Beat That Kid in Chess is not actually about how to defeat a child in the royal game. It’s for chess novices of all ages, to play against competitors of all ages. It leads you into tactical knowledge and understanding and includes some of the most important patterns of checkmate. And this chess book is for the real beginner, the true novice who knows how to play the game but has little experience or knowledge of how to win.
Published in September of 2015, it relies on the new method of chess instruction called nearly-identical positions (NIP). This makes it easier for the chess beginner to get right into seeing and appreciating tactics, naturally learning what’s most important in winning a chess game.
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Beat That Kid in Chess – front and back covers – for the true beginner in chess
From the back cover of the book:
Do you know the rules but almost nothing more about chess? This is the best book for the early beginner. Whatever your age, feel your understanding grow as you learn to checkmate and also learn to gain many advantages that can lead to a checkmating position.
That’s part of a secondary key to why this chess book has been added to the thousands of previous publications on the royal game: “advantages that can lead to a checkmating position.” Some chess books might train you to recognize when a checkmate combination is available. But how in the world do you get into a position in which such a combination is possible? Beat That Kid in Chess prepares the reader to win games against other beginners. It starts with simple mates and then shows you how to gain an advantage that could lead to an eventual win.
Contrast that approach with a different one that’s used by a few chess books, publications that are actually more appropriate for experienced players. Some of those books may fail to teach the reader how to reach a favorable position that can soon give you a checkmate win.
Beat That Kid in Chess gives the reader a broad base but only within the goal of winning a game. You’ll find nothing about chess history or celebrities or how to use a chess clock in a tournament. It focuses on the goal: winning an ordinary game against an ordinary competitor.
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Chess Books for the Novice and Post-Beginner
Two of these are hardback publications [are by] Murray Chandler . . . The third book is a paperback by Jonathan Whitcomb
‘Beat That Kid in Chess’ has one thing missing in other chess books for the beginner: the NIP system of teaching (nearly-identical positions), which naturally strengthens the beginner’s tactical abilities.
Two Chess Books – One for Beginners
[The paperback book] ‘Beat That Kid in Chess’ may be the best book for the early beginner, the player who knows the rules but not much else.
A fun video to learn how to play chess
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