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Thoughts on Chess Books. - 2006/01/03 19:23
Looking through my library of unfortunately, partly read, books i see that the reason why i didn`t finish many of them is that they (the writer, then again perhaps it`s also me) start with a nice momentum but then that begins to decline half way through the book (or there abouts) and further reading seems too painful to bother enduring. Only a few books have a thoroughly read cover to cover and i am wondering if this is a common experience amongst players. That is, are most player`s libraries full of partially read books?
If you look at general what most people regard as the best books of all time i believe you will find they are also the books most people read from cover to cover, and that they could get a lot of entertainment and perhaps improvement out of.
Perhaps it`s just me but i believe that many books of chess, even some of the "classics" have to be endured. I did notice one thing however which makes me want to improve as a player. As i began to improve i found that my willingness to push on in some of the books, which were at one stage boring, increased and i found that the books i at one stage thought were boring turned out to be interesting and thought provoking.
I believe that for the average player many books which are out there are simply boring or just not understandable and the problem with many book writer`s out there is that they see $$$ the dollar signs $$$ and write books for intermediate player`s or higher. Leaving the average joe with "classic" and sometimes outdated texts until they improve to a higher level of understanding.
One modern writer who has met with alot of success providing for the average joe is Jeremy Silman. Where are the other IM`s and GM`s willing to put out a good quality, entertaining book? recently Nunn has provided Understanding Chess Move by Move, an updated and more advanced version of the Chernev Classic, why not more books like this?
Okay, that`s enough of my whining, better stop drinking too much or i might end up like Alekhine (i wish).
What are your thoughts?
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