Originally posted by dirtysniperI really like that book too. Still, Gazza's name on the cover notwithstanding I think Danny King actually wrote (most of) it.
I have to admit , I like Kasparov. I recently read Kasparov against the World.
Aside from anybody already mentioned, I like Jacob Aagaard and John Cox as authors.
It's no surprise to me that the publishing company they've started is getting good reviews for their products. I can personally attest to two of them being very good and certainly a cut above the standard we might have expected from more established publishing houses.
Originally posted by peacedoghttp://www.chessbase.com/workshop2.asp?id=1965
What is the "Squares Strategy"?
http://www.chesshouse.com/Squares_Strategy_Middlegame_p/a186.htm
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Originally posted by dirtysniperOn the levels of theory -- and of practice -- Kasparov's annotations to the 24 re-match games he played with Karpov (in July-October 1986) is among the finest chess literature that has ever appeared.
I have to admit , I like Kasparov. I recently read Kasparov against the World.
In book form, it is "The London-Leningrad Championship Games, Rematch Championship Games with annotations by the World Champion Garry Kasparov" (1987)
If you can find it, I highly recommend this work to players of every strength.
Originally posted by Eladar"Good systems" are not this opening or that opening; the notion "good system" could be delusional because it keeps your mind stuck in a specific pattern. Avoid blocking your mind this way, always keep your mind in awareness (by means of understanding in full the essentials of the specific openings that you use whilst taking into account the reaction of your opponent). Awareness will bring up flexibility during the very first forced stratagem that you have to apply -Development.
What level of chess player can expect to get something out of that method? I am a ship without a rudder in the middle game. I'd love to learn a good system.
All in all, through Opening/ Development we are looking for a favourable endgame in case our opponent keeps the game so perfectly balanced that he denies us the chance to revolve a fruitful combination that offers us a winning advantage.
It was the illustrious Rubinstein the first who understood something that today is known even to every simply strong player. Master Akiba was just entering a specific opening aiming to a specific favorable endgame, otherwise he was punishing the inaccuracy and/ or the blunder on the spot.
Therefore it seems to me that an opening is good when it keeps perfect middlegame options and at the same time it leads me to a favorable endgame; therefore I think that the so called "good system" as you pose it, is simply the product of an accurate connection between a deep opening understanding and the endgame mastering.
For starters you may check some well annotated Rubinstein's games in order to see that there is an obvious connection between the very opening strategy and the desired endgame; then I think that it would be good to establish your repertoire and to sharpen your middlegame and endgame tactics ability. BTW, it seems to me that this is a never ending story😵