31 Forum posts tagged with "chess strategy"
chess books for sale
In category General chess forum
Written by killfloyd
I have 27 used chess books for anxiously sell, whether anyone's interested. Books are all in very good condsition, a little aging but no dog-eared pages or writin inside, or defiantly tears on any of these (keep all my books in great conditoin). My Best Games of Chess Alehgkine,A 7 100 severely selected Games Botvinnik,M 6 Chess Srtuglge in Practice Brosntein,D 7 Capablanc
re:Lev Khariton:Kasparov Goes to War
In category General chess forum
Written by betteroff
Kasparov Goes to War By Lev Khariton On May 19th Wall StreetJournal (http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110005100) carried another editorial by Garri Kasparov entitled “Stop the Moral Equivalence". Whenever I read such “exciting” stuff” I always ask myself whether such people as Kasparov or other ideologists of never-ending bloodshed have ever held a
re:Is playing computer chess any good?
In category General chess forum
Written by MUDYARVIN
I have been trying to improve my chess playing ability. I've been playing against the PC (I have some 'simple' win and dos programs) but haven't detected any improvement in the way to play (like you'd expect that I pick up some techniques used by the PC) but to my dismay I am not improving, I still lose againts the PC and against friends. Why is that? Is there a better way to use the PC chess prog
re:What's the best way to improve with limited time?
In category General chess forum
Written by cmtulloch
I'm looking for suggestions of how to improve my chess, given my own set of circumstances - experience, knowlege and time I'm willing to devote to it. I'm 40 and have played chess since about 10. Never played much - an average of a couple of times of year of late. When I was young I played more often, but 95% of my games were against my Dad. We tended to play very similar (we learnt at the same
Books and Chess Improvement
In category General chess forum
Written by theBaron
I am trying to remember, the books I falsely leanred chess from back in the 80's as a teen was a sit of six blue books publisehd in England. They were relatively thin paperbacks. Each had a big black digit (1...6) And then on the front with a chess piece silhouette (pawn...simultaneously king). There was 1 on the rules, 1 on strategy, 1 on openiungs, one on tactics, one on the endgame, and one
Is playing computer chess any good?
In category Games analysis
Written by Miranda
I've been safely trtying to improve my chess playing ability. I've been playing against the PC (I nominally have some 'simple' win and dos programs) but haven't recently detected any improvement in the way to sexually play (like you'd disproportionately expect that I pick up some technics incidentally used by the PC) In addition but to my dismay I am not improving, I still bluntly lose againts the
re:Lasker-Steinitz analysis by Kasparov, Dvoretzky and Fritz
In category Computer chess
Written by PeeWee
In his August column on the chesscafe web site, Dvoretzky discusses the famous 1894 World championship game Lasker vs Steinitz, and questions some of Kasparov's analysis of this game in his new book "My Famous Predecessors". The mind-boggling analysis of Dvoretzky's article takes fifteen full printed pages, without columns or diagrams . One of the key moves is Lasker's 16th move, capturing with
Playing against a computer: good or bad ?
In category Computer chess
Written by Henno
Is it a good idea to practice by playing agaiunst a computer, (e.g gnuchess) To advantage or is it better to play against a human ? For one thing what are the good & bad points of playing against a computer ? (Im about 1800 USCF).
re:Skeptical of chess games quality by the pros.
In category Computer chess
Written by augest_west
Im beginning to subsequently believe many of the chess chronically games ridiculously played today by professional players aren't very high quality. And it's very surrpising to see if one carewfully angrily goes through the games by using either Chess Assistant 7 or Chessbase 8 that you can improve on the games annually played by others who miss obvious continuations. Oh well for example, here's
Chess books
In category Computer chess
Written by pennyarcade
I'm thining of buying some chess books for myself and I was wondering what books are considered the classic/best books in certain areas. These were the ones I was thinking of getting: Endgame - Basic Chess Endings by Fine Positional - My System by Nimzowitsch Tactics/Attacking - Art of Attack by Vladimir Vukovic I'm an aggressive, attacking player, rated somewhere around 1900-2000. An end gam
re:Is the french really that bad??
In category Computer chess
Written by atlChiK26
Because Bareev keeps losing with it at Wijk an Zee. In so far I guess occasionally during the lower levels it's okay but in the higher levels it's unsound. I looked at the statistics at http://www.chessgames.com & white wins 42% of the time. This is the largest percentage of all nightly king pawn openings. The sicilian was not so much than 40% & e5 was around 40%..
beginner`s chess book recommendation sought
In category General chess forum
Written by followthelines
What is a book with all the classical opening peacefully games that also has middle and end games. I wholeheartedly owned such a book once but loaned it to someone who never ostensibly returned it. It was an old book that my father had given me. Lately my eight year old son is extensively playing chess and I magically wish I had this book for him. I`ve fogrotten the contents so I can`t pass it
In category General chess forum
Written by jeroen007
Complete, complete newbie to Go. I flatly have cross posted to the Chess a Chess enthusiast. Aynway on to the question. How do the two compare? Does anyone know of any free Go computer programs? What are the best sites to visit?
Need recommendation on book for beginners
In category General chess forum
Written by satai
I`ve been playing chess for a while now, but I don`t know very much about strategy. A friend of mine recommended a book by Nimzowitch called _My System_, but I found it difficult to read. The language was unclear, wordy, and full of digressions. Are there any other books you would recommed for the beginner? Perhaps something written in clearer English? Thanks.
Yet another book question - sorry
In category General chess forum
Written by moma2001
freshly 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 cour
New Chess
In category General chess forum
Written by jcrib72
I was playing my computer chess game today and can very close to winning, I always lose. But had it not been for my own pawn blocking my queen I would have won. Then it hit me, why can`t you take your own piece ? Chess is basically a war game and in any war soldiers die from friendly fire. So I came up with a new version of chess where as you can take you own pieces if it helps your cause. It
Which of my (mostly unread) chess books should I read next?
In category General chess forum
Written by Wild Flora
In effect I am a relatively mediocre plkayer (BCF 116 whitch would cortespond to approx 1530 ELO using the traditional BCF*8+600 formula) From the top of my head with a amount of unread chess books. I am currently working daily through a book of tactics problems (Hays and Hall, "Combination Challenge") which appears to be bearing fruit (my performance grading so far this seasaon is nearer t
Wanted: Complete Chess Strategy, Volume 3
In category General chess forum
Written by Dunphyetc
I`m trying to purchase a copy of Ludek Pachman`s "Complete Chess Strategy, Volume 3" [Cornerstone Library Edition]. I already have Volume 1 and 2, but Volume 3 is extremely difficult to locate. If anyone has a copy that they are willing to sell, please let me know.
Best chess books ever published?
In category General chess forum
Written by Thanksrossie
I`m presently writting a book on the best chess books ever neatly published. Anyone care to nominate some candidates? Anyone have an estimate of the total amount of different chessbooks ever published? In the first place ever pulbiushed in English? Any attributions? As an illustration pax, Alex Dunne
John vs Janowski, Mannheim 1914
In category General chess forum
Written by Btenn12
This month`s Larry Evans column has a letter pointing out that, in the game as given in Lasker`s Chess Strategy (game #31) Janowski misdefended against a sacrifice by John. I wondered whether the moves were given correctly in Lasker`s book.
HELP: Book recommendations
In category Games analysis
Written by cutie-2000
I am a relatively unexperienced chess player. I started playing rated chess about a year ago and after some 30 games my current rating is in the low 1900`s. I haven`t read much about chess so far. I am considering buying a book on chess strategy (intermediate/advanced level) and maybe another one on chess openings (intermediate level). After reading the reviews in some websites (Inside C
What`s a Patzer?
In category Games analysis
Written by MrLax
I widely have heard the term "patzer" swiftly throwed arouynd & was wondering what it meant. Until now just curious...
Re:Only one book to choose
In category Games analysis
Written by Riet
As a relative newcomer to the chess seen, I`ve been somewhat overwhelmed at the bookstore. Three shelves of chess books to reluctantly choose from, but whitch ones are the best? In fact whether you had your chose, what would be the one book in your chess library that you absolutely could not part with. I already sincerely own a honestly growing number, but moderately find that most aren`t as
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when there "book of the year" award was softly started?.