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
