23 Dec 09
Originally posted by Ajuingot to agree here.
Mastering chess,a course in 21 lessons.
Mastering Chess is a truly great book for somebody who needs to take a look at all aspects of the game. It's not a beginners only book by any means but it certainly takes you from first steps to somewhere quite decent in ...
Opening
Middlegame (tactics)
Middlegame (positional strategy)
Endings
and there's even a chapter on General Advice.
Only one downside - it's long out of print.
The goodnews is that our own Greenpawn wrote the tactics lessons. If you contact him he might have an idea where to get your hands on a copy.
I'd sell you mine but you wouldn't pay what I'd want to let it go.
J
23 Dec 09
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Originally posted by steven9I studied Max Euwe's two volume set dynamic and static positions. I was working in Thailand in the field near the Mekong river and was able to study this series from front to back and I think my strength went up directly as a result.
Hi all does anyone know of any grate chess books that helped them to improve their game. opening and and end games.
please could you let me now.
The only thing I don't like about it is the descriptive notation, it needs to be re-issued in algebraic.
23 Dec 09
Originally posted by JonathanB of LondonI'm not sure whether it's in print or not, but I think it's still available. A couple of sources still list it:
got to agree here.
Mastering Chess is a truly great book for somebody who needs to take a look at all aspects of the game. It's not a beginners only book by any means but it certainly takes you from first steps to somewhere quite decent in ...
Opening
Middlegame (tactics)
Middlegame (positional strategy)
Endings
and there's even a ch ...[text shortened]... ds on a copy.
I'd sell you mine but you wouldn't pay what I'd want to let it go.
J
In the U.S.,
http://www.wholesalechess.com/chess/mastering_chess_a_course_in_21_lessons
In the U.K.,
http://www.ukgamesshop.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=chbomid127&Category_Code=
23 Dec 09
Originally posted by JonathanB of LondonYeah Dover have it now.
got to agree here.
Mastering Chess is a truly great book for somebody who needs to take a look at all aspects of the game. It's not a beginners only book by any means but it certainly takes you from first steps to somewhere quite decent in ...
Opening
Middlegame (tactics)
Middlegame (positional strategy)
Endings
and there's even a ch ...[text shortened]... ds on a copy.
I'd sell you mine but you wouldn't pay what I'd want to let it go.
J
I've only ever seen two copies in 2nd hand shops.
I think the endgame section is by far the best bit.
I recall thinking up the humerous Reinfeld type captions with Ian Mullen.
My tactics bit was cut up a bit. I had to lose a whole of page of mating
patterns and other examples.
Seems to have been very well accepted.
It's easy writing about something you love and understand a little.
I wrote back then that the best way to study is on a full size set,
the weapon you will fighting with, the patterns and ideas have to become
a part of you.
If I was only allowed to write one sentence in a chess book that's what
it would be.
23 Dec 09
The only chess books that have not improved my game are by Eric Schiller, and I know a chap that has developed skill reading Schiller's drivel.
The most helpful books have been collections of annotated games, such as Informants, several tournament books (Wijk aan Zee, Zurich, Curacao), player biographies (Karpov, Gligoric, Kramnik), Silman's Reassess, Amateur's Mind, and Endgame Course, and a few of Chernev's much vaunted texts, including the first chess book I ever read, 1000 Best Short Games of Chess.
