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The Complete Book of Chess Strategy: Grandmaster Techniques from A to Z
An easy-to-understand guide to chess strategy -- conceptual planning -- has always been the amateur's dream. This comprehensive guide in dictionary form makes all aspects of chess strategy quick, easy, and painlessly accessible to players of all degrees of strength. Each strategic concept is listed alphabetically and followed by a clear easy-to-absorb explanation accompani...more
Paperback, 360 pages
Published
July 1st 1998
by Siles Press
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I recommend this for beginners after they have a couple of hundred games under their belt. I don't see club players and above learning a great deal from this book but a complete beginner would be lost.
The section that deals with the openings is far too sparse. It offers very little as to the ideas behind each open, instead it offers two or three routes that games usually go, only going about five moves deep. A beginner shouldn't be memorising lines until they know the ideas behind the opening so...more
The section that deals with the openings is far too sparse. It offers very little as to the ideas behind each open, instead it offers two or three routes that games usually go, only going about five moves deep. A beginner shouldn't be memorising lines until they know the ideas behind the opening so...more
WARNING! This book is NOT for beginners, if you are such try The Big Book of Chess: Every thing you need to know to win at chess, it will clarify any newbie anxieties to chess lingo, diagramming, and strategies. Now, for our novice readers, who have indeed passed the rite of initiation, this book is quite helpful. Full of strategies (from A to Z as well), tips and tricks, this book will help you beat your mentor (not to use the cliché apprentice uprising), and establish yourself as a respectful...more
The book is appropriate for beginners and more advanced players. Beginners will learn a lot about chess, and players with some experience will definitely revise, complete and put their knowledge in order. Since, the book has a form of a dictionary, it is easy to go through and find things. Some information, however, e.g. openings are discussed too cursorily for me, it just gives you a general idea and information. But that has its advantages too, because as I said it's rather a dictionary on che...more
Principles for the opening, more stuff for the middle like attacking squares, making outposts for knights, posting bishops on good squares and activating the rooks - an not necessarily going after the king. Evaluate the differences between the two sides (Bishop & Knight, v.s. 2 bishops) and exploit the differences. If they only have one bishop, if you post your pieces on opposite colored squares - he has no attack. He can only support other pieces on their attack, not attack directly.
Very good book on chess for beginners, talks about the different tactics and how they can be applied in a concise yet thorough manner. It could probably do without the section on openings since it is a book for beginners and the openings are not very in depth for people who really want to learn about them. Silman's other book, The amateur's mind, I feel would be a better for someone picking up a chess book for the first time.
This is the best book I have read on this topic. It is filled with accessible, useful advice that will improve your game. My rating jumped by about 100 points largely because of this book.
I thought this was fairly readable. It is presented with short segments on various topics.
For anyone who already knows basic Chess, this book should certainly take you to the next level. It conveys the most common openings, tactical middle game movement, and how to be effective in the end game. Many books speak too long on any given topic (e.g. openings) and overwhelm you to a point where you put down the book in frustration.
Highly recommended to get you to the next stage of your chess playing.
Highly recommended to get you to the next stage of your chess playing.
In another obvious attempt at pedantry, I decided I should become a chess master. After all, I already know how to move the pieces, so how hard could it be? After skimming this book, I decided that chess strategy is for complete nerds. (In other words, I understood little to nothing and am too lazy to devote actual time into studying chess.) Even though is supposedly one of the easier chess books to understand, I was lost by page five. For now, I’ll have to be content to move my horse and castle...more
a good, general introduction to strategies and tactics for beginners to intermediate players. includes rules, opening, middlegame, and endgame. there's also a section on "practical matters" which covers chess psychology and so forth. not incredibly in-depth, but valuable all the same.
An excellent book for the beginning to intermediate chess player.
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