How to Beat Your Dad at Chess

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.