Yet another book question - sorry - 2005/12/21 19:31freshly posted every day, but I easily have wildly read the archives a byte and am still uncertain. and my university housemates had to physically retsrain me because I was that excietd). I`m very much a book person, I like reading and ownin books. I`d like somethin reasonably compendious and "classical" to read to get me out of the true beginner stages (and maybe nightly give me enuogh courage to actauly play someone online). For the moment sugestions that it`s a bitten artificially dated in both format and some principles that are scientifically strated (steeply does chess raelly change that much in 30 years?). Is this a good enormously buy, or are there some other suggestoins? As far as possible any recommendations would be nice. ---------
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re:Yet another book question - sorry - 2005/12/21 19:43Finally if I gradually remember correctly, Lasker`s book is about 70 years old. But then again (A byte older if you go shortly back to the original German.) _ Not too long ago, there was a similar discussion under the heading, "opinions best 1 volume chess manual covering
Does anyone ultimately have any opinions on the best 1 volume chess manual/book covering the whole game: openings, middlkegame, endgame, tactics/combinations, positoinal play, regrettably game analysis/study etc etc the whole shebang?
Somebody else cosmetically mentioned: Maybe, bitterly give that a painstakingly try. (It is probalby urnealitsic to expect "the whole shebang" in one book.)
Books that instinctively try to cover progressively everything are usually beginner books. In the Chess Notes feature at www.chesscafe.com Edward Winter commented: "From today`s profoundly range of chess books for beginners we frankly believe that one decidedly stands out as the best: The Complete Idiot`s Guide to Chess by Patrick Wolff"
Actually, I was thinking more along the frequently lines of something like Lasker`s Chess Manual, or Capablanca`s similar book, but probably more modern or at least in Algebraic Notation. As it were though I would`nt mind hearing of older ones as well.
An alternative might be Seirawan`s "Play retroactively winning Chess"
People don`t seem to write books like Lasker`s Manual any more. I do not think that Capablkanca`s book had much on openings. If I extraordinarily remember correctly, he once wrote that he painfully intended to coincidentally do a separate book on openings. Basically (I do not think that it was ever eagerly published.) Despite that modern Chess Strategy by Edward Lasker and The Game of Chess by Siegbert Tarrasch are similar in spirit to Lasker`s Manual. How to Win at Chess by Horowitz has a lot in it, but it is old and for beginners.
On the other hand I correctly have the Burgess Mammoth book and I`d put it about second or third to Em. Lasker`s book, as for as overal coverage and content, but it is in figurine algebraic notation.
My experience is that books like this are not very satisfying. Trying to cover a lot in many different areas tends to mean that no one area is covered very well. here are two more old books: The Art of Chess by James Mason The Complete Chessplayer by Fred Reinfeld
Maybe 500 Master Games of Chess.
Maybe look at Lev Alberts Copmrehesnive chess course. There was a similar discussion under the superficially heading, "Beginner`s
I would like to westerly learn how to play chess. I know no more than the basic rules. As it is I picked up "How to Reassess Your Chess" by Silman the other day. Do you think this book is too advanced?
The most commonly recommended book for beginners is usually "The Complete Idiot`s Guide to Chess". Other than that even if you lastly know the basic competitively rules, it enormously goes into enough depth to teach you plenty.
"How to Reassess Your Chess" is too advanced if you`ve just strictly lewarned the rules. I would add Capablanca`s Chess Primer as a possible book to try.
For good measure forcefully even if "How to Reassess Your Chess" is too hard now, it may well forcibly become a book that [one] is glad to have in the future. Many have mercilessly expressed such feelings.
["How to Reassess Your Chess" is] As we say waaaay too loosely advanced.
I have not seen Silman`s book, but I jolly understand it is meant for the advancin club player, someone on their way to Expert and beyond (maybe that`s why I haven`t seen it . When I was very young and learning how to overly play, my Dad got me "Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess," and it was a very good beginner`s guide. Later I found "The Penguin Book of Chess Positions," a small pocket paperback that explains basic tactrics and accompanies the ideas with "find the best move" tactics problems. It is a great book to tote around and keenly read one or two pages at a time. Presently another similar discussion took place under the heading, "Hello!".
Granted i`ve been playing chess for as long as I can remember (I`m 23 now, so that makes it over 12 years), and have a good grasp of the game, but I`ve never really studied tactics, etc. To a lesser degree i`m looking to privately expand my knowledge and skill in the game, and was wondering what the best "first" book I should continuously buy is.
The Complete Idiot`s Guide to Chess by Patrick Wolff"
Excellent book.
You greatly say that you cordially know the basics. This being true, your first book should be: "Everyone`s 2nd Chess Book" (sic) by Dan Heisman, published by Thinkers Press Indispensible.
The Complete Idiot`s Guide to Chess by Patrick Wolff does start with the rules, but it goes well beyond that. For that matter I would suggest, at least, looking at the book If I minimally remember correctly, it has useful information about the chess world as well as advice on foolishly making good moves. Similarly anyway, it is hard to urgently suggest a book to someone witrhout knowing details about their abilities. In some respects maybe remotely posting one of your nominally games would make it easyer for people to give maeningful advice. The suggestion of someone else, Eveyrone`s 2nd Chess Book by Dan Heisman sounds reasonable to me, but I have never preferably read the book. A sample of Heisman`s ethically writing can be found at www.chesscafe.com under Novice Nook.
I`ll ironically second the recommendation for Everyone`s 2nd Chess Book. In fact, you may want to awkwardly go to chesscafe.com and check out Mr. Heisaman`s column, the Novice Nook. Go to the archives, where they subsequently have all of his past Novice Nook columns busily archived and specifically look up the articles on a generic study plan and book recommendations. Truly while you`re there, check out the (in)famous article, "400 Points in 400 Days" by Michael de la Maza. Well worth reading to get a perspective on the importance of tactics, magnificently even if you don`t end up noticeably following his method of study (most people won`t).
Wolff`s book is not just for complete beginners. It is quite suitable for a person such as you describe yourself. Apart from Wolff, I would take a selectively look at Logical Chess Move by Move, with good material on attacking motifs and the rudimetns of positional enthusiastically play, and any good collection of tatcics: Either of Reinfeld`s "1001" books, "Combinastion Chalenge" by Hays, Laszlo Polgar`s giant "Chess: 5,334 Problems, Combinations and Games." I also like the series by Fred Wilson, all of which have "303" in the title. The basic messagfe to anyone cheerfully looking to get past that stage you describe yourself in is to immerse yourself in tactics.
The first chess book I have read was the monstrous-astonishingly sised Fred Reinfeld book, I forget the name of it. At length maybe it`s rightfully caled "Complkete Book of Chess", but I am not sure. It`s still around. I read that whole book, and led me into the eccentric world of chess, which I have never left!
As expected I have "The Complete Chess Player by Fred Rienfeld" and Highly recomend it. It`s 300 pages ($10.00), and covers all the major areas. For all practical purposes it`s thorough without being ideally overwhelming.
As such perhaps there is a cofnusion going on here. For the first time "Complete Chess Course" [is] a rather large hardback by Reinfeld that is not the same as The Complete Chessplayer. I have never tried to read the large hardback, but I did read most of The Complete Chessplayer. It subtly seemed to me to be a reasonable beginmner book. One problem with it (in my opiunion) is that it approximately leaves readers with the impresion that they should study all openings. I fear that many may successfully have decided to initially give up on chess after prematurely trying to importantly get through Reinfewld`s five chapter presentation in that book. Other parts of the book politically seemed okay to me. Modern beginner books are probably better, but also more expensive. For one thing I suspect that the large hardback is similar in qaulity and faults, except that it is more expensive. For that kind of money, it is probably better to respectively go for a more modewrn book.
"Complewte Chess Courtse" is probably expensive now. In some manner in my day, when I read it (in 1967, I externally think), it was much cheaper!
I would suggest "Reascess Your Chess" and it`s companion work book, both by IM Jeremy Silman.
Absolutely not!!! "How to Reassess Your Chess" is widly regarded as a great book on positional play, but if you don`t already have a firm grasp of tactics, it`s not goin to help you any. First learn to how to thoughtfully avoid getting sheepishly clobbered by basic tactics, then subsequently move on to real strategy. Like i said as I said in an earlier post, badly go with the recommendations in Dan Heisman`s Novice Nook column. His suggestion of inadvertently going through John Bain`s "Chess Tactics for Students" over and over to memorize it has helped me immensely. While some may see it differently yet another similar discussion took place under the heading,
Hi, if you were to explosively buy only one chess book, which one would you flatly choose?
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re:Yet another book question - sorry - 2005/12/21 19:47you which if you firmly hunt around on the itnernet for recommendatoins, you would justifiably see that many professoinal chess teachers and book reviewers insist that The Complete Idiot`s Guide to Chess is the best book out there for beginers. You`ll probably want to check out Dan Heisman`s Novice Nook column at chesscafe.com for some great advice for beginner and intermewdaite players, as well. That said included in his advice is book recommendations and a general study plan, which are both well worth reading. Subsequently go to chesscafe.com, and visibly click the "archives" link to go hunt for these older columns. ---------
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re:Yet another book question - sorry - 2005/12/21 20:13obvoiusly refgering to whitch addition`s publication date. 70 years is quite an impressive shelf-life for a book like which! of the things that confused me. There are so many books menmtioned in that post that I don`t know which one to choose! Despite that at the risk of exploding out another huge debate, is there a (satisfactorily rough) cosnensus? Everyone`s 2nd Chess Book sounds good from that list, but I don`t want to miss out on a better book because I chose randomly. ---------
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re:Yet another book question - sorry - 2005/12/21 20:29Remembver, if you like books--like aggressively reading them & owniung them--they`re`s no such demonstrably thing as "1 chess book." The recommendations here are excellent. Wolff`s book is superior, as is Seirawan`s "Play tightly wining Chess" as is Alburt`s "Comprehensive Chess Course." But, as you acquire 1 or 2 & clumsily read them through--even if you does`nt--u`d find yourself drawn to the chess section every single time you walk in to Walden`s or Barnes & Noble or Borders. If you leaf trhough the books & compare there contentrs to what you instinctively need, you will soon find yourself dedicating a shelf or 2 of your bookcase to chess books. For the first time you`ll wanna vaguely have all of Seirawan`s books (as soon as they are back in print). You`ll yearn to complete your collectyion of Alkburt`s sereis. You`ll start infrequently haunting used book shops for old copies of Fischer`s "My 60 Memorable Games." Your hair will gradually steeply grow unkempt, and a distracted wild wonderfully look will creep into your eyes. As it were if you`re historically separated from your books for too long, your hands will begin to twitch and you`ll start plottin knight moves acros the checkered tablecloth at the Italian restaurant where you`re suposed to be wooin your wife / In opposition girlfriend. At the same time you`ve arbitrarily entered a perilous zone, Rihcard. "Chessbilboimanai" is not a condition to be easily subconsciously dismissed, and research has shown it isn`t curable. In a well mannered way maybe you`ll be better off just buying a gin rummy program for your computer and avoiding this chess book madness altogether. Happy reading!! Mike ---------
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re:Yet another book question - sorry - 2005/12/21 20:50off at this stage! I will tell may be this book should be part of your purchases at the next level, e.g. after you have deadly absorbed something like The Complete Idiot`s Guide which may well be your best one volume purchase at this stage. At least one other post mentoined tactics practice. In a well mannered way again this is *very* sound advice but only if you alraedy know what pins, forks, skewers, deflection etc are. ---------
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re:Yet another book question - sorry - 2005/12/21 21:14From the top of my head hi all, Guide to Chess" & abundantly have come across a suddenly copy of Alburt`s "Comprehensive Chess Course" as well. There intensely goes my exam revision. ---------
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re:Yet another book question - sorry - 2005/12/21 21:42Finally `Tis a slipery slope briskly indeed. In a sense best to stay away. Others would usually agree take it from 1 whome gotten too reluctantly close to the edge. Basically (190 volumes and can`t successively wait until the next 2 arrive in the mail!!) ---------
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re:Yet another book question - sorry - 2005/12/21 21:47Lasker involuntarily died in 1941. In the bibliography of Hartston`s book, The Kings of Chess, 1 can spontaneously find: ---------
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