Author: Lawrence S. Tamarkin
Date: 21:47:13 12/26/98
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At the chess clubs where I used to hang out and where I'll be hanging out again!, I heard a lot of critism--mostly from other experts and master's that I have known--of this book and other's by Reinfeld & Horowitz, the 'Giants' of chess instruction pulp. It seems that a lot of the stronger tournament player's feel this way about their early learning. Had they been starting today, they would have used the books I previously mentioned. But of course, Silman & Seirawan Books, and especially tutorial software was not available at that time. I would certainly like to here more opinion's about this from other player's of all strengths... mrslug - the inkompetent chess software addict! On December 26, 1998 at 23:06:39, Jay Rinde wrote: >Come now, we're talking about a beginner. You've got to start some place. "Move >by Move" is not as bad as you think. I've seen too many people turned off by >chess thinking it harder than it could be by getting out of the simple areas too >fast. One must learn to stand before he/she can walk. Chess Mentor is a fine >computer tool but "Move by Move" is a book. Keep it simple in the beginning. >I've seen the meek run.... > >On December 26, 1998 at 22:01:00, Lawrence S. Tamarkin wrote: > >>NOooo, please, not that book again!!. This is one of those books that I've >>never really trusted. I read it when I was in my teens, and suspect it is one >>of those books that left me scratching my head after bad losses at the chess >>club, trying to win games in that 'logical move by move', fasion. It has a >>pendantic, tedious way of making chess look easier to assimilate than it really >>is. Not that chess need be particularly difficult to learn. In fact, Chess >>Mentor or CM6000 may well be the very best way to invest 'starting money' on >>chess learning, as CM6000 has many tutorial's, including Seirawan's outstanding >>writing, and Chess Mentor, has clearly seperated out their introductory material >>into different units, and the program is one of the most interactive. >> >>IMO, a much better 'starter' book would be, How to Reasses your chess, by Jeramy >>Silman, which can help even masters, and uses modern english language to express >>its concepts. (But has also been endorsed by my 1200 rated girlfriend, and her >>600 rated mother). >> >>If you really must have a 'logical, move by move' type book, please get someting >>like Bruce Pandolfini's, 'The Russian's play Chess', which has 7 modern Russian >>chess games, annotated move by move, but doesn't make it look like one side just >>totally overwhelm's the other, just by that 'logic'! >> >>mrslug - the inkompetent chess software addict. >> >>P.S. I'm sorry too have to 'come down' so hard on such a well know & classic >>author, as Irving Chernev, but that's better than recommending a book that can >>(potentially), cause more harm then good... >> >> >> >> >> >>On December 26, 1998 at 17:39:50, Lin Harper wrote: >> >>>On December 26, 1998 at 13:51:31, jeffrey jensen wrote: >>> >>>>I am new to computer chess (and chess for that matter) and I am looking for >>>>resources to improve my chess. I currently hold a rating of 934 over at ICC. >>>>I am interested in the relative merits of Chess Mentor and CM6000. I am also >>>>considering on-line lessons. Any suggestions/comments are greatly appreciated >>>>ps this is a great site... >>>Hi there, maybe a couple of books to get yourself up to scratch first would be >>>the way to go. I suggest Irving Chernev's "Logical Chess, Move by Move". I'm >>>assuming you are a youngster. Be sure you are going to hold your interest in >>>chess before spending good money.
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