How to Beat Your Dad at Chess (Chess for Kids)

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, clubmate – 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. How to Beat Your Dad at
Chess makes improving easy and fun, and is full of helpful explanations and
practical advice on how to approach chess games with confidence – and success.
Grandmaster Murray Chandler finished second in the World Cadet Championship in
1976, ahead of Garry Kasparov, whom he defeated in their individual game. He
remains to this day one of the few players in the world with a 100% score
against Kasparov. He was a key member of the England team that won the silver
medals in Chess Olympiads three times during the 1980s, and went on to captain
the team in 1994. He is a former proprietor and Editor-in-Chief of the British
Chess Magazine and the author of several bestselling chess books. Read more

Features:

Product Details:

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Gambit Publications; Illustrated edition (October 1, 1998)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 128 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1901983056
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 50
• Reading age ‏ : ‎ 7 – 12 years, from customers
• Grade level ‏ : ‎ 2 and up
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.6 ounces
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.1 x 0.5 x 9.3 inches
• Best Sellers Rank: #3,310 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #2 in Children's Board Games Books #3 in Chess (Books) #211 in Children's Activity Books (Books)