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

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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. 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. positions your task is to find the winning combination that either forces checkmate or wins material. White moves Here 1 :f7+ ~g8 2 :g7+ is the correct way to force the draw, as Black's rook on f8 prevents his king escaping.

How to Beat Your Dad at Chess - Murray Chandler How to Beat Your Dad at Chess - Murray Chandler

If a lemming played chess, it would fall for this one In England 1853 a friendly game Schulder-Boden ended after just 15 moves. Open Library is an initiative of the Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form.There are dozens of variations on this pattern, as even if one or more of the defending pawns has moved (or is absent), a mate on the back rank is still possible. The best-known version is named after Fran~ois-Andre Philidor, a famous French player from the eighteenth century. While you will still have to use all of your skills and abilities to calculate combinations, it will be much easier to find them.

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Depending on which kingside formation Black has adopted, there remains the question of how to smash down the defensive fortress.

Impress your friends with this nifty decoy sacrifice This concept is simple and yet dramatic: White's rook is sacrificed on the empty hSsquare. In the vast majority of cases the sacrifice is made on the f7-square, and the defending piece involved is a black rook on the f8-square. Because the 'Philidor's Legacy' mate (Deadly Checkmate 4) is so well known, some related fonnations have been rather overlooked.

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Before sacrificing the queen, it must be established that the black king cannot escape to safety via the g6-square. Gambit Publications Ltd Managing Director: GM Murray Chandler Chess Director: GM John Nunn Editorial Director: FM Graham Burgess German Editor: WFM Petra Nuon Acknowledgements: David Stanley (cover), Harvey Lister (drawings), Tim Wall, Sheila Jackson, Ken Whyld, Alex Meynell, Keith Chandler, Paul Harrington.Bear in mind that the queen is a long-range piece, and is often innocently developed on the c2-square, with no evil intentions against the opposing king. This straightforward but lethal mating pattern is fundamental to the success of many more complex combinations. Understanding the strengths and weaknesses of different positions will help you make better strategic decisions. However, it is equally important to understand the underlying principles of the openings and be flexible in your approach. Remember, beating your dad at chess is a great accomplishment, so don’t forget to give yourself a pat on the back.

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After Black's king moves, White's queen will advance to h7-square, giving at least a check and frequently mate. White moves Now comes the sparkling queen sacrifice, as given in virtually all training manuals: 4 'ilg8+ :xg8 (21 d).

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! Spite Check - A check of no practical value made in a lost position, usually merely to prolong a lost game or put off checkmate for another move. Chandler intersperses brief but entertaining chess narratives of the background and history each of his many 2-page named strategies.