How to Beat Your Dad at Chess Murray Chandler

Charming title is a hit with both kids and adults

Teaches all standard checkmate patterns

Great impulse buy – over 50,000 copies sold

How To Beat Your Dad at Chess achieves that rare feat of being both amusing and hugely instructional at the same time. The book reveals how you can easily beat a player stronger that yourself, by learning the 50 Deadly Checkmates. These attacking patterns occur repeatedly between players of all standards. How to Beat Your Dad at Chess has become a international bestseller – including editions in Spanish, German and French - and has been adopted as a standard textbook by many chess coaches.

“Fun to read for players of any age or any strength” – Lubosh Kavalek, WASHINGTON POST “A fantastic book ... players of all standards will learn from it” – Ivor Annetts, EN PASSANT “A fun and readable romp through the topic of pattern recognition and mating combinations” – Randy Bauer, RANDY’S REVIEWS “Instructive positions from real games are given in a user-friendly way to show clever methods of forcing checkmate” – Peter Gibbs, BIRMINGHAM POST

About the Author: Murray Chandler is a chess Grandmaster and former Captain of the English chess Olympiad team. He has the unusual distinction of being one of the few players in the world to retain a 100% score against former world champion Garry Kasparov. About the Publisher: Gambit Publications is passionate about creating innovative and instructive chess books, suitable for all standards of player. Thanks to a renowned editorial team of masters and grandmasters, Gambit now has over 150 chess titles in print, and half a million Gambit chess books have been sold. Our books for beginners and club-level players use effective training techniques to make improving easy and fun.

ISBN 978-1-901983-05-0 128 pp, 230 mm x 178 mm hardback, £9.99