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The best chess book EVER!!!

The best chess book EVER!!!

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Try "The Art of the Middle Game" by Keres and Kotov. Also learned a lot from Reuben Fine's, "The Middle Game in Chess."

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Originally posted by marinakatomb
It is possible to learn, of course. I bought some chess books in a second hand shop a while back and they were in this notation. I found myself paying more attention to whether my moves were correct rather than trying to understand what was being said. 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄😲

Long live Algerbraic Notation!
When I first started playing chess, all books were in descriptive notation. When I got back into chess about a year or so ago, I found that everything was in algebraic notation. I would have to say I prefer algebraic notation. but I can't say either one is easier to use. One just has to get used to it. There are quite a few books, particularly older collections of games which are not available in algebraic notation. They are alone reason enough to learn the descriptive notation.

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Originally posted by Pyrrho
[But if you do get a chess book, I do heartily recommend making sure it's in algebraic notation.

-Jarno[/b]
Don't know, the descriptive notation versions are generally cheaper. Just got a copy of Nimzovich's "Chess Praxis" in descriptive notation for $10.95. The algebraic notation version is $19.95. Used the money I saved to get Reti's "Modern Ideas in Chess" and Reinfeld"s "The Immortal Games of Capablanca." If I can get a book in descriptive notation for half the cost of algebraic, I'll take it unless there is something added to the later book to make it worth the additional cost.🙂