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    How to Beat Your Dad at Chess by Murray Chandler

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    • Age Range: 9 to 12
    • Pub. Date: April 1998
    • 127pp
    • Sales Rank: 54,989

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      • Pub. Date: April 1998
      • Publisher: Gambit Publications, LTD
      • Format: Hardcover, 127pp
      • Sales Rank: 54,989
      • Age Range: 9 to 12

      Synopsis

      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.

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      Not just for the age 9-12 reader as it suggestsby Anonymous

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      April 07, 2009: Checkmate! Checkmate! Checkmate! Learn all about the standard checkmates you will find in chess. This is a highly specialized book on one important type of tactic in chess: Checkmate! It has little to actually do with "Beating your dad". Though learning your standard checkmates should help improve your game and therefor you will stand a better chance of beating dear old dad.

      The checkmates are orgainized by the type of checkmate it is (example: Smothered Mate). The type of checkmate is shown with examples to work on that follow. A nice format overall. This is not the only book that covers standard checkmates (example: "Art of the Checkmate" is also very good, "Simple Checkmates" for the super beginner) and does nothing to cover the many other standard strategies involved in learning as a beginner (example good first book that covers everything that a beginner needs to get started is "Chess for Everyone; A Complete Guide for the Beginner") which makes a greater need for a comprehensive introductory book for newcomers to chess.

      I like it and agree with others that the title has little to do with the material in the book. A worthwhile book once an comprehensive beginner's book is read.

      Learn Checkmate Patternsby Anonymous

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      December 03, 2008: "How to Beat your Dad at Chess" is actually a book on How to Checkmate! It may have a silly title, but the contents are very useful for any novice wanting to improve their game - and learning tactics (which checkmates are a part of) are important.
      Like some of the other books that focus in checkmates/tactics (such as "Art of The Checkmate", "Winning Chess Traps", "Winning Chess Tournaments" - all will compliment this book well), the different patterns are broken down by type of pattern (or checkmate in this case) making it easy to learn the specific checkmates.
      This is a fun book to learn from!

      I Also Recommend: Simple Checkmates, The Art of Checkmate, Winning Chess Traps, Winning Chess Tournaments, Chess For Everyone.


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