Heal Dvoretsky
Hurt Ultimate Guide to Chess
Note to all: Why are you murdering Think Like a Grandmaster? It's one of the top 5 chess books I've ever read and improved my USCF rating by approx. 100 points. Why then do you hurt it so?
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Dec 8, 2011
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#43
Why are you so in love with Dvoretsky? ;) starting to see a pattern here :)
Bronco70 wrote:
Why are you so in love with Dvoretsky? ;) starting to see a pattern here :)
Here's the deal with Dvoretsky. Before reading it, I was rated 1600. Afterwards, I reached 1800. Many of my games are decided in the endgame, so I feel I owe him credit.
Dec 8, 2011
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#46
I understand completely. I'm a beginner and there's a book on your list that is very easy for me to understand that I'm in the middle of reading now. I've heard Dvoretsky's book is deep and intense. Any truth to that?
Bronco70 wrote:
I understand completely. I'm a beginner and there's a book on your list that is very easy for me to understand that I'm in the middle of reading now. I've heard Dvoretsky's book is deep and intense. Any truth to that?
Lots of truth. It is very hard, but worth every page.
Dec 8, 2011
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#48
Hurt: Pandolfini's Ultimate Guide to Chess
Heal: Think Like a Grandmaster, Kotov.
Hurt - Think Like a Grandmaster, Kotov
Dec 9, 2011
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#50
@chessisgood: I haven't read most of the books here, and of the ones I've read I really didn't dislike any, although I've subsequently read Soltis' book Pawn Structure Chess is a big improvement over Kmoch's Pawn Power In Chess, which uses a lot of "proprietary" (ie confusing) chess terms never ever adopted by anyone else. Oh well, with all due (dis?)respect to the dead
HURT Pawn Power In Chess
HEAL MCO-15 (de Firmian)
Heal Silman's complete endgame course
Hurt Dvoretsky's endgame manual
Heal Dvoretsky
Hurt Pandolfini
Hurt: Pandolfini's Ultimate Guide to Chess
Heal: Think Like a Grandmaster, Kotov.
Heal dvoretsky's endgame manual
Hurt think like a grandmaster
Pandolfini's Ultimate Guide to Chess was removed and placed 15th
Think Like a Grandmaster [Kotov] was removed and placed 14th
Please note--you cannot hurt/heal removed books!
P.S. I will be out of town for a week. When I get back, I'll tally up the results. Until then, figure it out yourself and don't troll the comments.
P.S.S. Nice try jetfighter13, but no Bongcloud
Heal 60 memorable games
@NimzoRoy
I see your point. I will no longer hurt book on the top, unless I really hate them :)
Also, hurting is not required but strongly encouraged. If people only heal books, this competition will never end. But if every book reaches a certain point, I might take off an equivalent number from them all.