Checkers is probably the world\'s best known board game.
Reinfeld\'s book enables you to enjoy Checkers more than ever - both helping you understand the game and by making you a consistent winner..
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And he paces out the closing moves of the game - how to make the kill or how to gain a draw against the odds.
He describes the techniques of the mid game, including the "breeches" at the corner block, and numerous three-for-two and two-for-one shots.
He depicts various standard openings (the Glasgow opening, the Souter opening, the Kelso group, etc.) and points out the traps that each affords.
Reinfeld demonstrates winning tactical play at each stage of the game.
With his usual clarity, Mr.
Reinfeld shows how the unsuspected complexity of Checkers makes possible subtle strategies that you can turn to your advantage.
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The Checkers tactics that add up to a winning game - from that shrewd opening to the last triumphant jump - are all revealed in this book by Fred Reinfeld.
This book by Fred Reinfeld is concerned with Go As You Please or GAYP Standard American Checkers.
In Canada, it is sometimes played on a 12x12 board.
In Eastern Europe and Holland, Checkers is played on a 10x10 board.
In America, most African-Americans play Spanish Checkers or "pool," which features flying kings.
There are 150 varieties.
In England, the game is known as Draughts.
In America, more than 100 million people have played at least one game of checkers.
Checkers is probably the world\'s best known board game
