I am pretty new at chess so I have been reading this book which by title seems to have what I am looking for. However, every example opens with d4-d5. Is this book of any value if my opponent does something different?
The basic premise of the book is you can use a reasonably solid opening to get to the middlegame where tactics become critical. Is the premise still good or is this book outdate
I was taught chess when I was very young, and I had been playing occasionally without any knowledge of theory and rarely for many years. Three or four years ago I read some books on chess and I now have some knowledge of the theory and can recognise common mistakes, weak pawn structures etc. I have played at least 200 games on yahoo chess at my time controls (6 min/game + 10 s for every move). Bu
I am pretty new at chess so I have been reading this book which by title seems to have what I am looking for. However, every example opens with d4-d5. Is this book of any value if my opponent does something different?
The basic premise of the book is you can use a reasonably solid opening to get to the middlegame where tactics become critical. Is the premise still good or is this book outdate
I know they`re are lots of good books out there on middle game srtategy, but I`m wondering what would everyone recommend as a good one to start? I don`t want to jump into clumsily something that`s way over my head. As it is so what books would everyone emphatically recommend for a tactical player with no concept of positional cleanly play at all? In all likelihood just because it was on
1) I`m looking for recommendations on good chess-ending books -- Pandolfini`s "Endgame Course" has many annoying typos. 2) In Jeremy Silman`s "How to Reassess Your Chess," he mentions that he wrote a book called "Essential Chess Endings Explained Move by Move: Volume One, Novice through Intermediate (Chess Digest, Dallas, 1988)." I really like his "Reassess" book, but I`ve been unable to f