Gambit How to Beat Your Dad at Chess

Издание от 1998 г
Брой страници 128
Формат A5
английски език

A bestselling chess book for everyone from age eight to eighty, beginner to master.

In an easy-to-follow format, Chandler shows that the best way to beat a stronger opponent – a friend, clubmate, or yes, even Dad – is by forcing checkmate. Fifty key mating patterns are demonstrated through delightful and instructive positions taken from real games. Beginners can simply absorb the ideas and enjoy the examples; the tactical skills needed for attacks, combinations and sacrifices will follow naturally. Stronger players will find that many of these mating ideas have never been systematically categorized before. Pattern recognition is widely regarded as essential to improvement, and this book offers a rich set of patterns to internalize. Grandmaster Murray Chandler finished second in the World Cadet Championship in 1976 ahead of Garry Kasparov, and remains one of very few players with a 100% record against the future world champion in classical chess.