How to Beat Your Dad at Chess (Gambit Chess)
by Murray Chandler
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Book Reviews of How to Beat Your Dad at Chess (Gambit Chess)
Book Review: A simple but effective method
Summary: 5 Stars
This book works because the 50 checkmates (actually 47 checkmates and 3 drawing concepts) are so superbly well-chosen.
Some typical examples of the patterns covered are:
Single rook sacrifice on h8
The Bxh6 Sacrifice
The Double Bishop Sacrifice
The Greek Gift Sacrifice
A nice touch is that for many of the themes a little bit of history is also given. For example, Deadly Checkmate 50 is called The Fischer Trap, as in involves the Bxf7+ and Ne6 motif of Fischer-Reshevsky in 1958. We also learn that the great German player Siegbert Tarrasch (1862-1934) once fell for this trap too.
This educational element helps explain why this book is almost a text book in many schools and clubs - the clarity of the explanations is another reason. The book is fun too. Very highly recommended, even for adults!
Book Review: A brilliant course in finding checkmates fast
Summary: 5 Stars
This book gives numerous examples to solve and learn of the "50 Deadly Checkmates" which are the most common checkmate formations that arise in chess.
As experienced players will know, but some beginners may not realize, all chess positions between reasonably strong players contain familiar patterns. These patterns are clusters of pawns and pieces that can be remembered and recalled from previous experience.
This is possible even if the precise position is not exactly the same, and reading this book gives several examples of each of the 50 patterns.
One thing I particularly liked was the introduction. An interesting example showed that a human could use this pattern-spotting technique to make incredibly fast calculations, even faster than a computer. There is hope for the human race yet!
Great book.
Book Review: LEARN MATING PATTERNS - an excellent book on learning how to mate quickly and efficiently
Summary: 5 Stars
Do you know how to mate? You can now get actual experience in the most important basic positions. This book will test you and teach you new positions you probably didn't know about before.
Without knowing these patterns you will miss many important opportunities in your game. HOW TO BEAT YOUR DAD AT CHESS has 50 of the most important patterns. By looking at the title and cover it may at first appear to be just a book for kids, but it is for all ages (though not for a beginner).
[...]The cover may look silly, and the title may not really tell you what the book is all about, but it is well organized and should be a fine addition to additional books on other parts of tactics.
I highly recommend this as an important and excellent book for those who are intermediate skilled chess players.
Book Review: A Simple and Effective Method
Summary: 5 Stars
This book works because the 50 checkmates (actually 47 checkmates and 3 drawing concepts) are so superbly well-chosen. Some typical examples of the patterns covered are:Single rook sacrifice on h8
The Bxh6 Sacrifice
The Double Bishop Sacrifice
The Greek Gift Sacrifice
A nice touch is that for many of the themes a little bit of history is also given. For example, Deadly Checkmate 50 is called The Fischer Trap, as in involves the Bxf7+ and Ne6 motif of Fischer-Reshevsky in 1958. We also learn that the great German player Siegbert Tarrasch (1862-1934) once fell for this trap too.
This educational element helps explain why this book is almost a text book in many schools and clubs - the clarity of the explanations is another reason. The book is fun too. Very highly recommended, even for adults!
Book Review: Small book, but great value!
Summary: 5 Stars
This book was excellent! I agree with the other reviewers who say that the outside cover looks really silly, but once you open it and start working through the problems, it can really improve your chess. I'm not a tournament player, nor have I ever been rated, but when I play on the net or at the local cafe, I notice that many of the patterns (especially the Greek gift and the missing h-pawn attacks) come pretty often. By practicing the patterns in this book, I'm beginning to win more and more.This book isn't for people who are learning how to move pieces, but it's good for intermediate players who want to learn how to sacrifice and how to attack. It'll help intermediate players get over their fear of sacrificing, and it'll reveal possibilities that one might not normally see.
Highly recommended.