Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess (Mass Market Paperback)

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Bantam (July 1, 1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553263153
• ISBN-13: 978-0553263152
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (253 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #27,242 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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104 of 105 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Compared to what is available this is not a very good book, September 15, 2006

A Kid's Review

This is a book for the absolute beginner who has not learned any strategy yet. This book covers one thing only, "simple checkmates".

An entire simple checkmate takes up an entire page. The book also avoids any use of chess notation that is important to go on to learn from more advanced books that are needed to progress. It is not as much as this book is so bad. It is that there are books that cover checkmates, tactics and traps that are so much better now available. Tactics and traps are also important for the beginner to know, not just checkmates. If you really want a book just on checkmates alone then look at "Art of Checkmate" or "How to Beat your Dad at Chess". They are examples of two much better books.

162 of 170 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Title is misleading!, June 2, 2005

A Kid's Review

This book has the title that made me think there was covering of all points of chess. But when I got the book Bobby Fischer only sets up positions (and only one per page) where you must find a checkmate that is very, very easy to find. Every page is like this. I should have read the reviews on it so I could have spent the money on a top book that teaches beginners. If you are are reading this (like I should have read the reviews) then do not buy this book unless you want a bunch of easy to solve checkmate positions instead of a book that has real lessons to learn from. I have since gotten "Chess for Juniors" and "How to Beat your Dad at Chess". "Chess for Juniors" gives very good lessons and "How to Beat your Dad" has checkmate positions but tells you much more about them.

234 of 249 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Fischer didn't write this - total trash, May 16, 2005

By	R. Gross "Experienced Chess Player and Chess ... (Nevada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Bobby Fischer never wrote this book but had his name added to it for $$$.
It contains so simple problems taking up so much space with no real contant. Do not buy this or you will be ripped off!!!!
I do like CHESS FOR JUNIORS if you want to learn basics, or if you really want the checkmate problmes that his book covers, but much, much more then get either HOW TO BEAT YOUR DAD AT CHESS or ART OF THE CHECKMATE.