Reviews

"Kevin Houston Provides a Vital Bridge for Elementary Chess Players."
Bookscape

"Okay. Your buddy Charlie’s been getting back into chess, and he says he needs a little help, so you get him Vukovic’s The Art of Attack but it winds up untouched on his bookshelf next to War as I Knew It by Patton and Infantry Attacks by Rommel? You try again with Reinfeld’s 1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations, but the next time you drop by his place you see he’s got it under the short leg of a coffee table, where it levels things out real fine. You’re beginning to realize that your pal is a casual chess player, and no chess book is going to be of any use to him unless he opens it and actually reads it…

Fortunately, Kevin Houston feels your pain. His Chess Puzzles for the Casual Player Volume 1 was written just for that chess friend of yours..."
Chessville