Can anyone recomend a book for Dyslexic chess player.

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BackplayingChess

Two of my neices (ages 10 + 12) who I don't see much becase we live several states away.  Word from other relatives is that they are now "good" chess players, but one of them is also dyslexic.

Can anyone recommend a chess book with enough diagrams (NOT long lists of moves or long text discussions) that I could buy from Amazon and send.

Thanks in advance, even to those who can't come up with anything.

nik1111

"How to win in chess" by Levy Rosman, youtube superstar, you could literally go through entire moves visually through diagrams and literally through entire moves via animations (provided via links).

It has beginner part but also advanced parts, increasingly.

RussBell

"How To Win At Chess" by Levy Rozman is not a good choice for a dyslexic person (I own the book). It does have plenty of diagrams, slightly more, on average, than other chess books, i.e., anywhere from 1 to 4 diagrams per page (but on average about 2 diagrams per page). However the overwhelming majority of the content is long text discussions. In fact, there is a greater ratio of text (word count) to diagrams than in the typical chess book. A unique characteristic of the book is that it uses no chess notation, instead relying entirely on the text discussion and diagrams for instruction.

I own hundreds of chess books (see blog article below). A book appropriate for the beginner-novice, amateur player, with a relatively high ratio of diagrams to text (i.e., compared to most other chess books) is "Alpha Teach Yourself Chess In 24 Hours" by Zsusa (Susan) Polgar, et. al. It is an introductory book targeted to beginner-novice players, and is focused on teaching chess basics. While the book contains plenty of text discusion and chess notation is used, there is a diagram for virtually every move.

Good Chess Books for Beginners and Beyond...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/good-chess-books-for-beginners-and-beyond