Do you guys have any good chess books you’ve read?
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Feb 4, 2026
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#583
fraserhm a écrit :
Do you guys have any good chess books you’ve read?
Unfortunately no. I had some French puzzles book when I was more invested into OTB chess, but now I’m trying to learn by self-teaching
Feb 4, 2026
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#584
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Feb 4, 2026
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#585
Schachkatze2200 wrote:
fraserhm wrote:
Do you guys have any good chess books you’ve read?
Silman's endgame course
I actually picked this up used at a book store for cheap, and haven’t read through it, so I will definitely do that
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Feb 5, 2026
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#590
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/opposite-coloured-bishops-1#comment-124080196
i had this question awhile back, and it never got completely answered, but basically if you have opposite coloured bishops and pawn chains on opposite colours, is it better to have both players have their pawns of their bishops colour, or the opponents? Basically both can attack or neither. Also if you have same colour bishops, should you keep the pawns off that colour to prevent attacks, or put them on that colour to let you defend them with your bishop, and take up crucial space of that colour. Or even if you don’t have a bishop of that colour, is putting them in a spot a bishop could attack good because it will take the bishops space, or when should I do this? Basically how should I move my pawns to counter bishops?
Feb 6, 2026
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#593
fraserhm wrote:
I might sound dumb… but what on earth does gng mean?
Gang
Feb 7, 2026
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#597
fraserhm wrote:
Why not just say it, they are only shortening one letter
No idea lol
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Feb 7, 2026
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fraserhm wrote:
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/opposite-coloured-bishops-1#comment-124080196
i had this question awhile back, and it never got completely answered, but basically if you have opposite coloured bishops and pawn chains on opposite colours, is it better to have both players have their pawns of their bishops colour, or the opponents? Basically both can attack or neither. Also if you have same colour bishops, should you keep the pawns off that colour to prevent attacks, or put them on that colour to let you defend them with your bishop, and take up crucial space of that colour. Or even if you don’t have a bishop of that colour, is putting them in a spot a bishop could attack good because it will take the bishops space, or when should I do this? Basically how should I move my pawns to counter bishops?
I was in a position today with same colour bishops, most of our pawns, and two rooks. I put all my pawns on light squares to prevent them from attacking them. They ended up winning from a blunder and a misclick in the opening that lost a pawn, (alekhine I already know what you’ll say), anyway, here is the position, was it a good thing I kept their pawns on dark and mine or light or should I have done the opposite?
I am white of course, and this position was black to move. I am wondering about pawns structure vs bishops, not the game itself
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