Developing Chess Talent by Karel van Delft & Merijn van Delft

I was very impressed by the chess concept in Apeldoorn: the young players were
not only learning some chess ideas from a grandmaster, they were also asked by
Karel to give chess lessons to local kids themselves! ...

In this book you will find a lot of ideas about the development of chess talent and
about the creation and stimulation of a local chess culture. Karel and Merijn explain
their views and share their experiences in the area of training young talents, coaching
pupils, organizing chess events, and communicating and transmitting information to
the chess audience. The reader will find many useful topics and answers to many
practical questions: what is the role of the parents, how to stimulate creativity, how
to develop self-management, how to analyse your own games, and even: how to
organize a weekend tournament...


- Artur Yusopov in forward of "Developing Chess Talent".


How do you develop chess talent, and how do you go about developing a chess culture locally?
In this book we discuss subjects in the areas of coaching, training, organization and communication.
It is the story of a voyage of discovery, a journey riddled with successes, failures, and, time and again,
fascinating encounters with a multitude of chess players.
Karel van Delft & Merijn van Delft in introduction of "Developing Chess Talent".

Developing Chess Talent is an excellent blueprint for parents, players, coaches, organizers and chess officials who want to encourage the development of a chess culture in a community. At 240 densely packed pages with 173 pages in the main body and the balance being useful appendices there is not much in the way of fluff. They even include check lists for organizing events though I think there would need to be adjustments for a Canadian or U.S. audience. We can't sell alcohol at most such events and thus the menu and checklist are perhaps specific to their situation but they still provide a most useful checklist for organizers of youth events in North America.

I bought my copy from Strategy and Games some years ago. I remember it being a special order.
I suspect that they can still get copies.