Author: stuart taylor
Date: 07:00:13 11/23/03
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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. > >MvH Dan Andersson Thanks for the general guidance. A few subjective comments... "Secrets of GM chess" is the book I lent out and didn't get back, and can't find the person. I was very upset at the time, but thought I could do without it anyway. If I knew I can not (being that I want to make my final efforts at getting good in chess), I would buy one again. Shall I? But I really thought that "understanding chess move by move" had enough in it, that with concentrated study and determination, you can go up about 300 elo points with that book alone. The old Kotov books of which I have atleast three, don't seem very useful imho. They look impressive, but are not user/learner-friendly. If you want to know how to get into chess again, and need to rebuild concentration, I think the book multiple choice is very engaging and can bring you back into concentration, while it in itself doesn't need too much, and can be quite entertaining. Even moreso, is the book (I can't remember whgat it's called now) in which there are 5 characters throught, and you have to say which character and its move is the best move. One is Bob, And there is devious Dave, cautious Carol etc. Each has a move which a different mind is more likely to make in each given position. Every suggetstion of these 5 characters is then discussed by the author. S.Taylor
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