Eline Roebers
World Chess Champion – Girls Under 14
by John Bain
The World Youth Chess Championship
The Netherlands has a Girl Under 14 World Chess Champion!
In 2020, Eline Roebers from Amsterdam won the World Chess Championship Under 14 years old category for girls. The 2020 World Youth Championships were held online because of COVID-19.
The World Youth Chess Championship is a chess competition for girls and boys under the age of 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18.
Twelve world chess champions are crowned every year–six girls and six boys.
14-Year-Old Eline Roebers
The Dutch media paid a lot of attention to Eline’s recent success. The daily news for kids–JeugdJournaal–broadcasted a special segment about Eline’s World Championship title in the Dutch language.
Eline Roebers enjoys the attention that winning the World Chess Championship Under 14 has brought into her life.
Eline is determined to exercise her gifts as a chess prodigy and improve every aspect of her game. Winning the World Youth Championship title is just a beginning for Eline.
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Beginner’s Book – Chess Rules For Students
Chess Rules For Students is a workbook for students learning the game of chess and for beginning students returning to the game. No previous knowledge of chess is necessary. Parents unfamiliar with chess will find this booklet a valuable guide to their child’s new interest.
Chess Rules For Students is designed with students, coaches, and parents in mind. Reading level is appropriate for grade-school use. All major rules of chess are covered, and algebraic notation worksheets are included. Each page is in easy-to-use worksheet format.
A student-friendly Answer Key makes self-correction fun!
Beginners & Intermediate Book – Checkmate! Ideas For Students
Checkmate! Ideas For Students is a workbook for beginning and intermediate students. Checkmate! covers the tactics used in checkmate attacks with clear explanations, diagrams and arrows to pinpoint the key features.
Unlike many other basic checkmate books, Checkmate! categorizes the checkmates by the tactics used to force the checkmate–like Pins, Sacrifices, Removing the Guard, Attraction, Clearance and Attacking Flight Squares–rather than only the checkmate pattern itself.
The worksheets and Answer Key are clear and simple for the student to use, and easy for the parent, teacher and coach to correct! Fun!
Intermediate & Advanced Book – Chess Tactics For Students
Chess Tactics For Students is a workbook containing 434 carefully selected problems in worksheet format. Chess Tactics has been extensively field tested with elementary, middle-school, and high-school students over a four-year period.
This book is ideal for independent seat work as well as for homework and classroom instruction.
The worksheet format and Answer Key enable self-correction with minimal dependence or direct help from a chess teacher, coach, or parent.
