[quote]Okay, we can start with Simple Chess in a group and HTRYG in another (oh boy, these would be three clubs, but I really want to take the books out of the bookshelf, so I will just do it!!)[/quote]
good idea
I would like to improve strategical play: choose on of following books
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Oct 29, 2017
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#23
Have your guys been studying the "Build Up Your Chess" series of Artur Yusupov ? That serie could maybe also be a good candidate for group studies.
This group study is a great idea... I cannot participate because I never have a straight half-hour block to find a real board and set up pieces without life getting in the way. I have to settle for tactics here and there on my phone or occasionally looking up where I or my opponent deviated from theory and seeing if the engine finds a move for one of us that could have picked up a piece or pawn in a few more moves.
I read Simple Chess several months ago... good book, but not so sure if would be as useful in a group format for calculation training. Books with positions for solving would seem conducive to the calculation angle of this group...
Pocket Positions I and II by Lev Alburt
Practical Chess Exercises by Cheng
The Avoidable Mistakes books
Yusupov’s series
Numerous “Test Your Chess” type books
Silman’s HTRYC 4th ed
Modern Chess Self-Instructor by Pozharsky
I read Simple Chess several months ago... good book, but not so sure if would be as useful in a group format for calculation training. Books with positions for solving would seem conducive to the calculation angle of this group...
Pocket Positions I and II by Lev Alburt
Practical Chess Exercises by Cheng
The Avoidable Mistakes books
Yusupov’s series
Numerous “Test Your Chess” type books
Silman’s HTRYC 4th ed
Modern Chess Self-Instructor by Pozharsky
I have another suggestion. We can look into 'The Enigma of Chess Intuition' by Valeri Beim
torrubirubi wrote:
... when I come back we can begin with HTRYC. In the meantime you can already go through the first chapter again, as we will jump this basic stuff on endgame. ...
Which edition of HTRYC are you looking at? There are some major differences from one to another.
"... He's most likely talking about the 4th [edition of HTRYC]." - LilBoat21
Does the 4th one start with "basic stuff on the endgame"?
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708095832/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review769.pdf
"Part One: The Concept of Imbalances"
Oct 29, 2017
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#29
dannyhume wrote:
This group study is a great idea... I cannot participate because I never have a straight half-hour block to find a real board and set up pieces without life getting in the way. I have to settle for tactics here and there on my phone or occasionally looking up where I or my opponent deviated from theory and seeing if the engine finds a move for one of us that could have picked up a piece or pawn in a few more moves.
I read Simple Chess several months ago... good book, but not so sure if would be as useful in a group format for calculation training. Books with positions for solving would seem conducive to the calculation angle of this group...
Pocket Positions I and II by Lev Alburt
Practical Chess Exercises by Cheng
The Avoidable Mistakes books
Yusupov’s series
Numerous “Test Your Chess” type books
Silman’s HTRYC 4th ed
Modern Chess Self-Instructor by Pozharsky
I read Simple Chess several months ago... good book, but not so sure if would be as useful in a group format for calculation training. Books with positions for solving would seem conducive to the calculation angle of this group...
Pocket Positions I and II by Lev Alburt
Practical Chess Exercises by Cheng
The Avoidable Mistakes books
Yusupov’s series
Numerous “Test Your Chess” type books
Silman’s HTRYC 4th ed
Modern Chess Self-Instructor by Pozharsky
Danny, I think Simple Chess is suited because many people have it. I will try to choose positions where we can discuss plans but also single moves. Important is that we have something to talk about, where we can compare ideas and see where we have problems bin understand bwhat is going on.
Nov 6, 2017
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#30
I have the expanded third edition with 406 pages. I cannot tell if the further editions deviate a lot, probably not. Can we compare? Who have the fourth edition?
Part one: Basic Endgames
Part two: thinking techniques and list of imbalances
Part three: Calculations and combinations
Part four: minor pieces in the middle game
Part five: space and preventive medicine
etc
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708095832/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review769.pdf
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/794.pdf
"Part One/The Concept of Imbalances"
"Index of Players and Games 652"
Start with Simple Chess. When you study a book, don't just flip around the pages. Play all the games on your chess board and take some time to study them well.
Nov 7, 2017
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#34
jambyvedar wrote:
Start with Simple Chess. When you study a book, don't just flip around the pages. Play all the games on your chess board and take some time to study them well.
We have already a club studying Simple Chess
Not many people there, but we are going through the first game.
https://www.chess.com/club/simple-chess-by-michael-stean
It was only because of #40 that I learned that the Simple Chess thing had started. If a HTRYC thing starts, it might be a good idea to mention it here.
Nov 7, 2017
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#36
Has there been a decision about 3 or 4?
Nov 7, 2017
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#38
I have the third, but I guess most of the material is the same, we have just to know which position we are talking about in which page, It should work. Or are the editions completely different?
torrubirubi wrote:
I have the third, but I guess most of the material is the same, ...
I suspect that you will find that guess to be incorrect.
"... I lterally wrote this fourth edition from scratch - all new examples, all new prose, ..."
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/794.pdf
I will be away for one week, and when I come back we can begin with HTRYC. In the meantime you can already go through the first chapter again, as we will jump this basic stuff on endgame. It is okay like this?