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Hi. So I've tried to read chess books, but I generally get overwhelmed by them, and don't make it through. I did like Reuben Fine's "The ideas behind the chess openings", as it communicated fewer, general ideas, rather than too many, specific lines, or going into lines at an insane level of depth, that no club player would ever need. What I really need is a lazy man's guide to improving their game...any advice? Strengthwise, I'd be happy if I reached the giddy heights of "average club player", for now.
Nov 22, 2016
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Play a lot, practice tactics and watch YouTube videos. If you can find a partner maybe both will improve faster. And the most important thing is to have fun. That is my recommendation, it worked for me. Feel free to send me a message if you have any questions, good luck.
Thanks. I probably wasn't that clear; I was hoping for book recommendations which allowed me to study, but not THAT hard ;-)
Nov 22, 2016
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I haven't read any chess book yet, so my recommendation is for lazier people.
Fine's "The Middlegame in Chess" is pretty simple and straightforward. Silman's books can be understood at lower levels fairly easily. Lazlo Polgar's "Chess" has 5334 problems (if I remember correctly) and is for all levels. Graham Burgess has a Mammoth Book of Chess that's pretty cool. There's a lot of good beginner level books on the market.
Yourmomm1972 wrote:
Thanks. I probably wasn't that clear; I was hoping for book recommendations which allowed me to study, but not THAT hard ;-)
Get Winning Chess Strategy for Kids by Coackley. Don't let the kid word fool you as it is a great book appropriate for your level. What I like about this book is that the layout is properly done and it is an enjoyable book. This book covers opening principles, tactics,strategy and endgame, so this book covers all the aspect of chess that a starting up player must know. There are beginner books that don't cover all the 3 part of chess which is opening,endgame and middle game. That nice thing about this book is that it covers all these aspect of chess.
https://www.amazon.com/Winning-Chess-Strategy-Kids-Coakley/dp/1895525055
jambyvedar wrote:
I just checked this book out and it doesn't actually look bad, but I'm a bit turned off by the kid thing in the title. Is there any book with similar coverage, aimed at adults?
Yourmomm1972 wrote:
Thanks. I probably wasn't that clear; I was hoping for book recommendations which allowed me to study, but not THAT hard ;-)
Get Winning Chess Strategy for Kids by Coackley. Don't let the kid word fool you as it is a great book appropriate for your level. What I like about this book is that the layout is properly done and it is an enjoyable book. This book covers opening principles, tactics,strategy and endgame, so this book covers all the aspect of chess that a starting up player must know. There are beginner books that don't cover all the 3 part of chess which is opening,endgame and middle game. That nice thing about this book is that it covers all these aspect of chess.
https://www.amazon.com/Winning-Chess-Strategy-Kids-Coakley/dp/1895525055
eaguiraud wrote:
He he. I just checked your stats... You and me are the same for correspondence, but you are at where I would like to be for live chess. How can someone be much better at blitz than correspondence?!
I haven't read any chess book yet, so my recommendation is for lazier people.
Yourmomm1972 wrote:
jambyvedar wrote:
Yourmomm1972 wrote:
Thanks. I probably wasn't that clear; I was hoping for book recommendations which allowed me to study, but not THAT hard ;-)
Get Winning Chess Strategy for Kids by Coackley. Don't let the kid word fool you as it is a great book appropriate for your level. What I like about this book is that the layout is properly done and it is an enjoyable book. This book covers opening principles, tactics,strategy and endgame, so this book covers all the aspect of chess that a starting up player must know. There are beginner books that don't cover all the 3 part of chess which is opening,endgame and middle game. That nice thing about this book is that it covers all these aspect of chess.
https://www.amazon.com/Winning-Chess-Strategy-Kids-Coakley/dp/1895525055
I just checked this book out and it doesn't actually look bad, but I'm a bit turned off by the kid thing in the title. Is there any book with similar coverage, aimed at adults?
Ignore the kid thing. It is not the title that counts but the contents.This book can be use by an adult beginner or club level. This book is even more advance compare to other beginner book like Complete Book of Strategy By Silman. This book is for 1000-1700 rating range and some of the contents might be even hard for you to digest. You won't regret getting this book.
An alternative is Winning Chess Strategy by Seirawan.
Possibly helpful:
Simple Attacking Plans by Fred Wilson (2012)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090402/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review874.pdf
https://www.newinchess.com/Shop/Images/Pdfs/7192.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/
Essential Chess Lessons by Steve Giddins
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708100833/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review534.pdf
Starting Out: Attacking Play by James Plaskett
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708101549/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review467.pdf
Simple Chess by Michael Stean
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708104258/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review400.pdf
Winning Chess by Irving Chernev and Fred Reinfeld (1949)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708093415/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review919.pdf
Discovering Chess Openings by GM John Emms (2006)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627114655/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen91.pdf
Openings for Amateurs by Pete Tamburro (2014)
http://kenilworthian.blogspot.com/2014/05/review-of-pete-tamburros-openings-for.html
Chess Endgames for Kids by Karsten Müller (2015)
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/chess-endgames-for-kids/
http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/Chess_Endgames_for_Kids.pdf
A Guide to Chess Improvement by Dan Heisman (2010)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708105628/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review781.pdf
Nov 23, 2016
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Yourmomm1972 wrote:
eaguiraud wrote:
I haven't read any chess book yet, so my recommendation is for lazier people.
He he. I just checked your stats... You and me are the same for correspondence, but you are at where I would like to be for live chess. How can someone be much better at blitz than correspondence?!
Before Nov 7 2016 the last time I played correspondence was in July 6 2015. And if you check my stats I resigned twice on move 3 or so after I found out how to play live chess. I did not know how to play live chess at the beginning, when I found out how I stopped playing CC
There are actually some books with the word lazy included ...the lazy man chess opening or lazy man guide to improving...google