The Amazing Adventure of Dan, the PawnDan, an inexperienced pawn, learns the names and movements of the different chess pieces and takes part in an attack on the enemy king. Includes rules and diagrams for playing. |
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The Amazing Adventure of Dan the Pawn: Your First Steps in Chess Simon Garrow No preview available - 2016 |
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armour arrived attack backwards or sideways battlefield began Bishop's Pawn black army black King black Pawn black Queen black squares bowed call Check capture castle changed direction Checkmate closer color creaking noise Dan's diagonally disdainfully edge enemy King Ernie Ernie and Dan Ernie's feel felt field fierce fight Frightened front frowned glared go back Gradually hear heard heavy helmet hooves jump King's Bishop Knight lazy little Pawn looked loud Majesty the Queen motionless move nerves nervously obviously Pawns organise perfume piece protect Her Royal Queen's coming Queen's Pawn rank realised right-hand robes Rook round Royal Majesty rustle sandwich scream shook his sword side Simon sleep slept smell of horses snore snorting sped square forward squares just ahead standing stared stepped stopped straight line Suddenly sure talk there's trying turned and smiled voice What's whispered white army white Queen white squares yawn