Author: David Dory
Date: 03:54:35 04/06/03
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On April 06, 2003 at 04:58:54, stuart taylor wrote: >On April 05, 2003 at 20:57:23, Dan Andersson wrote: > >> Sorry I forgot about Baburin's Winning Pawn Structures. >> >>MvH Dan Andersson > >I once had (but lent it out and never got it back) secrets of GM play by Nunn, >but I still think the above mentioned is even better and easier to follow. >The others you and others mentioned, I havn't got around to seeing very much if >at all, although I do agree that there are very good things around. > But I am imagining that nothing till now was quite like the abovementioned >(understanding chess) in general. > At any rate, I feel somewhat inspired to work through it and to let that be my >final attempt to REALLY "understand" chess, and make a further big improvement, >which I feel that book can't fail to do. >As soon as I can look at a chess position for 5 minutes whilst thinking quickly >non-stop about the position, then it will be known whether or not I'm able to be >on GM level. i.e. as soon as I'm able to do what I want to do whilst sitting at >a position, then It will be a simple yes or no matter what I could achieve. And >if the answer is "no", I would also be satisfied. But I don't think the answer >WILL be No. But that doesn't mean I'll have time to pursue it anyway. > >I think I have confidence that that book will get me to that stage. > >S.Taylor It's a fabulous book, IMO. I have doubts that any book could take you to your greatest potential however. Your greatest potential should come after several great books; many, many hours of analysis and study, and of course, hundreds of competitive games. Enjoy! Dave
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