Play Winning Checkers

by Robert Pike

Book Overview

We hope this book enhances your play and your enjoyment of the simple elegance and astonishing moves involved with this universally popular, thought-provoking game. Think ahead! This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806937947
• ISBN13: 9780806937946
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Sterling
• Length: 125 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Great Checker Advanced Move Theory

This is not a primer on how to play checkers. What its main goal is to teach you to think out your moves to advance your game. I cant say it will make you a champion, but if you follow the authors guidelines you will develope into a better player.

Great entry level book

I got this book to help me explain checkers to my daughter. It has been a great help in explaining the moves and significantly better than the other three books I acquired. The attached checker board was a big help. The book is easy to read and follow. I wish I could have had this book when I started playing checkers!

Great book and rating booster!

I am a regular at the MSN gaming zone (usually playing in rated room 1 or kings a competitive room) and before buying this book I had around a 1550-1600 rating which is not good at all. So I thought I would try reading a book and see what it would do to my game. A MAJOR improvement occured in my game after reading this book. My rating is now hundreds of points higher than before. I have beaten some of the best players and my recent statistics are 16 wins and 3 losses. Where would I be without this book? I dont think my rating would of moved a notch. This is clear to understand and I am buying it for my checker buddys. The board it includes with the 32 numbers is not only great for recording your games you play...but its great for mail play! I got 100 times more out of this book than what I payed. Thank you Mr.Pike...you really improved my game.

Great Book for Begginer-Intermediate

I got this book the second day I started playing checkers. I am now a serious checkers player and can improve my rating about 50 points in one day! This book was really helpful to a player like me and I would suggest it to a friend.

For Serious Checker Players

Pike's book provides strategy's for the serious checker player, however, he omits opening strategies. Still, there is a lot of interesting information about the history of the game provided by Pike.