Winning Chess Puzzles For Kids (Volume 1)
first edition (2006)
ERRATA

 
There are several problems in Winning Chess Puzzles For Kids (Volume 1, first edition, 2006) with alternate solutions that are not given in the book. Below is a list of corrections. For a PDF version of this list, click here
. For a PDF file with revised switcheroo diagrams, click here.

MAZES. The following mazes have shorter solutions than those given in the book. To eliminate the “shortcuts”, make these changes.
 
page 281, extra maze 49.  Put white K on e1, R on h1, p on h4 (not Kg1, Re1, h2).
 
page 282, extra maze 52.  Add white B on c8.
 
page 282, extra maze 55.  Put black B on f2 (replacing the white p).
 
page 282, extra maze 61.  Put black B on c6 (replacing the white B).
 

TRIPLE LOYDS. The following triple loyds have more than one solution. Here is a list of the alternate solutions not given in the book.
 
pages 257-259
21  A  Ka7
29  C  Kb6 (Bd4#)
31  C  Kd5 (Rd2#)
36  A  Kh8
 
page 292
49  A  Kc6
58  C  Ke3 (Nd5#)
60  C  Kf3 (Qf1#)
67  C  Kh5 (Qg4#) & C  Ke6 (Qd6#)
 

SWITCHEROOS.
 
page 60,  switcheroo 0. 
Put black pawn (from c6) on c5. (With c6, Ne5 - Kg8 is not mate.)

page 106,  switcheroo 6-2. 
This position requires a major revision to correct. Remove a2, f2, f6. Put white pawn (from h2) on h3. Place white K on g2 and white R (from c3) on c1. Place black Q on d7, black N on g6, and black B (from e2) on d3. Add black pawn on d4. (Without these changes, there are other solutions by switching Nd7 with any white pawn.) New Solution: Bd3 - Kg2.

page 111,  switcheroo 7-2. 
Put white R (from b1) on b6, and black pawn (from a7) on a6. (Without these changes, there are other solutions by switching b7 with any white pawn except h2.)

page 146,  switcheroo 11-3. 
Put white K on e1 & white R on h1. (Not Kg1 & Rf1, which allows the second solution Qd2 - f7.)
 
page 176,  switcheroo 14-1. 
Remove pawns from h4 and h5. Put white K on g1. (With the h-pawns, the solution f2 - g6 is an impossible check. With the K on g3, there is a second solution Kf7 - f5.) The new solution is f4 - g6.
 
page 182,  switcheroo 15-1.
Put black N (from c6) on a5. (With Nc6, there is a second solution Bc4 - Nc6.)

page 194,  switcheroo 16-1,2,3. 
In all 3 positions, put black h-pawn (from h7) on h6. (With h7, there is a second solution Kf7 - h7.)

page 201, switcheroo 17-1.
Remove white pawn from d5. (With d5, there is a second solution Nf6 - Kg8.)

page 201,  switcheroo 17-3. 
Remove black pawn from d5. Add black pawn on d3. (Without these changes, there are two other solutions, Ra1 - Bc4 and Kf2 - Kg7.)

page 220,  switcheroo 19-2. 
Put white pawn (from b2) on c3, and white B (from f4) on a3. Put black B (from f8) on b6. (Without these changes, there is a second solution Bf4 - c6.)

page 238,  switcheroo 20-1. 
Add black pawn on d3. (Without this change, the intended solution Rd2 - Rh8 is not mate.)

Revised versions of all these switcheroos are available in a PDF file.

updated July 2014