Chandler: Dad, you're checkmated!

Autor: Chandler, Murray
Verlag: gambit
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Sprache: German
Buchumschlag: hardcover
Seiten: 128

This book is suitable for every chess player, from eight to eighty, from beginner to master. In a clear, easy-to-follow style, it explains the best way to beat your opponent. 50 magical and instructive checkmate positions from real games are presented here with good explanations. The book is full of helpful explanations and practical advice. Finally, there are some tests.

Learning the mating ideas and enjoying the examples will help the beginner to develop the tactical skills needed to execute attacks, combinations and sacrifices.

For the advanced player, many of these mating ideas will be a revelation, as they have never been categorized before. Experts agree that pattern recognition is crucial to chess success, and this book provides a wealth of valuable patterns.

With Dad, you're checkmated! makes improving at chess fun because it is full of helpful explanations and practical advice on how to approach a chess game with confidence - and success.

Grandmaster Murray Chandler finished second in the 1976 Cadet World Championship, beating Garry Kasparov in their personal encounter. To this day, he is one of the few players in the world to have a 100% result against Kasparov. He was a key figure in the English team that won three silver medals at Chess Olympiads in the 1980s and was the team's captain in 1994. He is a former owner and editor-in-chief of the British Chess Magazine and the author of several successful chess books.

128 pages, hardcover, 2012

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