How to Beat Your Dad at Chess

Author:Murray Chandler
Publisher:Gambit Publications
Date/Format:1998 Hardback
Content:128 Pages
ISBN:978-1901983050
Language:English

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This is not just a book for kids – for ‘Dad’ read any opponent who beats you regularly! This book teaches the 50 Deadly Checkmates – basic attacking patterns that occur repeatedly in games between players of all standards. Each mating motif is carefully and simply explained, and several illustrative examples are given. A final test enables the reader to grade his pattern recognition abilities, and the last chapter explains what to do if your Dad is Garry Kasparov. Fun, instructive – and guaranteed to improve your game.


Reviews

“Instructive positions from real games are given in a user-friendly way to show clever methods of forcing checkmate”Peter Gibbs, Birmingham Post

“Well laid out…aimed at the younger player who knows how to play the game but still often loses”Australian Chess Forum

“Thorough and entertaining…the book is well designed and well written”Inside Chess

“Chandler observes, and I couldn’t agree more, that ‘pattern recognition’ is very important”Luke McShane, Express

An excellent collection of study material about attacking formations and checkmating patterns”A McGowan, Scottish Chess