How to Beat Your Dad at Chess

A better title for this book might have been “50 Deadly Checkmates.” Each of the checkmates is explained in no more than two pages. It’s easy to digest and immediately applicable to your games. No theory. No filler. Just deadly, game-winning tactics for all levels. You Dad has been warned.

The contains 50 check mate patterns, well explained. My kids loved it. It was a learning for me also. Must buy.

The but refers to the title...I learnt to play as a teenager. Aged 15 to 17, for a couple of years I had a mate I played against regularly. We played different styles , but about the same standard. We would have both loved this book then. I have recently returned to chess, and although I can develop a good position find In some situations I am lost for ideas for an effective attacking plan and I get frustrated when I get stung by an aggressive player. This book looks to be very promising for me now. It is not a suitable book to teach a child to play. It is suitable for someone who has mastered basic end game techniques maybe has two or three basic openings they use and has learnt how to develop a defensive position but now wants to be a more effective attacking player and also wants to be more effective at avoiding falling into checkmate traps. This book deserves 5 stars because if that is what you are after this book does it very well. No long sequences of moves, no big paragraphs of text. It has clear ideas, with the right number of examples to see each idea in action in real games. Also a bonus that the ideas are tested at the end of the book in a really effective way. I am determined not to cheat and look back. I feel this book is not heavy on theory, but will make me a better chess thinker and a more effective aggressive player.

I won't be using it but my son was very happy with it. Soon, my grandchildren will be beating me at chess

本書は翻訳版「どうしたらパパに勝てるか？」が出版されています。子供が読むならそちらをご購入願います。チェス本は絶対英語に限る！　非常にきれいなハードカバーの装丁で贈答品としてもありがたい♪さて、内容はチェスの詰め（Checkmate!）の基礎中の基礎である典型的な形を５０個用意し、魅力的な名前を付して並べています。左のページに１種類のメイトの型（かたち）を掲載し、右ページに同型のメイト問題を２つほど載せています。メイト型５０種なので、合計１５０前後のメイト例が掲載されています。本書は練習問題が少ないです。チェスと高校数学を比較すると、チェスは数学のようにもっと問題演習が必要ではないでしょうか。チャート式のように解法を羅列して辞書のように使うことも考えられますが、もっと演習に時間を割くべきです。本書は演習のためのテキストというより、チャート式のような網羅型典型的解法参考書であり、演習用テキストではありません。どんなメイトの仕方があるかを知るには良いと思います。しかし、チェスの実力アップには、練習問題を実際に解くことが必要で、そのためにはA.J.Gillamの Simple Checkmates をお薦めします！