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Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden
Another good coaching technique is to start a game from a solid known position. Make the first three or four moves together to get into that set spot and then play the game normally from there. That teaches them fundamentals without sandbagging.
Or you could be like my dad and never ever let me win. Even to this day I've never beat him.
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I know someone who almost beat his dad in chess, only to blunder the end game instead and lost. His dad never really played much chess with him after that game because he was busy and suddenly passed away years later, thus retaining his perfect record.
I've heard this story so many times over the years and although it is told with a smile and in the form of a good memory, there's always some facet of the way it is told that seems to have a hint of regret or resentment or something.
If my kids take an interest in chess, I'd personally never retain a perfect record. If I was good enough to dominate them, I'd at least let them win a few games.