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probably reassess your chess 4th edition and my system to name 2 top ones...i have also heard that there is a positional puzzle book by aagaard which is said to be quite amazing...lots of the middlegame is strategy/positional play in my opinion...so those are probably the kind of books you should look into☺
Jul 31, 2017
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based on your rating, and ability. Forget about Middlegame books, and stick with:
Opening Principles.
Tactics...tactics...tactics.
IMBacon wrote:
based on your rating, and ability. Forget about Middlegame books, and stick with:
Opening Principles.
Tactics...tactics...tactics.
Ive tried telling some friends of mine that...doesnt really stick as they stil move super quickly and fail most tactics...my tactics is not wonderful but i try haha seemed to have hit a wall lately:( but my point is they still hang so many pieces because they are not letting tactics puzzles making them see the whole board...and as a result not seeing what opponents are threatening:) (kind of like me sometimes not really seeing the real danger my king is in before it is almost too late and i have to do damage control lol)
Jul 31, 2017
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masterfowler wrote:
IMBacon wrote:
based on your rating, and ability. Forget about Middlegame books, and stick with:
Opening Principles.
Tactics...tactics...tactics.
Ive tried telling some friends of mine that...doesnt really stick as they stil move super quickly and fail most tactics...my tactics is not wonderful but i try haha seemed to have hit a wall lately:( but my point is they still hang so many pieces because they are not letting tactics puzzles making them see the whole board...and as a result not seeing what opponents are threatening:) (kind of like me sometimes not really seeing the real danger my king is in before it is almost too late and i have to do damage control lol)
And what are you gonna do? You cant make people slow down. So if they choose to play fast, drop pieces, and miss simple tactics. A middlegame book isnt going to help them.
lol i agree 2 000 000%
thing is most people will also not study because "there is no time" but they still want to improve...i see it differently...you make time...most things in life are optional...including chess...I know i will never be master strength but i would really like to achieve that 1800 otb strength atleast and that will never come without work:)
i have given them a tactics book but "there is no time" lol so if the OP wants recommendations on middlegame books i gladly help if i can but the main problem at 900 is tactics...jeez...at my level(which is still low it probably hasnt changed)
at 1200 i suppose openings and king and pawn endgames also come into play a bit:)
Jul 31, 2017
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masterfowler wrote:
lol i agree 2 000 000%
thing is most people will also not study because "there is no time" but they still want to improve...i see it differently...you make time...most things in life are optional...including chess...I know i will never be master strength but i would really like to achieve that 1800 otb strength atleast and that will never come without work:)
i have given them a tactics book but "there is no time" lol so if the OP wants recommendations on middlegame books i gladly help if i can but the main problem at 900 is tactics...jeez...at my level(which is still low it probably hasnt changed)
at 1200 i suppose openings and king and pawn endgames also come into play a bit:)
Experience has taught me that "there is no time" roughly translates into: "Thats boring...I want to learn openings 20 moves deep" As an older person, it seems that younger chess players dont want to put the work in. They want instant results, instant gratification, instant reward, with minimal effort. Now obviously, you have those gifted kids, that have structure, coaching, and will improve.
lol if only they went as far as learning openings 6 moves deep haha instant results would be amazing though...i am 30 now and a husband and father...i get arounnd to roughly 2 hours of chess study a day including tactics which is what i give credit to most for they measly 1400 otb rating i have today...maybe 10% of that i would give credit to openings haha openings are fun though lol
Jul 31, 2017
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masterfowler wrote:
lol if only they went as far as learning openings 6 moves deep haha instant results would be amazing though...i am 30 now and a husband and father...i get arounnd to roughly 2 hours of chess study a day including tactics which is what i give credit to most for they measly 1400 otb rating i have today...maybe 10% of that i would give credit to openings haha openings are fun though lol
There are 2 types of young players:
The truley gifted ones.
The ones that think they are truley gifted. More wwll known as..."I'm a tactical/agressive player. Im looking for a sharp, tactical opening with a lot of sacrifices, but also safe"
RajatOO7boss wrote:
Top books on middle game
Some possibilities to consider:
Simple Attacking Plans by Fred Wilson (2012)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090402/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review874.pdf
Logical Chess: Move by Move by Irving Chernev (1957)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708104437/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/logichess.pdf
The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played by Irving Chernev (1965)
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/most-instructive-games-of-chess-ever-played/
50 Essential Chess Lessons by Steve Giddins
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708100833/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review534.pdf
http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/50_Essential_Chess_Lessons.pdf
Simple Chess by Michael Stean
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708104258/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review400.pdf
Amateur's Mind by Jeremy Silman
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708094419/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/ammind.pdf
Chess Strategy: Move by Move by Adam Hunt
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708093249/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review890.pdf
How to Reassess Your Chess (4th ed.) by Jeremy Silman
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708095832/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review769.pdf
The Power of Pawns by GM Jörg Hickl (2016)
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/the-power-of-pawns/
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/9034.pdf
Winning Chess by Irving Chernev and Fred Reinfeld (1949)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708093415/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review919.pdf
Back to Basics: Tactics by Dan Heisman (2007)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708233537/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review585.pdf
Seirawan stuff
http://seagaard.dk/review/eng/bo_beginner/ev_winning_chess.asp?KATID=BO&ID=BO-Beginner
http://www.nystar.com/tamarkin/review1.htm
IMBacon wrote:
... There are 2 types of young players:
The truley gifted ones.
The ones that think they are truley gifted. More wwll known as..."I'm a tactical/agressive player. Im looking for a sharp, tactical opening with a lot of sacrifices, but also safe"
There are two types of people: those who talk about two types and those who don't.
Aug 1, 2017
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kindaspongey wrote:
IMBacon wrote:
... There are 2 types of young players:
The truley gifted ones.
The ones that think they are truley gifted. More wwll known as..."I'm a tactical/agressive player. Im looking for a sharp, tactical opening with a lot of sacrifices, but also safe"
There are two types of people: those who talk about two types and those who don't.
There are also two types of people that talk about those that talk about two types of people, and those that dont.