Author: Andrei Fortuna
Date: 22:29:26 07/09/03
Go up one level in this thread
On July 09, 2003 at 23:49:33, Rupesh wrote: >Hi Andrei, > >If your aim is to improve your playing strnegth primarily then i will highly >recommend the following books: >Also before i produce the list i would suggest >that you use most of the following books as a workbook. > >1. "Fundamental Chess Endings" by Karsten Muller, Frank Lamprecht, John Nunn( >This is a copy from your list, but a great book) >2. "Ideas behind chess openings" by Rubine Fine > ( Thought provoking book) >3. Chess recipes from Grandmaster's kitchen by GM Valeri Beim >4. Reasses your chess by IM Simlan >5. Modern Instructive masterpieces by Stohl >6. Think Like a Grandmaster by Kotov > >I think these books together cover all parts of the games and are most lucidly >written. >I have read most of the books from your lists and i must warn you that >schools of chess excellence books series are very uninteresting and may bore >you. Besides i also doubt the efficacy of these books when compared to the list >which i have produced. Dvoretsky's books are highly recommended wherever I could find some reviews. They are something I just want to have in my library. >Also compared to "Road to chess improvement", I would >rather urge you have to have a look on "seven chess sins" ...a book written on >chess psychology. >If you have more time and money, I desperately want to recommend Unfortunately I am on a small budget. That is why I will prefer "Road to chess improvements" over "Seven chess sins". You guys recommend so many good books ! I just have to be selective on what I choose :( It breaks my heart ! >7. Inner Game of chess ( I forget the author's name) > >If you can read, the book numbered 2,3,4 and then 6th. After that if you use 5th >numbered book to play the games themselves, believe me it will be a revolution >for you as youtr thought process would have transformed by then. > >Do let me know if you have any clarification or you want to give any feedback. Pretty much clear, thank you for the advice. I am not sure it is 100% adequate for my current chess training, but I will definitely think about it. Regards, Andrei
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.