Mastering the Chess Openings (Volume 1)
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LGdiver
Jan 6, 2023
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#1
Have any players tried to read through this particular book? I heard it’s one of the best for openings, but I’m curious on your approach. Did you setup a game and follow the moves that way, or did you just view on the pages? I think I should setup a board, but it might take a while to get through things. Just curious how each of you go about this kind of studying?
Jan 7, 2023
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#2
Based on your rating, I think you would find Mastering the Chess Openings to be way, way too advanced. You should start with a book that covers basic opening principles, not detailed analysis of theoretical lines, and then do a ton of tactics exercises.
Jan 7, 2023
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#3
To more directly answer your question, I usually play through the moves in books using a board on a computer. It's much easier to set up positions. I try to calculate all variations in my head rather than moving the pieces in order to improve my visualization skills. If I just can't follow a variation in my head after several tries, I will play out the moves of the variation on the board.