New Survival Handbook for Parents
Guiding a child's chess learning can be challenging!- Are your kids asking for more information than you yourself can provide?
- What are the right resources for the beginning student?
- Is your child ready to make the leap to tournament chess?
If you're wondering if other families have faced similar questions, trust us — you are not alone! 
ChessKid has been listening, and we understand your anxiety!
To help you enjoy and prepare for the chess journey that you and your kids are taking, we have a new resource for you: ChessKid Parent’s Survival Ebook, The Ultimate Guide to Scholastic Chess.
Here are the details:
- What Is the Parent's Chess Survival Handbook?
- Sample Ebook Questions about Chess Topics
- Special Checklist for Parents Included
- Important Links You''ll Find Inside ChessKid Ebook
- See the Big Picture of the Chess Journey
The ChessKid ebook can help make your chess journey a great family adventure.
Contents of Survival Handbook
The ebook or chess guide has tips, suggestions, answers, and other resources to address your concerns. It is packed with questions that parents often ask. Each question is linked to an online resource such as an article or a video — in some cases, both — about a specific topic that concerns you.
Because the format of the handbook is PDF, you can easily download it and use it frequently when questions pop into your head.
You might be asking, how does an ebook differ from frequently asked questions that are popular components of some online sources? Our ebook features visualizations and interactions that help you quickly understand concepts that are difficult to explain through only text.
This new format has curated into one new resource the best of our expert's educational chess advice for parents, and we even include some fun surprises for mom and dad.
Sample Handbook Questions about Chess Topics
The handbook answers more than 50 specific questions about a variety of chess topics such as the value of playing chess, the language of chess, the role of chess clubs, the usefulness of chess coaching, and ways to prepare for tournaments. For example, here are seven sample questions that the ebook answers to give you an idea of how it can be useful to you:
- Is playing chess online safe?
- If I as a parent don’t know how to play, how do I start my child in learning the game?
- If my child struggles to stay focused, is learning to play chess even relevant?
- How do I start a chess club at my school?
- How should both parents and children prepare for tournaments?
- What should a new player understand before entering a tournament?
- How has a chess coach helped a young player?
Each question is linked to an online resource such as an article or a video — in some cases, both.
Special Feature of This New Chess Guide
A special feature of the survival guide for parents is a tournament checklist that has all the important steps for parents and kids in order to prepare for tournaments, particularly the first event. With a link in the ebook, you can download the checklist as a PDF.
Excerpt of our tournament checklist!
Kids have enormous potential! Help make the most of your kid's chess potential by equipping yourself with as much knowledge as possible.
Important Links in ChessKid Ebook
The ebook also includes links to inspiring stories about ChessKid players themselves that can encourage your youthful player to be successful in chess. After answering the more than 50 questions, the ebook concludes with links to several other important resources to make sure that your chess journey is a great family adventure.
Usefulness of Survival Handbook
ChessKid hopes that you will be pleased to have this resource and will use it frequently. We think it is exactly what parents have been looking for and are happy to provide it. When FunMasterMike saw it for the first time, he said: “Wow! An ebook about scholastic chess! I wish ebooks were available when I was a kid. Maybe I would have won even more games.”
