Actually so do I. But Reinfeld's book was the one that
put me onto Tarrasch in the mid 70's. I improved.
I clicked - something happened - the book did it.
Perhaps it was because I had been force fed a load of naff
about Tarrasch and suddenly found this was simply not true.
So what else was not true. - Who knows.
I can only tell you what did it for me.
Tarrasch's Best Games by Reinfeld.
I would have to wait 30 years before they translated 300.
Cross examples between two books.
Schiffers v Tarrasch, Leipzig 1894.
A brilliant game years ahead of it's time and one that must have made
an impression on many Masters.
Tarrasch allows Schiffers to have a classic centre and then destroys it
Fred move 7...c6
Creating a retreat for the Queen which is likely to be exposed
in this opening.
300 move 7...c6
If Nc6, Black's Queen has no comfortable retreat which might be
needed on 8.Bd2 or 8.a3 and 9.b4
Fred move 16...Rfe8
Beginning the assualt on the centre.
300 move 16...Rfe8
The pressure on the centre pawns becomes noticable.
Chess is a terrible game!
If one does not have a center, one's opponent has the freer game,
and if do have the center, it gives you worries.
(does that last note give you the impression of a dogmatic thinker?
sounds more like Nimzovitch, who owed a lot more to the teachings
of Tarrasch than he cared to mention.)
Fred's note is sparse because by then, 1930's, everyone knew
broad centre's were fragile - back in the 1890's this was
ground breaking stuff.
One day his 'Die Moderne Schachpartie' will get translated.
That, I have learned from German players, is a masterpiece.
I suppose I could earn German and read it
for myself. (I have heard there is a bogus English version
knocking about somewhere - an illegal copy - anybody?)
He played to teach. He would see this middle game plan
and play it out in the most instructive way possible so his
students would be able to follow it very easily.
A great chess player - wonderful teacher. Bad PR.