> Chess fundamentals - Capablanca
> The Mammoth Book of The World's Greatest Chess Games - Burgess, Nunn, Emms
> Secrets of modern chess strategy - Watson
> Tactical Play - Mark Dvoretsky
> 700 Chess Problems - WJ Baird
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Apr 18, 2013
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TwoMove - I did like Test of Time, but put Kasparov on Kasparov in because I've been reading it more lately. I find Geller interesting for the psychology he uses. I haven't read Chess Improviser nor the MacFarland book on Nimzowitsch. I'll try to track them down. Thanks for the suggestions.
kiloNewton wrote:
> Chess fundamentals - Capablanca
> The Mammoth Book of The World's Greatest Chess Games - Burgess, Nunn, Emms
> Secrets of modern chess strategy - Watson
> Tactical Play - Mark Dvoretsky
> 700 Chess Problems - WJ Baird
i always thought the opening books by watson were his best work.
rigamagician wrote:
Three years have passed, but I'd still include many of the same books:
David Bronstein. The Sorceror's Apprentice.
Max Euwe. Judgment and Planning in Chess.
Bobby Fischer. My 60 Memorable Games.
Efim Geller. The Application of Chess Theory.
Garry Kasparov. Kasparov on Kasparov 1973-1985.
Paul Keres. Practical Chess Endings.
Alexander Kotov and Paul Keres. The Art of the Middlegame.
Aron Nimzowitsch. My System.
Mikhail Tal and Yakov Damsky. Attack with Mikhail Tal.
Mikhail Tal. The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal.
i dont know planning and judgment, but master versus amateur, amateur vs master and master vs master a pretty fun reads by euwe. The text is not only insightfull its also very funny to read. There is a game a were the amateur who is becomming master plays the master and he writes stuff like the master is angry because he just blundered a pawn... very good read you definetly need to check it out.
TetsuoShima wrote:
rigamagician wrote:
Three years have passed, but I'd still include many of the same books:
David Bronstein. The Sorceror's Apprentice.
Max Euwe. Judgment and Planning in Chess.
Bobby Fischer. My 60 Memorable Games.
Efim Geller. The Application of Chess Theory.
Garry Kasparov. Kasparov on Kasparov 1973-1985.
Paul Keres. Practical Chess Endings.
Alexander Kotov and Paul Keres. The Art of the Middlegame.
Aron Nimzowitsch. My System.
Mikhail Tal and Yakov Damsky. Attack with Mikhail Tal.
Mikhail Tal. The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal.
i dont know planning and judgment, but master versus amateur, amateur vs master and master vs master a pretty fun reads by euwe. The text is not only insightfull its also very funny to read. There is a game a were the amateur who is becomming master plays the master and he writes stuff like the master is angry because he just blundered a pawn... very good read you definetly need to check it out.
Is that the real name of the book?
master versus amateur, amateur vs master and master vs master
chess master vs chess amateur, chess amateur vs chess master and chess master vs chess master are the real titles.
its a good read in chess master vs chess amateur he describes how the master takes advantage of the amateurs mistakes. In master against master he shows how a master punishes the mistakes of a master. in chess amateur vs master he chose an amateur who is constantly getting stronger and finally beats the master.
Apr 18, 2013
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#89
And these ignore some of the great hard-to-find opening books out there. Ones that are invaluable, but only if you play that system.
TetsuoShima wrote:
chess master vs chess amateur, chess amateur vs chess master and chess master vs chess master are the real titles.
Hmm, I can only find Chess Master vs Chess Amateur on Amazon. Are you sure the others exist?
i cant find the third book, but in german its called amateur becomes master
Apr 18, 2013
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fburton wrote:
TetsuoShima wrote:
chess master vs chess amateur, chess amateur vs chess master and chess master vs chess master are the real titles.
Hmm, I can only find Chess Master vs Chess Amateur on Amazon. Are you sure the others exist?
Next time try looking someplace else besides amazon. I did after making up an erroneous fact here and discovered that Euwe wrote +20 chess books, or +70 depending on who you believe or who actually knows what the hell they're writing about.
It looks like TetsuoShima knew what he was talking about!
lol
Bent Larsens selected games is a very good book!
Of all the chess books I own I find and reccomend Chess Master vs Chess Amatuer as the most useful and fun to read. It highlights positions that amatuers are likely to encounter and how to handle them. **** (4 stars)
Apr 18, 2013
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#97
Perhaps The Road to Chess Mastery is an English translation of Amateur wird Meister. It is also by Euwe and Meiden.
rigamagician wrote:
Perhaps The Road to Chess Mastery is an English translation of Amateur wird Meister. It is also by Euwe and Meiden.
yes it would fit from the title, strangely i didnt recognize it though when i saw it at amazon
i liked that book the most, but i think its the one i read the most..
i like it how he annotates the games in the book. Like the becoming master plays king to f1 and Euwe says, this move shows he understands the position, or as i said earlier the master gets angry that he lost a pawn, but maybe that was in another of those 3 books.
For Bronstein's games prefer " Chess Improviser" by Boris Vainstein. Think most of the analysis is by Bronstein himself. Still prefer "Test of time" to the more modern book, because it isn't loaded so much with impossible computerised analysis. Found "Attack with Tal" very hard going, and pretty much gave up with it. At one time really liked "The Application of Chess Theory" but went off it because didn't think was as honest a analysist as some other books.
For something a bit different "Aron Nimzowitsch: On the Road to Chess Mastery, 1886-1924" is a really nice book. Has a large biography and historical section. Games mostly very lightly annotated.
Also really like "Amateur to IM", about half way through that a bit bogged down on excercise section at moment.