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Play Like A Girl! is a collection of tactical positions from the world's best women chessplayers. Chess lovers of all levels can enjoy the puzzles, as the difficulty goes all the way from one-move killer blows to deep, complex combinations. The crushing tactics in this book show that playing like a girl is something to aspire to! When you purchase Play Like a Girl!, you're also helping charity. All author royalties go to the Tucson-based non-profit organization, 9Queens.
- Sales Rank: #1029854 in Books
- Brand: The House of Staunton, Inc.
- Published on: 2011-02-16
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 11.41" h x .53" w x 8.93" l, 1.21 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 100 pages
- Author: Jennifer Shahade
- Pages: 100 Pages
- Publication Years: 2010
About the Author
Jennifer Shahade is a two-time U.S. Women's Champion and a Woman Grandmaster. Jennifer is the author of Chess Bitch: Women in the Ultimate Intellectual Sport, which profiles the lives of many of the players featured in this book; and co-author of Marcel Duchamp: The Art of Chess. In 2005, Shahade and Jean Hoffman co-founded 9 Queens (9queens.org), a non-profit organization that promotes chess in those who are most in need of its benefits.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
Enjoyed this book immensely
By Keith Halonen
But then I've become a fan of Jennifer Shahade, whose focus exceeds the natural limits of the chess arena and tackles some serious sociopolitical aspects that affect the game in obtuse ways. In particular, Shahade speaks to women and girls who doubtless have shared experiences in the chess world. For those who may not know, the "double standard" and the "glass ceiling" are not exclusively confined to the "good old boys' clubs" of business and industry. If female chess students seem to require a bit more encouragment than their male counterparts, it is in no small way due to the harsh treatment they encounter in the chess milieu. Guys. The typical chess king (the heaviest piece) weighs all of a few ounces, not nearly so weighty as a brain of either gender! If we took all the games and chess diagrams in this book and reprinted them devoid of gender references, no one would be able to identify the gender of any of the players. It's that simple.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
CUTE AND FLUFFY TITLE, BUT SERIOUS AND WORTHY INTRODUCTORY CONTENT
By A. Clark
"Play Like a Girl!" is a low-priced, hardback book with biographical snapshots
of 15 chess-playing lady experts, masters and grandmasters, brief descriptions
of selected chess tactics and 337 puzzles. Each chess personality is associated
with a given tactic, which is an interesting and refreshing approach.
Ms. Shahade goes beyond the usual introduction to tactics by including more
themes. Many books only cover seven or eight tactics, but 14 tactics are covered
here. (15 women for 14 tactics because two family-sisters are in the same
chapter). She failed to include the double check, which is my favorite tactic,
but I won't be selfish about that.
I have loved chess puzzles since my childhood, working out the ones by
Koltanowski in the newspaper every time. I could probably never have enough
chess puzzle books, but this one rises above the usual standard. It gives a
twist on the genre by promoting a selection of the strongest chess women of
all time. Some puzzles were such eye-poppers that I won't forget them!
There are as few as seven puzzles for a tactic (Chapter #12) and as many as 43
(Chapter #7). The puzzles are numbered with a chapter prefix, then in order, so
that the numbering gets restarted with each chapter. I do prefer consecutive
numbering, but younger readers would probably be less intimidated by having the
puzzles numbered in batches.
That being said, this is not just a book for girls, or boys and girls. It has a
very serious dimension, since the puzzles run in several different levels,
getting more difficult in each chapter toward the end. A beginning or intermediate
player could "grow into it" by putting it away for six months or a year, then
coming back to it.
Many games are between two women and many feature a man against a woman-- those
are always SERIOUS contests, not fluff, as was the case with a highly-promoted
tennis match decades ago. Ms. Shahade has some fun here and there-- smiley face
icons, the "Boo! Moment" but that just makes the book more approachable while
she brings home very heavy points about tactics and combinations.
In fact, at first I resented the title, since it seemed too cute and fluffy
(echoes of "Lilo and Stitch"). Yes, I had been avoiding the book. It wasn't in
our public library system, either. However, once I saw it listed as a used book
at a *fraction* of retail, my chess puzzle fever took over. (Have you stopped
laughing at me yet?)
I bought it and was impressed after the first reading. There's no "Look Inside"
feature for this book on Amazon's webpage, but that wouldn't have been enough--
there's just no substitute for holding a book in your hands and looking at all
of its sections. My used copy of "Play Like a Girl!" was even autographed, a
fine bonus!
I'm one of those chess players who likes to see the game behind the puzzle.
Aside from pure curiosity, it's often useful to see how the position arrived.
Also, some games have multiple benefits when analyzed. Further still, many games
showcase a variety of tactics-- not just the motif for the given chapter-- that
I find useful as a chess coach for my team members.
I only failed to find six of the games through free online databases, but I
appreciate the effort that Ms. Shahade has undertaken. She gives full names of
each player, so the search effort is less problematic than with other books. Ms.
Shahade is consistent with the players names (with one exception, see later),
but for game searchers like me, some clarifications need to be posted here:
==================================================================
Anja Susterman is also Anja Wagener; Elena Titova-Boric is also Elena Boric,
possibly due to married and maiden names.
Taimanov may also be spelled Tajmanov; Korchnoi is also Kortschnoj.
Players whose names use special characters may not need them (Polgár and
García) or they may need to be spelled differently (Roeder, Ruediger and
Jaenig for Röder, Rüdiger and Jänig, respectively).
Players may have two, or even three, last names without hyphenation.
Wilhelm will also be William.
Jordi Magem Badals is also Jorge Magem Badals (??).
Many names are reversed, e.g., Hou Yifan is also Yifan Hou; Swathi Ghate is
Ghate Swathi.
Vasiltseva is also Vasilzeva; Tatiana is also Tatjana; Semyon is also Semen.
The game year may be early: 1930 for 1931 and 1992 for 1993 (some
tournaments span December and January?).
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The book has a good blend of modern games, specifically from the 1920's to 2010.
She does include a fair sprinkling of her own games. In fact, I admire the way
she even included her losses. However, she mentions Rochelle Ballantyne twice,
but does not include any position or puzzle from any of Ms. Ballantyne's games.
There are some errors in the text, but only two are blatant. First, the table of
contents has all of the page numbers offset in varying amounts and it doesn't
include the chapter numbers at all. The other "Duh!" case is that Chapter 1 has
only 30 puzzles, but 31 solutions are listed for that chapter. So, the 31st
puzzle is missing-- big tease!
She mentions a double defense can sometimes be used against a double attack, but
doesn't show any or explain that any further. Another tease.
There are some specific, minor errata. Carlos Salvat should be Salvat Carles.
Elisaveta Bykova is given in two places, but she's Elisabeta Bykova on another
page. Puzzle #9.5 was in the Netherlands in 2007, not 2001. I'm suspicious that
Jordi Magem Badals (Puzzle 7.22) should be Jorge Magem Badals, which is the way
I found his name in several databases. Medina Parrilla's game with Becky Huang
was in Dallas as part of the 2008 5th Annual All Girls National Championships,
from April 25 to 27, 2008, not Chicago, 2009-- she won a $65K University of
Texas-Dallas scholarship for winning that tournament in the 18 and under section.
"Play Like a Girl!" has no index, no players index and no bibliography or
references of any kind. I would really like to have an index of players for
those 337 games. Nowadays, word processors can make an index so easily that this
is an unexplainable oversight. As to references, it's great for chess masters to
share their ideas about good books, not just tout their own.
The content of Chapter 9, Target, is too general. The KISS principle (Keep It
Short and Simple) is fine until more details are needed. "Play Like a Girl!" is
only 100 pages, so just a little more would have made the difference in such
a case. Any introductory book should be able to stand on its own, without a
coach's input for the first phase of its study.
I would have liked to see her identify at least some of the checkmates by their
classical names. For example, the checkmate she showed in Chapter 1 by Menchik
against Graf is a fine example of Blackburne's Mate.
Ms. Shahade indicates when a puzzle is variation from the actual game (although
that's missing for #1.21 and #6.6), but I would have liked to see her indicate
which puzzles were continuations beyond the actual game listed, such as #5.16.
Ms. Shahade often shows two diagrams for her initial problem demonstrations
(Chapters 2 thru 6, 13 and 15). This feature caters to beginners and those who
dislike setting up a board to visualize a solution. One should be sufficient.
As a chess coach, I frown on those who refuse to challenge themselves to see the
moves mentally. It's an important skill to develop early and to extend as your
experience grows. Plus, combining visualization with physically moving the
chessmen is highly conducive to internalizing important chess techniques. All of
the tactics included in "Play Like a Girl!" are vital to any aspiring chess
champion. Again, no fluff here!
The large format (roughly 9 by 11 inches) and no more than six diagrams per page
means that the diagrams are well-sized and clear.
There is commentary with many of the solutions. This is an excellent feature
missing from many other introductory books and expected from a chess master, as
Jennifer Shahade certainly is.
I know that the title was a marketing tactic, but I still have qualms about it.
There's no fluff in this book, but Ms. Shahade does have fun with it and provide
serious content simultaneously. Even the best chess puzzle books are useful but
boring to an extent. They're drill workbooks, with the Aha! moments overcoming
the tedium.
I can't get away from that "Lilo and Stitch" parallel here, although now it fits
better. Stitch had a high molecular density, so he could no more be soft and
fluffy than a baby lion or tiger. He kept insisting it was true, but I didn't
believe him for one minute.
Stitch made that claim repeatedly on the rental DVD for my children, who also
saw him as mean at first. Later, he learned to be a more complete person, just
as my experience with this book is now more complete. Lion or tiger cubs have
such heavy musculature that you can get bruised playing with them-- not like
house kittens. The substance of this book belies its title, then, in the same
way. If you come to this book, a workout awaits you, even if it is short by a
dozen or two pages.
To conclude, I have some reservations, but this coach does recommend it to his
chess team members of both genders. It earns four stars, since it's better than
many introductory tactics books. It fully deserves consideration by any beginner
and intermediate chess player. This book also comes with an honorable mission,
and is worthy of being purchased to support that cause. I'll be buying new
copies from now on. "Play Like a Girl!" is better than it appears to be and
deserves a wide audience.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
A gold mine for anyone looking to learn and improve
By Keyser Soze
You can't ask for more than this - tactical concepts, plenty of exercises for each one, and info on great women players who should be a lot more famous than they are. Miss Shahade has written an absolute killer of a book here and anyone looking to improve their game should start with this one instead of wasting money on an endless series of books on openings (I believe it was GM Short who one said "Opening theory has the shelf life of a ham sandwich.") This book is worth every penny and then some.
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