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| From | Message | Posted by gibo
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2/09/2005
23:02:46
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I'd just like to start a thread about chess books which people have really enjoyed. One book I really like is Vishy Anand: My Best Games of Chess. Also Sicilian Kan by John Emms and Easy guide to the Nimzo-Indian also by Emms
| Posted by rose-quarz
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2/10/2005
00:26:12
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I've got quite an interesting collection. "Practical Rook Endings by Edmar Mednis" makes rook endings simple to understand. "Chess Combination as a Fine Art by Golz/Keres" A collection of sacrificial combinations that have occured in games. "How to play the Sicilian Defence by David N L Levy & Kevin J O'Connell" Tells one the plans of each Sicilian set up for white and black. "The Tactical Grob by Claude F. Bloodgood" of course as I play it.
| Posted by gibo
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2/11/2005
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does anyone have a good tactical book that they could recommende, also known as puzzle books.
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Chess: Back to basics — Chess has been around for hundreds and hundreds of years, and one of the reasons the game has maintained its popularity for so long is the seemingly endless level of depth and complexity involved. It seems no matter how much you play, there is always something else to learn or a new puzzle to challenge your brain. So how does one improve at the grand old game of chess? Have you been playing for years, decades, scores, and yet you still seem to be losing to the same people? One of the questions I am often asked at chess competitions is, "How come Grandmaster so-and-so is better than you? How can you achieve his level?" My answer is always, "If I knew, I would ...
Posted by apastpawn
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2/11/2005
10:44:54
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Chess 5334 Problems, Combinations, and Games by Laszlo Polgar. This should keep you busy for a few weeks or months. Was lucky enough to get it for $10 marked down at a book store. Another would be 303 Tricky Chess Tactics by Fred Wilson & Bruce Alberston. It is set up as a puzzle type question book.
To answer your first question in this thread, my all time favorite book is The Reassess Your Chess Workbook by Jeremy Silman. This is the third of a theme he has done all concerning his approach to imbalances and exploiting them. The first two were An Amatuers Mind and Reassess Your Chess. His third though is an improvement over both and he recaptures his idea and with many more examplies, so you can just read the workbook as it does stand alone. It is also set up as a quiz type book. Have reread it a couple of times.
You can also go to the links at the opening page of GK and read some book reviews done by players here on this site.
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Chess: Berbatov's long shot — Football fans will recognise the name. This is the Manchester United striker's 15-year-old cousin, Kiprian, a rising star in Bulgarian chess. He has just played his pawn to b4 – and set an evil trap. How should Black reply? RB: I had the wild notion of responding with 1…axb4. No one likes tripled pawns, but then I realised that with three pawns to clear on the b-file, White would have his hands full while Black could make merry on the opposite wing. But that's precisely the problem – what can Black do on the kingside? Not much that I can see. So, to be sensible, it's either 1…a4 or 1…b6. I prefer 1…a4, locking the queenside and giving Black a chance to improve his position on ...
Posted by bananaman1
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2/12/2005
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"Learn Chess Tactics"- by: John Nunn ~ An excellent book at helping to understand
tactics and their uses. I've worked through the problem once already and I see
improvements in my game.
"How to Reseeses you Chess"- by: Jeremy Silman ~ Another superb book I would
recomend to anyone beginner or expert.
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Graybeards of the Chess Board to Battle for the World Title — Boris Gelfand, an Israeli grandmaster, was the surprise winner of the World Chess Championship Candidates Matches in Kazan, Russia, which ended Wednesday. Gelfand was the second-lowest-ranked chess player among the competitors, as well as the oldest; he turns 43 next month. The victory gives him a title match next year against Viswanathan Anand, the world chess champion, who turns 42 in December. Chess has become a young man’s game, and Gelfand and Anand will be the oldest championship opponents since 1934, when Alexander Alekhine, 41, defeated Efim Bogoljubov, 45, to retain the title. Gelfand, who was born in Belarus, has never played for the title, which is remarkable in ...
Posted by tertsius
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2/12/2005
11:53:47
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chess books I have, the two that are the most dog eared are: Bobby Fischer, his complete games, and The Chess Analyst by Jon Edwards.
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On Chess: Tiny American was titan of tenacity — Is it possible to be 5 feet tall and yet be a formidable sporting icon? It is in chess - a gymnasium of the mind where size, speed and physical strength are incidental. Two small chess players who immediately come to mind are the 19th century's Paul Morphy and our contemporary Anatoly Karpov, who in his prime weighed little more than 130 pounds. And, of course, there was the diminutive Sammy Reshevsky (1911-92), who was justifiably feared by the Soviets as an unpredictable chess player of great talent in the post-World War II period. Reshevsky dominated the American chess scene until Bobby Fischer eclipsed him in the late 1950s and thereafter. No one - including himself, Fischer admitted - could ...
Posted by gibo
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2/13/2005
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i was also hoping to get some more middle game books. Currently i have reassess your chess, my system, the middle game book 1 and 2 by euwe and kramer. Are there any others people can recommende, I was thinking of chess praxis the accompaniment to my system. I know this is a lot of questions but also any good end game books people can recommende.
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'Bobby Fischer' documentary captures audience — Our brains tell us fame is fleeting, but do we believe it? Elvis, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Michael Jordan -- could they all really be wiped out of our cultural consciousness? You may not learn a lot about chess in Bobby Fischer Against the World, Liz Garbus's well-documented film about arguably the greatest and most tragic chess player that ever lived. But you do learn a lot about fame, and its possible relation to pathology. In his day, the ironically-shy/perceived-arrogant chess prodigy was among the most recognizable faces on Earth. When he played Soviet Boris Spassky in Reykjavik for the World Title in 1972, it led the news over coups, wars and elections. And then something ...
Posted by gibo
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2/26/2005
23:41:49
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Out of the endgame books I have been recomended DVORETSKY'S ENDGAME MANUAL, has anyone else read this? Or can anyone else recommend a better book?
| Posted by messiry
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2/27/2005
01:30:14
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Averbakh 5 volumes of endgame (That was long ago), I have his small book "Essential Endings", me too is waiting for a recommendation from anyone!!
| Posted by kimbeldrv
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2/27/2005
07:03:14
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I have chess endings essential knowledge by Yury Averbakh.
Fundamental Chess Endings
by Karsten Muller
... has good ratings on Amazon.
| Posted by gridspell
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2/27/2005
12:57:43
Play online chess | Chess Books
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My last big book order I bought the Life and games of Mikhal Tal this book is going to be a classic just like my best games of chess by Alekhine well worth the money....... secrets of chess intuition by grandmaster Alexander Beliavsky & Adrian Mikhalchishin a very well written book that covers chess intuition e.g. when to apply it and when to use practical analysis this is a huge topic I hope the strong players write more on it I don't know of any other chess books that cover this! Fischer his approach...... Karpovs best games, The Art of Defence in Chess by Lyev Polugayevsky, Paul Keres best games oh and the last one on my list I got was Paul Morphy and the Evolution of Chess Theory. I'm going to have a busy winter heheh!
| Posted by i_play_slowly
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2/27/2005
18:51:06
Play online chess | Reti's "Masters of the Chess Board"
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I am more than half way through the book, and I can easily see why it is regarded as a classic. The games are well chosen, and Reti's annotations are extremely deep, yet very clear. It outlines the history of chess, while giving thorough lessons in all aspects of the game, especially opening theory. I get the impression that readers of any strength could benefit from Reti's masterpiece, and that the book could be skimmed, or studied with utmost concentration. It is both exciting and enlightening.
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Here's an idea that you might want to try: I am currently reading Reti's book with another Gameknot participant. We continually swap observations as we go through the text, and we set milestones for ourselves, usually one chapter per week. I find that having a study partner helps me stay focused on the project, and it's also a wonderful way to build a friendship via correspondence. I would heartily recommend inviting one of your Gameknot buddies to study some book of mutual interest.
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