After working for the Sydney Academy Of Chess for more than a year, doing chess coaching at many schools all over Sydney, I was inspired by the experience and a few months ago I started working on an interesting project: a free electronic book which would complement my coaching at those schools so that kids could use it as reference, but also a valuable tool in itself for anyone (kid or adult) wanting to learn chess from scratch.
But how exactly did this coaching experience inspire me? In two ways:

 

• I've been a chess player for more than 30 years and a chess coach for more than 15, and teaching chess to beginners has renewed my interest in chess itself after realizing how much it can mean to them, despite the fact that they've only got to know it for a few months...

• Inevitably, in any classroom or group you'll always get a number of students who fall behind. When writing the book, I was continually thinking about those people: perhaps this book can be an aid to their understanding of the basics of chess.

Anyway, a few months ago I finally released it, and I called it: "Learn Chess Or Call Me An Idiot!!". (and to avoid any missunderstandings, "me" refers to me, the writer!).
As a book reader myself, I've always felt the urge to ask questions about what I was reading, and often never got any answers... that's why I've tried to make this book an interactive experience:

• I've set up a support section on my forum so that anyone who has read the book can ask questions, make comments, suggest improvements, etc.
  

• Online quizzes are currently being built, 3 of them are already available.
  

• New versions of the book will be published. They will include suggestions by the readers, and new features as well.
  

The book contains lots of animated graphics, smileys and, well, the ocassional joke (ok, I've tried to write witty explanations, but don't expect too much from a serious guy like me :D )

The book is completely FREE and so is the support for it.

You can download it from: http://www.chessnia.com/forums/index.php?showforum=49

Or visit the official website:  http://www.chessnia.com

Anyway, I hope you enjoy it. :)

awesome! you should put this in the downloads section as well!

Didn't know I could upload it here! thanks, I just did. :)

Cheers! 

welcome!

Very Cool! I have it downloaded on my laptop. For the novice player, such as myself, it has provided a wealth of information. Thanks (a bit late).

That's very generous and commendable of you. Thanks.

You're awesome. This site needs guys like you. Thanks so much.

I had read this e-book earlier. Its a good book for beginners. Tells basic strategies like pinning, forking etc. Thanks for sharing at chess.com!