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kindaspongey
kindaspongey
Aug 23, 2018
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https://web.archive.org/web/20140708095144/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review701.pdf

RussBell
RussBell
Aug 23, 2018
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#22
dannyhume wrote:
kindaspongey wrote:
dannyhume wrote:
... Simple Attacking Plans ... So such a book can be useful for interrmediate/advanced club players to see some more examples of attacking play, but as an instructional blueprint for attacking or method to boost your rating, it is far less useful than interactive problem-solving. But the book is good for a higher level than maybe most low level club chess players want to hope it is.

From time to time, I have seen people suggest Winning Chess Strategy for Kids by Jeff Coakley.
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708094112/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review332.pdf

Maybe that would be worth a try. I think Coakley also has done some puzzle books that might be to your taste. I have seen Pandolfini's Weapons of Chess suggested, but I do not know of an online review for that one. 

Coakley's book I thought was pretty good. 

For all the hate I have seen Pandolfini receive for his books, I think Weapons of Chess is his finest contribution, a good introduction to strategy with an emphasis on pawns (I have read this book a few times).

I am also intrigued by his Chess Endgame Workshop, which looks like a more deliberate thoughful endgame course with more diagrams and verbal instruction than his also decent Endgame Course (with an errata list, of course).  

I agree with the comments regarding the books by Jeff Coakley and Bruce Pandolfini.

For a review of Jeff Coakley's superb books see.....

http://www.uschess.org/content/view/7776/381/

IMO - "Winning Chess Strategy for Kids" is useful for all amateur players at the beginner-novice level...not just for kids!

Errata for Pandolfini's Endgame Course....

http://www.glennwilson.com/chess/books/pec_errata.html

joseph1000000
joseph1000000
Jun 8, 2019
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#23
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#7

Openings : Grandmaster Repertoire (Quality Chess) books are the best, even though they are master level

Author???

kindaspongey
kindaspongey
Jun 8, 2019
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#24

There is no one author for the many Grandmaster Repertoire (Quality Chess) books.

joseph1000000
joseph1000000
Jun 8, 2019
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#25
kindaspongey wrote:

There is no one author for the many Grandmaster Repertoire (Quality Chess) books.

 

Then someone collects them?

kindaspongey
kindaspongey
Jun 8, 2019
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#26

I imagine that there are some who collect them.

RichColorado
RichColorado
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Jun 8, 2019
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#27