Im looking for a book with a great players greatest games but I dont want it in confusing garble.
If it has a few sentences then half a page of lines and little pictues of chess men - its not for me. But if it gives good reasons to the moves and only shows the first few moves of a variation, I would buy it. I hate books with TONS of garbley moves with no explaining (I skip those bits 😞). So any ideas?
Is fichers 60 games like this or any other books?
Originally posted by Santa DrummerLogical Chess Move By Move
Im looking for a book with a great players greatest games but I dont want it in confusing garble.
If it has a few sentences then half a page of lines and little pictues of chess men - its not for me. But if it gives good reasons to the moves and only shows the first few moves of a variation, I would buy it. I hate books with TONS of garbley moves wi ...[text shortened]... ning (I skip those bits 😞). So any ideas?
Is fichers 60 games like this or any other books?
Irving Chernev
I just got it, it's great. Especially helped in teaching me the real value of castle weaknesses and positional play!
Neil McDonald's Chess, The Art of Logical Thinking is another fine title in addition to Chernev. Both of these books have lines that you'd have to follow on your own, but the line taken is explained move-by-move (as the title implies in Chernev) easily enough that you can play the games in your head. Following the alternate lines is another story...
Originally posted by Santa DrummerYou might try "The life and games of Mikhail Tal"
Im looking for a book with a great players greatest games but I dont want it in confusing garble.
If it has a few sentences then half a page of lines and little pictues of chess men - its not for me. But if it gives good reasons to the moves and only shows the first few moves of a variation, I would buy it. I hate books with TONS of garbley moves wi ...[text shortened]... ning (I skip those bits 😞). So any ideas?
Is fichers 60 games like this or any other books?
by Everyman Chess.
He takes sometimes ten pages to explain ONE game! Its a great
book by an absolute genius. Its written by Tal.
He also talks about his life and the times he lived in but mostly
its his favorite games. Highly recommended!
Game # 28 for instance, is Tal v Fischer in 1959, a teen aged fischer
and he was beaten by Tal here, but Tal devotes 5 pages to this
game alone, and its clear he very well respected his game even then.
