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kindaspongey
kindaspongey
May 17, 2017
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#161
jengaias wrote:

... No beginner will be benefited by an opening book even if it is the best. ...

"... Once you identify an opening you really like and wish to learn in more depth, then should you pick up a book on a particular opening or variation. Start with ones that explain the opening variations and are not just meant for advanced players. ..." - Dan Heisman

kindaspongey
kindaspongey
May 17, 2017
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#162
jengaias wrote:
kindaspongey wrote:

... "... most players rated more than 1700-1800 will not find much of interest in [the 2007 book, Chess Opening Essentials - Volume 1: The Complete 1. e4 by Djuric, Komarov, and Pantaleoni], while those rated below will find it flawed, full of holes, and superficial. I really cannot think of a group who could benefit very much from reading this book."

   This is neither newinches or Chessbase product genious.

Who do you think published Chess Opening Essentials - Volume 1: The Complete 1. e4 by Djuric, Komarov, and Pantaleoni?

https://web.archive.org/web/20140627115737/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen99.pdf

kindaspongey
kindaspongey
May 17, 2017
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#163
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kindaspongey
kindaspongey
May 17, 2017
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#164
StupidGM wrote:

... What is Dan's peak rating and when was the last time he played OTB rated chess?

Does rating measure ability to help novice players?

Cherub_Enjel
Cherub_Enjel
Closed: Inactive
May 17, 2017
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#165

lol what happened here? 

kindaspongey
kindaspongey
May 17, 2017
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#166
jengaias wrote:
kindaspongey wrote:
jengaias wrote:

... By the way I never saw in your posts any review for books written  by  great   players like Keres , Bronstein , Tal , Kasparov , Pachman , Petrosian .Where the hell are the reviews of their books?You say you care , you say you want to inform.Yet the books of these great authors are always absent. ...

 "... Just because a book contains lots of information that you don’t know, it doesn’t necessarily mean that it will be extremely helpful in making you better at this point in your chess development. ..." - Dan Heisman (2001)

    You really consider Heisman capable of judging Bronstein , Kasparov and Tal?

You can see now  why someone with such low understanding, that never studied chess seriously, can actually be very harmful even if his intentions are good.It's like a kid in kindergarden judging Einstein.It's absolutely laughable and you can't even tell.

I think Dan Heisman has some experience with judging what helps novice players. Would you like to learn physics from Newton's writings?

"... The books that are most highly thought of are not necessarily the most useful. Go with those that you find to be readable. ..." - GM Nigel Davies (2010)

"... If it’s instruction, you look for an author that addresses players at your level (buying something that’s too advanced won’t help you at all). This means that a classic book that is revered by many people might not be useful for you. ..." - IM Jeremy Silman (2015)
https://www.chess.com/article/view/the-best-chess-books-ever

"... Kasparov said that the books that most influenced him were "Zurich 1953" by David Bronstein and "Life and Games of Mikhail Tal" by Mikhail Tal.Both absolutely invaluable.
I would add that Kasparov's "The test of time" is also a great book.If you want to refine your middlegame knowledge the 3 "Complete Chess Strategy" books by Ludek Pachman are great to teach you the essentials about middlegame.
Just bear in mind that these are difficult books that demand a lot of personal work. ..." - jengaias (~13 hours ago)

dc_clubchess
dc_clubchess
Feb 23, 2018
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#167

A heated debate over the London. I love it! GingerGM states that delaying NF3 until ...e3 is played is to stop tricks with the eventual ...Qb6. Qb3 Bf5 where white wins the b pawn and attacks the rook (not explained well but I certainly recommend checking out the videos from GingerGM on youtube). Throughout the videos the philosophy is that this is a solid opening for those who do not have time to learn extensive theory making it good for beginners to club players. At no point does anyone truly believe this is the best variation for white (I assume) and when Magnus plays it and wins it's because, well... when Magnus plays he wins. I'm trying it out at the moment as I want to get into playing 1.d4 and this seems like a nice casual way to do so.