Alexey W. Root

, Thinking with Chess connects chess with skills important for academic success, such as classifying, pattern recognition, decoding, creating, and predicting

Puzzle training develops chess expertise

Each puzzle is either a checkmate in one move or a checkmate in two moves

Appendix B provides the book’s references, which the reader may consult as additional resources for chess improvement

Furthermore, beginners often play chess without recording their moves

Although beginners may notate and then analyze their games, as shown by Root (2009b), solving puzzles is another method of improvement

Feedback is, in effect, the rocket fuel that propels the acquisition of knowledge, and without it no amount of practice is going to get you there.”

Chapters 7-9 have two sections each, Instruction

Chess engages students of all learning styles and strengths and promotes problem-solving and higher-level thinking skills”

The case is made for chess instruction as a thinking skill heuristic to be provided to all students in a school setting

The king may castle once per chess game, as discussed later in this chapter