How to Beat Your Dad at Chess
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- Author：Murray Chandler
- ISBN：1901983056
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Summary
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
Laura
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Looks good but I'm not there yet and neither are the kids。。。 table till they are older and more experienced Looks good but I'm not there yet and neither are the kids。。。 table till they are older and more experienced 。。。more
Rocky Roer
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Essentially a guide to 50 different checkmating patterns and variations。
Thomas Ray
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How to Beat Your Dad at Chess， Murray Chandler， 1998， 127pp。， ISBN 9781901983050， Dewey 794。1Fifty patterns of decisive attack on the king。 Most are in a kingside-castled middlegame position。 Each is on a single two-page spread， each with several examples over six diagrams。 Most use one or more sacrifices to open a line of attack， eliminate a defender， deflect a defender away or decoy a defender to a specific square （#43）。 "Every year， thousands of bishops are sacrificed for unmoved h-pawns" （#3 How to Beat Your Dad at Chess， Murray Chandler， 1998， 127pp。， ISBN 9781901983050， Dewey 794。1Fifty patterns of decisive attack on the king。 Most are in a kingside-castled middlegame position。 Each is on a single two-page spread， each with several examples over six diagrams。 Most use one or more sacrifices to open a line of attack， eliminate a defender， deflect a defender away or decoy a defender to a specific square （#43）。 "Every year， thousands of bishops are sacrificed for unmoved h-pawns" （#32）。 Part of what makes a strong player is familiarity with such patterns， and quick recognition of them when they occur or have the potential of occurring。 A good set。 Straightforward， concise explanations。 Well done。Often explains the obvious （but in very few words）; sometimes doesn't explain the not-obvious。 Sometimes oversimplifies: in position 201， overlooks white's interposition 3 Rh4， which turns the given mate-in-4 into a mate-in-10。 https://lichess。org/editor lets you set up a position and have a computer play one side of it。 Unfortunately， you can't have the computer play both sides—and， you can't change whose move it is after you start: if it's black to move and you didn't say so， you have to set up the position again。Better still: lichess。org/training gives you "find the best move" positions from actual games。 If you try a move that's not best， the computer tells you to try again。 （Or you could ask to be shown the solution。）Grandmaster Murray G。 Chandler， FIDE rating 2518 （was near 2600 most of his career）， New Zealand， born 1960。 https://ratings。fide。com/profile/400050 https://en。wikipedia。org/wiki/Murray_。。。 "This book is dedicated to my dad， Graham Chandler。" （p。 2） Permalink:https://www。worldcat。org/profiles/Tom。。。 。。。more
Hunter Malaski
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The book "How to Beat Your Dad At Chess"， by Murray Chandler， teaches you how to beat your dad， or anyone else who always beats you， at chess。 It is a non-fiction book that shows and tells the reader how to play chess at a high level。 It gives you good tips and shows diagrams about what moves to make。 It is very informational and helpful。 This book is set up a little bit different than traditional non-fiction books。 On almost every page， there are multiple diagrams of a chess board， with paragr The book "How to Beat Your Dad At Chess"， by Murray Chandler， teaches you how to beat your dad， or anyone else who always beats you， at chess。 It is a non-fiction book that shows and tells the reader how to play chess at a high level。 It gives you good tips and shows diagrams about what moves to make。 It is very informational and helpful。 This book is set up a little bit different than traditional non-fiction books。 On almost every page， there are multiple diagrams of a chess board， with paragraph long descriptions explaining the move。 However， this is very helpful because at times chess can be very confusing。 I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to improve their chess game。 I wouldn't recommend this book to a beginner， because it is more advanced。 It does not give the basic rules about how to play chess， but it gives good plays that you could incorporate into your game。 I would especially recommend this book to anyone who is a frequent chess player and someone who has a lot of time。 I say this because this book is pretty long， and it is written in very small font。 I think the book is written well and should be read by everyone who wants to improve their chess game。 。。。more
Abdalrahman Belal
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awesome ideas with practice for each side makes it so good， help me to searching more and more for a possibility of checkmate in every move。
Rex Y
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Great book for all ranges of chess players of different skill levels to learn a great number of checkmate strategies！ However， the book can add on more details for absolute beginners like me as a tutorial chapter to read the pictures in step by step images。 Beginners have yet to understand the chess languages， phrases， and symbols。
notgettingenough
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What a great title and although Manny pointed out the obvious sexist implications， 'How to beat your parent at chess' just doesn't have the same ring to it。 Furthermore， I imagine you just don't get the same fun crushing your mother as you would your father。 And yet， observing that fathers play their children for short periods to teach them and then retire the moment the kids start winning - I don't think my family was exceptional in that - I suggest that Murray should write the obvious sequel: What a great title and although Manny pointed out the obvious sexist implications， 'How to beat your parent at chess' just doesn't have the same ring to it。 Furthermore， I imagine you just don't get the same fun crushing your mother as you would your father。 And yet， observing that fathers play their children for short periods to teach them and then retire the moment the kids start winning - I don't think my family was exceptional in that - I suggest that Murray should write the obvious sequel: 'How to Beat Your Kids at Chess'！ 。。。more
Andrea
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Parece un libro para chicos， pero todo lo contrario！ Brillantes problemas seleccionados por temas！ Altamente recomendable！！
Eduardo
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Well， did beat my dad after reading this book。 So yeah， five stars。
Stuart Berman
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Great book to help kids with chess
Kevin Turner
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Despite the childish name and cartoonish cover， this is one of the better instructional chess books for beginners。 It focuses on recognizing and executing common checkmate patterns。
Alec
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Uncomplicated and fun to read book on 50 deadly checkmates it's a 21st century version of The Art of Checkmate by Renaud and Khan。Makes a nice gift for a Chess Player in the family or someone who enjoys playing casually。 Uncomplicated and fun to read book on 50 deadly checkmates it's a 21st century version of The Art of Checkmate by Renaud and Khan。Makes a nice gift for a Chess Player in the family or someone who enjoys playing casually。 。。。more
Jue
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A cracking little book on various checkmate presntations。I will be referring to this little bible over and over， a great book。
Ed Ball
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If you like the game of chess， this may interest you。 With 50 different types of mates to test your opponent with！
Simon Deimel
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This book presents 50 classic mating patterns。 Not only for children， but for beginners and intermediate players in general。
Chasbhawk
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Good examples of employing chess strategies to finish games。 Would be good to re-read occasionally。
Manny
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Sexist trash！I have a plus score against the author （1。5-0。5）， so I can say what I like。
Andrew Scott
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Love it！ A present from my Dad making it that more helpful。 Although it seems daunting to start with once you get into the flow of the terminology and how to access the key points of each of the 50 or so moves you'll find more confidence to take on that one figure who always seems to beat you at the ultimate gentlemans game。 Watch out Dad！ Love it！ A present from my Dad making it that more helpful。 Although it seems daunting to start with once you get into the flow of the terminology and how to access the key points of each of the 50 or so moves you'll find more confidence to take on that one figure who always seems to beat you at the ultimate gentlemans game。 Watch out Dad！ 。。。more
Jim
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i'm a grown man but find this book to be very helpful in terms of chess tactics that win big gains。 I have read this through at least 4 times to sharpen up。 i'm a grown man but find this book to be very helpful in terms of chess tactics that win big gains。 I have read this through at least 4 times to sharpen up。 。。。more
Jon
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