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

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Since practical relevance is particularly important to us, our editors incorporate their own experiences. positions your task is to find the winning combination that either forces checkmate or wins material. Each of the '50 Deadly Checkmates'} catalogued here explains a specific theme used to attack the opponent's king.

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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.Anderssen's Mate involves a sacrifice on h7 - to open the h-file and expose the black king - followed by checkmate on the h8-square. A queen that penetrates to a weak square in the heart of enemy territory is always a danger for the defender. What a great title and although Manny pointed out the obvious sexist implications, 'How to beat your parent at chess' just doesn't have the same ring to it. White moves After 3 "'f6+ ~g8 4 l:lgl+ the second white rook joins the attack, and mate follows next move. This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out or otherwise circulated in any fonn of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

How to Beat Your Dad at Chess (Chess for Kids) Kindle Edition How to Beat Your Dad at Chess (Chess for Kids) Kindle Edition

You can do this by taking a picture of the board and posting it on social media or by having a celebratory dinner with your dad. The situation is extremely dangerous for the defender if there is also a white queen in the vicinity of the black king. Both white rooks are sacrificed on the empty square h8, in a forcing five-move combination where every white move administers a check. White moves A rook down, and facing mate himself, White nevertheless wins using the Lolli queen sacrifice: 1 iVxh7+ cstxh7 2 :h3+ iVh4 3 l:lxh4 mate. d7 (to stop ltJe7 mate) White exploits the loose queen brilliantly: 4 'iig5+ ~h7 5 ~h4+ g8 6 ~g3+ h8 7 ~h3+ g8 8 ltJh6+ g7 9 'iYxd7.I think the book is written well and should be read by everyone who wants to improve their chess game. Unlike diagram 1, there are nofamiliar patterns to assist, and each piece must be remembered individually.

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The best-known version is named after Fran~ois-Andre Philidor, a famous French player from the eighteenth century. Remember, beating your dad at chess is a great accomplishment, so don’t forget to give yourself a pat on the back.

Anatomy of a Combination A big advantage of knowing the most common middlegame mating themes is that it makes the calculation of the variations so much easier. Although no scientific tests have been done, inexperienced players use perhaps 95% calculation and 5% pattern recognition. Consider this possibility every move If a white rook is attacking the black g7 -pawn, and the pawn is only protected by the black king, then :xg7+ simply cries out to be played.

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