Might be a bit below your level, but I'm not the only one who has found it useful:
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tabor wrote:
About Capablanca´s book and above Mr Bobyyyy´s note objecting the algebraic notation, Mr Splitleaf asks (reacts rather) the reason for such objection.
Mr Slitleaf I will try to explains with a couple of quetions...
Inagine an emply board in front of you. . . (eyes closed)
.---What is the algebric notacion of a square placed three bkocks dawn from the Blacks Tower that has been moved two places to its right
---...What is the classical notacion of a square placed three bkocks dawn from the Blacks Tower that has been moved two places to its right, that is to the initial Black king bishop place?´
IN the first case you reason like his---BKT originally is on column 8 left. to right. (a.b.c.d.e.f.g.h) that is "h"- It has been moved two places to its righr (minus gh) which means "f". As is said it should be "f8 or 8f). Now it is indicated three blocks down which means "f8-3)" but . . . . when you count those three, is it 8-7-6 or 8-(7-6-5)
In the "older" "unusefull" and "decrepit" system the answer would have been, simply,
---...KB4 meaning fourth place from Blacks King Bishop (logicaly Blacks moves towards White- - - notice the three points I placed... before KB4)
If I ever feel the need to think about squares in such a convoluted way, I will use descriptive.
Quasimorphy wrote:
This one might interest you:
What a great tip, I had never heard of Khmelnitsky's books but I have got the 3 'Exam' volumes and if you are prepared to put the work in they are really, really helpful for finding and addressing your weak points.
http://www.amazon.com/Chess-Exam-Training-Guide-Yourself/dp/0975476122
Hey Samurai. I actually read and worked the Chess Exam by Igor Khmelnitsky. It took me five months to finish it. The book has 100 problems you have to solve where the author recomends to spend no more than 20 minutes in each problem. Every ten problems you get an evaluation and a chess rating. The chess rating provided the author is rather accurate because Igor works in statistics and he cares a lot about that naturally. At the end of the book you get your final evaluation considering all 100 problems. You are evaluated in twelve different chess areas and the evaluation ranks them from weakest to strongest. The author also informs you on follow up books you may work on depending on the results of the evaluation. Totally worth it. And yes, it is good as commute book. I started working in the bus with it but then quickly changed to my couch with cup of tea. You will need a timer to do not go over 20 minutes. Cheers.
For chess games, I'd have to recommend Logical Chess: Move By Move by Irving Chernev. I don't have a board at the moment, and I can still read through the games while I'm on the bus or on lunch break. There is an occasional (small) chunk of analysis that might confuse me with the variations, but there are usually plenty of diagrams and I feel like it helps me with my visualization skills.
[COMMENT DELETED] I take back the boost your chess series recommendation... the more I go through it, the worse it gets