Author: stuart taylor
Date: 07:50:11 04/06/03
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On April 06, 2003 at 06:54:35, David Dory wrote: >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 It might be an extremely good boost to someone who has been stuck for a long time at below master level. It also depends on how much one really tries to internalize the lessons from it (or from anything), I believe. S.Taylor
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