24 Oct 06
Originally posted by likeforestGoing over My system by Nimzo, right now.
Name a couple of your favorites (ones you have acctually finished).
This time with a dictionary.
Its amazing how much more you understand, when you bother to look up all the words, you dont understand.
Read it a few years ago, didnt remember squat.
Next i'm going to go over the games, and annotations in a new perspective
24 Oct 06
Irving Chernev, 1000 Best Short Games of Chess was the first chess book I read.
I.A. Horowitz, Chess Openings: Theory and Practice; David Levy, Karpov's Selected Games; and Wijk aan Zee Grandmaster Chess Tournament, 1975 took the place of homework in high school.
My game began to improve instantly when I read Renaud and Kahn, The Art of the Checkmate, and more slowly, but also more certainly, after Yasser Seirawan, Winning Chess Strategies; Peter Romanovsky, Chess Middlegame Planning; and the pair by Jeremy Silman, The Amateur's Mind and Reassess Your Chess.
24 Oct 06
Originally posted by zebanoI picked up this book this summer and immediately started working through it. I like his explanations, and recommend it for anyone struggling with John Nunn's Understanding Chess Move by Move. McDonald's book is somewhat more accessible (or less advanced).
Neil McDonald - Chess : The Art of Logical Thinking
I found both entertaining and instructive McDonald's explanation of 1.e4 in game after game, never repeating what he had written in a prior game, but building upon and expanding the original comments.
24 Oct 06
Originally posted by WulebgrActually I got rather annoyed with that. Give me 2 or three moves sans worthless comment and then get into the good stuff.
I picked up this book this summer and immediately started working through it. I like his explanations, and recommend it for anyone struggling with John Nunn's Understanding Chess Move by Move. McDonald's book is somewhat more accessible (or less advanced).
I found both entertaining and instructive McDonald's explanation of 1.e4 in game after game, ...[text shortened]... g what he had written in a prior game, but building upon and expanding the original comments.