You found the exception. And the pawn chapter starts at page 149. Nearly halfway through the book. Maybe have is saving the best till last. I haven't made it that far yet. For example, in the introduction to ch2 he explains a pin he used at a lecture in scandanivia and goes on to talk about the 'children of his mind's. For me it's all tangential and an author over imposing themself on the text. I know this reflects my preference for writing style. The more general point though, and coming back to the theme, is that, as a reader, you also need to be able to work with the book, and this depends on both the subject matter and how it is presented. There is nothing wrong with giving up on a book, even a classic, that may not be helping you and trying something else.
Recommended Study Texts / Books
A book needs personality otherwise it is boring. I think it's just a clash of personalities.
Now my blitz rating is 1121 and I am reading Logical chess move by move.
Can anyone suggest me any other good books for my level?
I will be glad if anyone do
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I have a cheap paperback, Mammoth Book of Chess by Graham Burgess. I wouldn't says it's an instructional book. More full of ideas and develops basic knowledge, so it's not trying to hard to teach. I like it and I'm around 1300. It might suit someone who has a good foundation in all areas of the game so is becoming an independent learner, say roughly 1200 upwards (at a guess).
The blurb on the back describes it as a big thick general purpose chess book which is about right. Its a5 and 500 pages.
I would recommend the classical instructional books for beginners, such as Tarrasch's "The Game of Chess" and "Three Hundred Games of Chess", which can be compared to books on arithmetics and algebra. Simple and easy to understand for a beginner.
If the beginner is a little more ambitious, I would suggest Averbakh's "Journey to The Chess Kingdom", which is like a modernized and more entertaining version of "The Game of Chess".
Thanks. That is a useful summary. My tactical depth is getting there I think. I can calculate and visualise candidate moves 4 deep when doing puzzles. I'm doing puzzles up to about 1600 rating. My issue with the book isn't the subject matter it is the writing style. That is what I meant by of it's time. He is very wordy, whole paragraphs on rallying the troops rather than getting to the point. He often justifies himself to his critics, and cracks little jokes that aren't funny and then explains them. I find it all gets in the way and breaks up the flow which for me makes it a difficult book to work with. My guess is that at the time he was presenting new ideas and it is written with that in mind which is subtly different to education.
I just read the annotated game on section 2a of pawn formation, and I legit lol’d at a comment he made on a bishop attack/sacrifice to open up an attack on the opposing king. He said something to the effect of “the bishop is rabid, having gone into a suicidal rage watching its friend’s (the knight) death.”
Someone draw an angry bishop for me