Author: Jay Rinde
Date: 20:06:39 12/26/98
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Come now, we're talking about a beginner. You've got to start some place. "Move by Move" is not as bad as you think. I've seen too many people turned off by chess thinking it harder than it could be by getting out of the simple areas too fast. One must learn to stand before he/she can walk. Chess Mentor is a fine computer tool but "Move by Move" is a book. Keep it simple in the beginning. I've seen the meek run.... On December 26, 1998 at 22:01:00, Lawrence S. Tamarkin wrote: >NOooo, please, not that book again!!. This is one of those books that I've >never really trusted. I read it when I was in my teens, and suspect it is one >of those books that left me scratching my head after bad losses at the chess >club, trying to win games in that 'logical move by move', fasion. It has a >pendantic, tedious way of making chess look easier to assimilate than it really >is. Not that chess need be particularly difficult to learn. In fact, Chess >Mentor or CM6000 may well be the very best way to invest 'starting money' on >chess learning, as CM6000 has many tutorial's, including Seirawan's outstanding >writing, and Chess Mentor, has clearly seperated out their introductory material >into different units, and the program is one of the most interactive. > >IMO, a much better 'starter' book would be, How to Reasses your chess, by Jeramy >Silman, which can help even masters, and uses modern english language to express >its concepts. (But has also been endorsed by my 1200 rated girlfriend, and her >600 rated mother). > >If you really must have a 'logical, move by move' type book, please get someting >like Bruce Pandolfini's, 'The Russian's play Chess', which has 7 modern Russian >chess games, annotated move by move, but doesn't make it look like one side just >totally overwhelm's the other, just by that 'logic'! > >mrslug - the inkompetent chess software addict. > >P.S. I'm sorry too have to 'come down' so hard on such a well know & classic >author, as Irving Chernev, but that's better than recommending a book that can >(potentially), cause more harm then good... > > > > > >On December 26, 1998 at 17:39:50, Lin Harper wrote: > >>On December 26, 1998 at 13:51:31, jeffrey jensen wrote: >> >>>I am new to computer chess (and chess for that matter) and I am looking for >>>resources to improve my chess. I currently hold a rating of 934 over at ICC. >>>I am interested in the relative merits of Chess Mentor and CM6000. I am also >>>considering on-line lessons. Any suggestions/comments are greatly appreciated >>>ps this is a great site... >>Hi there, maybe a couple of books to get yourself up to scratch first would be >>the way to go. I suggest Irving Chernev's "Logical Chess, Move by Move". I'm >>assuming you are a youngster. Be sure you are going to hold your interest in >>chess before spending good money.
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