Author: Andrei Fortuna
Date: 12:08:01 07/09/03
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On July 09, 2003 at 14:50:27, Omid David Tabibi wrote:
>On July 09, 2003 at 14:25:55, Andrei Fortuna wrote:
>
>>"Modern Chess Strategy" by Ludek Pachman
>
>I have read this book in French, and I don't know French at all! This book was
>so interesting that I just followed the diagrams and variations, and when
>necessary read French text using a French-English dictionary!
>
>
>>"Pawn Structure Chess" by Andrew Soltis, Andy Soltis
>
>The Bible of pawn structures theory is the book "Pawn Power in Chess", by Hans
>Kmoch
Thanks ! Missed that one ! Now it's on my list.
>
>>"IMPROVE YOUR CHESS NOW" by Jonathan Tisdall
>
>I have never liked books with such titles (improve X now, learn X in 24 hours,
>learn X in 21 days, etc). I think you can forgo this book.
It has good reviews on amazon (4.5 stars) and from user reviews I think I want
it ! J. Silman has words of praise for it :
http://www.jeremysilman.com/book_reviews/js_improve_your_chess_now.html
>>"Fundamental Chess Endings" by Karsten Muller, Frank Lamprecht, John Nunn
>
>My favorite endgames book is "Practical Chess Endings", by Paul Keres.
Another one for my list then !
>>"Tactical Play: School of Chess Excellence 2" by Mark Dvoretsky
>>"Strategic Play: School of Chess Excellence 3" by Mark Dvoretsky
>
>Haven't read the above two books, but Dvoretsky and Yusopov's books are usually
>great.
Yes, that is also what I heard.
>>Could you recommend some more books that would match my goal ?
>
>The must reads:
>
>My Syetem, Aron Nimzowitsch
Got it, read it.
>Think Like A Grandmaster, Alexander Kotov
Got it, read it.
>Play Like A Grandmaster, Alexander Kotov
Not yet in my library.
>Secrets of Practical Chess, John Nunn
Now on my list :)
>Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy: Advances Since Nimzowitsch, John Watson
Got it, reading now.
I wanted to read it to extract some chess rules but the second part is more
about exceptions to the classical rules and I really am confused because of
this. I think I'll have to master the classical structures/rules before I can
attempt to go successfully through this book.
Cheers,
Andrei
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