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dedicated to mating patterns that the good folk at RHP would recommend?
Originally posted by airborne143rdI guess the standard is Renaud & Kahn's "The Art of the Checkmate." I haven't read it, but supposedly the content is great. Inexpensive Dover edition still in print. Downsides are descriptive notation and apparently a poor translation.
dedicated to mating patterns that the good folk at RHP would recommend?
Originally posted by Mad RookYes,great book indeed.I read the English version and had no problem with the prose.
I guess the standard is Renaud & Kahn's "The Art of the Checkmate." I haven't read it, but supposedly the content is great. Inexpensive Dover edition still in print. Downsides are descriptive notation and apparently a poor translation.
Originally posted by toeternitoeGood, if you didn't notice anything wrong with the text, then maybe it's not as bad as I was led to believe. I based my comment on a review by Cecil Purdy in "Chess World". Here's the link:
Yes,great book indeed.I read the English version and had no problem with the prose.
What is supposed to be wrong with it?
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Originally posted by Mad Rook"a clumsy translation has succeeded in making merely delightful what could have been made super-delightful."
Good, if you didn't notice anything wrong with the text, then maybe it's not as bad as I was led to believe. I based my comment on a review by Cecil Purdy in "Chess World". Here's the link:
http://isolanis.com/2008/01/the-art-of-checkmate-by-renaud-kahn-reviewed-by-cecil-purdy/
Originally posted by greenpawn34Agreed. Could not get myself to listen to the whole song (the ONLY song on the White album).
Of course, you are right, it's a subliminal thing.
Though I think that is worst thing the Beatles (well Lennon) ever did.
We have got to give this mate a name.
Wll that has cleared that up.
Cheers.
Originally posted by xfoxhound80x1 vote for Asturu mate
Agreed. Could not get myself to listen to the whole song (the ONLY song on the White album).
As for Mate #9, (I guess it doesn't have a name because it is as old as antiquity), wikipedia has a similar mate called the h-file mate. Not an original name. So, instead of calling it based upon how the mate looks, I chose to find characteristics of the ...[text shortened]... e listed at the source below.
(Source: Virtue Science - http://www.virtuescience.com/9.html)