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To the Point!
I will be to the point! This book as written for a near absolute beginner using the name "Bobby Fischer" on the title when he wasn't the actual author.
A player just beyond learning the moves doesn't need a book of "just checkmate" positions to solve - another problem with this title "teach's chess" - teaching chess doesn't jut entail showing someone "how to checkmate - but more importantantly how to use concepts to get to the position where an easy checkmate is executed.
If you are at a beginning or advanced beginning level totally skip this book and get CHESS FOR JUNIORS - you will see what I mean!
June 2005 · Books