"How To Beat Your Dad At Chess" is a mandatory read for 2200+ . Though it may prove to be hard at first, you will slowly begin to understand the near impossible puzzles at hand.
Good Luck friend,
You'll need it.
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2 books I've especially enjoyed are Aagard's attacking manuals (volumes 1 and 2). It's something I return to over and over again.
Thunder_Penguin wrote:
Dale wrote:
Informant 73 would also be suitable reading.
Where can I get that? (I would prefer not to buy...)
Hmm prefer not to buy? You could probably find all of these books online as a free download on websites such as 4shared. As for book recommendations, you just need something that's fun to read ex: How to get lucky in chess
JMB2010 wrote:
2 books I've especially enjoyed are Aagard's attacking manuals (volumes 1 and 2). It's something I return to over and over again.
Are they more or less advanced than GM Prep? Attack and defense need a good solid calculation and positional foundation. I have his Right Decisions (great for training calculation and technique) and Basic Positional Ideas (what you see is what you get) Chessbase CDs and they're pretty good. I might check out the Attacking Chess series.
Winning with Chess Psychology is another very good read. Then when you can understand the psychology of your opponent such that if you are dead lost and have 30 seconds left, you can somehow understand the feelings of your opponent, trick them into getting cocky and dropping a queen, and pull off a miraculous win. The psychological mindset of a game is what I feel is the weakest element of high rated players, they get so psychologically effected after even a simple mistake that they just mentally collapse.
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adypady02 wrote:
Kasparov's Great Predecessors lots of Classical Games
+10! :D I'd recommend that one for anyone.
+20! really good books. Ah another one is Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov. Despite the rather boring title, and the discouraging amout of lines, it is a great book. My sister got it for me for christmas and realized for the the first time that i was really really into chess.
Boring?! Nah that sounds awesome! :D Does he cover the match where Deep Blue upset him (and yes it was an upset computers in those days just brute forced and humans can plan and Kasparov tried a faulty anti-computer strategy in one of the games and resigned a forced draw in the other, okay?!)
no it is 1975 to 1990 or something like that, actually i think it is 1985, not boring but some might think so,
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chesskingdreamer wrote:
Teslas_Genius wrote:
"How To Beat Your Dad At Chess" is a mandatory read for 2200+ . Though it may prove to be hard at first, you will slowly begin to understand the near impossible puzzles at hand.
Good Luck friend,
You'll need it.
you made my day with this post lolololol!
Thx, I really can't beat my dad. If you wanted to know, his name is Garry Kasparov, and your manual comes in handy.
Have a NICE day.
Jan 21, 2014
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Garry Kasparov is not from china, so you might want to change your flag to the us while you're at it, as that's where he's currently residing.
Jan 21, 2014
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chesskingdreamer wrote:
>>> Garry Kasparov is not from china, so you might want to change your flag to the us while you're at it, as that's where he's currently residing...
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> I don't care about facts!
You should read War and Peace. If you're at 2200 you can take a break.
why is everyone under 12... and titled... and all have different titles...
Secrets of modern chess strategy by Watson.