A Bible Book of Chess: What IFS Bible Picture Books, #4

By Sheila Deeth

A Bible picture book for beginning chess-players parents, friends and Sunday school teachers.

Simple games introduce the pieces. Familiar stories from the Bible illustrate the rules. Helpful hints and memorable images encourage successful strategies.

What IFS Books, because the answers can't breathe if we don't ask questions.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sheila Deeth
• Release date: Jul 23, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476060057

Sheila Deeth

More books by Sheila Deeth at http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/sheiladeeth5minutes Calling herself a Mongrel Christian Mathematician, Sheila Deeth combines a love of logic, pattern and symbolism with a deep respect for the Bible, history and science. She obtained her bachelors and masters degrees in mathematics from Cambridge University, England, has lived in England and the United States, and has ties to many different Christian denominations.

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A BIBLE BOOK OF CHESS

A What IFS Picture Book

Sheila Deeth

Copyright 2012 Sheila Deeth

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DEDICATION

To all my friends at Oak Hills Christian Reformed Church,

especially the wonderful people who ran the children’s summer camp

and the kids who played chess with me.

CONTENTS

In the Beginning

The Board

The Law of Gravity

The First Law of Chess

Choosing Sides

Labeling the Sides

Water Rights

Pawns

The Second Law of Chess

The Third Law of Chess

The Fouth Law of Chess

Fight for the Promised Land

Rooks

Obeying the Laws

The Fifth Law of Chess

The Sixth Law of Chess

Spies, Snipers and Priests

Bishops

The Years of the Judges

Queens

The Seventh Law of Chess

Promoted from the Ranks

The Eighth Law of Chess

Bring on the Smelly Horses

Knights

We want a king

Kings

The Tenth Law of Chess

The Eleventh Law of Chess

Watchers and Warriors

Checkmate and Stalemate

King David’s Castle

The Twelfth Law of Chess

How to Start a Chess Game

Alice’s First Games of Chess

A Kingdom Divided

The Angel and the Prophet

The Disappearing Army

The Long Wait

Playing with a Clock

God’s People in Exile

The Thirteenth Law of Chess

In The Beginning

A long time ago God made the world, and the trees and the flowers and the birds and the bees and the mountains and the seas. One day God sent a flood to wash away all the bad things in the world. A man called Noah sailed a ship called an ark and landed on top of a mountain and was saved.

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The Board

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The chessboard is your world when you play chess. And the middle of the board is your mountain. Mountains are important in battles as well as in floods. Soldiers standing on high ground can see and shoot further. In chess you’ll find lots of your pieces are more powerful in the center of the board, just as if they were standing on a hill.

The Law of Gravity

God made the world with lots of laws so things like science and nature would be able to work. The law of gravity keeps our feet on the ground. The laws of genetics tell our bodies how to grow. The laws of thermodynamics control the weather. The world needs laws, and so do we.

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The First Law of Chess

Chess has laws too. The first law of chess tells you how to put