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Win at Checkers (Dover Books on Chess)

Former Unrestricted World Checker Champion introduces you to the game and lets you in on championship secrets. Shots and traps, opening "blitzkrieg" moves, end game, more.
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  • From: Amazon
  • Posted: Jan-25-2009

intermediate checkers advice

This is pretty interesting to study, and actually help to improve a beginner's game. Some of the checkers strategy actually begins to sink in if you keep reviewing it and following the advice.

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  • Posted: Jan-23-2009

Not delivered

I would like to have read the book to write a review. Unfortunately it was never delivered, despite de pre-payment.

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  • Posted: May-29-2008

Learn from a master

This is a great book for the "serious" checker player. You can really show off with the moves in this book.

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  • Posted: Mar-03-2008

Sooooo, ya wanna learn checkers?

Here's my story:My brother is a chess Master...but he also is an accomplished checker player. It was checkers that helped us become, what I consider, "best friends". He used to beat me all the time at checkers, but it didn't bother me, because I was learning. Then I found this book. The tables...

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  • Posted: Feb-26-2006

Win at Checkers

The strategies and tactics in this book are great; however, the writing style of the author is a little stiff and makes it a bit more difficult to follow through parts of the book.It should be noted that there are actually few good checkers book published at all. Chess is more complex, and...

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  • Posted: May-20-2002

A Great Way to Get Started

If you know little about "real" checkers this is the book to get you started. It is entertaining and witty and helps you learn conceptual thinking about the game. It covers tactics ("pitches" and "shots") and important endgame positions. I didn't rate it 5 stars because it is really light on...

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  • Posted: Jan-12-2001

No Longer Dog Meat!

I began playing checkers at YAHOO a few months ago. Got killed. When I was a young boy (48 now) I remember getting beat at checkers by my older sisters to the point where I would get so angry that I'd throw the board across the room during the game. And so, once again I was getting stomped by 15...

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  • Posted: Feb-21-1997

An Excellent first book

Hopper's book is one of-if not the-best available for the player who wants to become" a pretty good" player. It contains basic information about the the game that will take you a step above the average player. For example ,there are several common techniques for pulling off two for one and two...

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