These reusable cards are great for all ages and perfect entertainment, whether you’re joining the rush hour commute or keeping your train of thought.

Through a series of classic-style logic puzzles, solvers will join a group of friends as they visit a variety of differently themed escape rooms, such as a library, pirate ship, video arcade, and more. As an immersive bonus, escape room–style puzzles that tie into each room’s theme are included throughout, giving readers the feeling and satisfaction of really being in the room.

It’s common knowledge that a brain workout is essential for keeping your mind on top form but often the puzzles we turn to can seem like very hard work. With Brain Games for Adults, internationally renowned puzzle expert Dr. Gareth Moore presents a huge variety of puzzles – from cryptic codes to logic puzzles, number puzzles to feats of memory – that will challenge you and help boost your IQ. With different types of puzzles, all timed and all evolving in levels of difficulty as you work through the book, that challenge will continue as you progress and build your skills.

In simple, fun stages, readers will learn what every piece can do, and how to use them on the board. Clear, original board diagrams make the action easy to understand. Readers will also discover the best tactics to use against their opponent, from how to counter the Queen’s Gambit to how to avoid the Fool’s Mate. There’s plenty to discover about the wider world of chess too – including unusual trivia and unbelievable true chess stories from history. You’ll also find a full glossary of chess terms and profiles of some of the world’s greatest players inside.

Written with clarity and humour, this is the only guide any young chess player will need.

Chess is a game of strategy, planning and problem-solving. It is deceptively simple, and learning the rules means a lifetime of intellectual challenge for adults and children, in person or online. It has lasted centuries and shows no sign of fading any time soon. Quite the opposite in fact, as during the COVID-19 pandemic, chess became even more popular, particularly online. Chess players and puzzle-solvers have a lot in common, and now that is united in this unique new puzzle publication.

All the puzzles relate to chess and the culture surrounding it, from classic chess puzzles to quizzes about famous players and matches. Puzzles include:

• Classic chess conundrums: looking top-down at a board layout, the best move must be deduced.
• Wordsearch: find the chess-champion names in the grid*
• Crosswords: chess-themed questions and answers*
• Placement puzzles: certain pieces only may be placed next to other in these visual conundrums.
• Chess-doku: An original take on Sudoku: chess piece symbols.
• Logic grids: Clues are given and puzzlers must fill in a grid and work out the missing answers using logic.
• Visual puzzles: A square with a variety of chess pieces in it. One is duplicated, can you spot it? Other visual puzzles include Odd one out, Logic sequences and Spot the Difference.
• Chess-code and other word puzzles: Chess pieces are substituted for letters; to solve the puzzle you must work out which is which. Other word puzzles include anagrams, missing letters and word jumbles.
• Chess quizzes: great players, famous moves and epic matches all feature.