books that don’t use notation
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StrawberryPlushie11
Apr 11, 2020
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Are there any good instructive books that don’t require playing through moves in order to read them?
ytetrs
Apr 12, 2020
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#3
Pandolfini’s “Weapons of Chess”. It’s a very basic book on chess strategy
The only books that come immediately to mind that have no notation are Weapons of Chess by Bruce Pandolfini - a sort of encyclopedia of positional-strategic concepts and techniques for intermediate (1300-1600) level players, and Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess - basic tactics primarily involving mating scenarios for beginners. Also Alpha Teach Yourself Chess In 24 Hours by ZsuZsa (Susan) Polgar - an introductory chess book for beginner-novice players where notation is used, but there is a diagram for virtually every move. And of course there are many tactics puzzle books where you work through a puzzle without looking at the moves (text) ahead of time.