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Subject: Re: John Nunn, Excellent teacher. e,g, "Understanding chess move by move

Author: Russell Reagan

Date: 20:47:38 11/22/03

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On November 22, 2003 at 20:04:02, Dan Andersson wrote:

> The Nunn books 'Understanding Chess Move by Move.', 'Secrets of Grandmaster
>Chess.' and 'Secrets of Practical Chess.'. The two Watson modern chess books.
>And the 'Winning Chess' series by GM Yasser Seirawan with Jeremy Silman. Are
>incredibly useful books. Those who want to begin studying chess should first
>read the 'Winning Chess' books followed by Nunn, Watson and Yermolinsky.
> The two Dorfman books I am of two minds about. They are very categorical but
>Dorfman is one of the greatest chess coaches.

Is the other Watson book Chess Strategy in Action? Does your Yermolinsky
recommendation include more than The Road to Chess Improvement?

Where do books on specifics fit into this course of study? For instance,
Fundamental Chess Endings by Karsten Muller is one book that I haven't gotten
yet that comes highly recommended. I'm sure there are others which touch on a
specific topic that you might recommend (opening, tactics, pawn structure,
attacking the king, or whatever). Would they come after completing your above
mentioned course of study?

Lastly, where does studying games fit into your plan? Any recommendations about
what kind of games to study, whose games to study, or in what order master games
should be studied?



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