NEW BOOK
LAYING THE CHESS FOUNDATION
Chess a game that has much in store for the person who learns it to the point it is
more of an adventure. No two competitive games are the same. This is a classic
board game of 64 alternating color squares with rules for each piece to follow.
It has various tactics, traps, and strategies that can be used for or against
opponents. The game itself can be knowingly traced 1500 years but not to the
exact beginning of the game. Chess can help the person to think logically in
just about any area professionally and personally. The challenge is not in the
game itself but in the person/player utilizing what they have learned and
adapting or making adjustments during the game, and being open-minded to all
the possibilities to have a winning outcome. Last note, chess can have
financial benefits in tournaments for people who strive for much study and
practice. Other benefits are to travel and meeting new people.
Steven Wendell Lee is the second of six children of Delores Allman, born in Morristown, TN, and was raised in Knoxville, TN. At the age of nine, he received his first chess set from his great Aunt Inez Lauderback. It was not until his high school days that he started to read and study chess books. Steven started teaching chess in schools and organizations around the year 2001. He has taught youth from Knoxville, TN, to Toledo, Ohio, and has seen, firsthand, positive effects of chess on young minds such as giving them confidence and structure in their lives. Steven uses chess in his daily work tasks to elevate situations, prioritize tasks, and figure the best strategies to perform or reach a certain goal(s) or come close to reaching a certain production goal. Chess is simply developing an ongoing strategy or constantly refining a strategy until you have a winning solution or plan to achieve a goal. Steven hopes to encourage young people through this book to enter tournaments for cash prizes and for them to see if they can take chess to another level of play; they can reap the rewards and benefits from the game, not just honors that can help finance or assist in financing their way through higher learning.
