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How to Beat Your Dad at Chess (Gambit chess) |  | Author: Murray Chandler
Publisher: Gambit Publications
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Seller: A Green Read
Rating:  130 reviews
Sales Rank: 21535
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Pages: 127
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 1901983056
Dewey Decimal Number: 794.124
EAN: 9781901983050
ASIN: 1901983056
Publication Date: August 1, 1998
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Product Description
This is a chess book for everyone, from eight to eighty, beginner to master. In a clear, easy-to-follow format it explains how the best way to beat a stronger opponent (be it a friend, club mate - or Dad!) is by cleverly forcing checkmate. Delightful and instructive positions from real games are used to show the 50 Deadly Checkmates that chess masters use to win their games.For the beginner, simply learning the checkmating ideas and enjoying the examples will help develop the tactical skills needed to carry out attacks, combinations and sacrifices.For the advanced player, many of these checkmating ideas will come as a revelation, having never been categorized before. Experts agree that pattern-recognition is vital to success in chess, and this book provides a wealth of valuable patterns.Specifications:Author: ChandlerBook Type: Hardback, 1998Notation: Figurine NotationPages: 127
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 130
 Great Book July 17, 2010
Jamie
I purchassed this book from hearing all the positive feedback about it and i wasnt dissapointed.
This book starts you at the middle game to show you all kinds of checkmating patterns to help with pattern recognition so if you stumble upon one of these positions in your game you will have no problem seeing a checkmate 4 to even 8 moves ahead.
If you're an absolute begginner it might be a little much.
 Unfortunately, it worked June 10, 2010
Stuart I. Yaniger (Austin, TX)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My 9 year old stayed up all night for several nights studying this book. I just lost my third game in a row to him, the little b@$tard.
My Son is Reading the Book! February 8, 2010
Lisa aka (Westfield, NJ)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased this book for the 9 year old son for Christmas. I am not a good judge of the content (since my chess skills are limited) but I can say that my son is reading the book and wants to play chess. My son is very picky about what he is interested in reading so I thought this book was a success from that point of view.
 Not what I expected September 3, 2009
dorque (Roswell, GA USA)
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
This book was purchased for a beginner six-year-old who wanted to "beat his dad at chess," but was inappropriate for a very young beginner. Very little introduction, description of the rules of the game, or descriptions of basic piece movement. Book pretty much leapt into diagrams of mid-game board setups and specific combinations of moves to attack or respond as the board dictates.
Not recommended for a young beginner. Working knowledge of the game and experience necessary to make use of this book.
 Good bok, but not so much for beginners or little kids September 29, 2008
D. Park
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Because my kids would like nothing more than to beat their dad at chess, I got this book for my 7 and 4 year old sons. The book does a great job explaining different types of mating patterns, but the explanations are too brief and too abstract for my kids. I learned a lot reading the book, but I'm not sure my kids did. The title makes it seem as if the book is for young children. It is really for intermediate to advanced players. For them, this is a great book. For little ones, I would not recommend it.
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