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When Check City is captured and the queen and king go missing, it is up to the reader to solve the mystery by moving the pieces to their proper places on the board in order to put things back to normal, in an illustrated introduction to the game of chess which comes packaged with a magnetic chess set.
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"The mazes are satisfyingly tricky . . . and puzzle-minded kids who are beyond WHERE'S WALDO? should enjoy this for hours." — BOOKLISTChess City has been captured! The king and queen are missing, and it’s up to readers to rescue them. As children learn how each chess piece moves, their task is to strategically maneuver knights, pawns, bishops, and rooks through mazes filled with hungry wolves, dangerous swamp monsters, and poisonous spiders. Each step leads them closer to the captive king and queen, in a perfect introduction to the challenges and excitement of a real game of chess. Now, with a compact chess board at their fingertips, they’ll be eager to put their skills to the test!
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