blueemu wrote:
Pawn Power in Chess by Hans Kmoch.
http://store.doverpublications.com/0486264866.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708110136/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review249.pdf
What is the one chess book that helped you most?
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Vofdy wrote:
... "How to Reasses your Chess" from Jeremy Silman ...
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708095832/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review769.pdf
https://www.silmanjamespress.com/shop/chess/how-to-reassess-your-chess-4th-edition/
Really? I think that's surprising. I thought 2000 level players were more on the positional side of things.
lol spongey .. what is the book for yourself?
Preggo_Basashi wrote:
... Pawn Structure Chess by Soltis ...
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708101523/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review908.pdf
I had pawn structure chess. good book. though I probably favor baburin's winning pawn structures.
also recently bought Chess Structures a grandmaster guide by GM Rios.
Also deserving of praise are all of Dvoretsky's books.
pdve wrote:
lol spongey .. what is the book for yourself?
At your rating, I wouldn't think that you would have much interest in the sorts of books that most helped me (mostly books from the last century), but, since you asked, my guess would be that I was most helped by How to Win at Chess by Horowitz, How to Think Ahead in Chess by Horowitz and Reinfeld, and Simple Chess by Stean. Here is a review of that last one:
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708104258/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review400.pdf
kindaspongey wrote:
pdve wrote:
lol spongey .. what is the book for yourself?
At your rating, I wouldn't think that you would have much interest in the sorts of books that most helped me (mostly books from the last century), but, since you asked, my guess would be that I was most helped by How to Win at Chess by Horowitz, How to Think Ahead in Chess by Horowitz and Reinfeld, and Simple Chess by Stean. Here is a review of that last one:
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708104258/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review400.pdf
I don't know whether you mean my rating is too high or too low but I was sincerely interested in knowing the answer since you seem to know a lot of books etc. Anyway, I always enjoy your posts a lot since I am also a connoisseur of chess books lol.
Glad to hear that I sometimes manage to be of interest. Being quite a bit above me, I wouldn't think that you would have any trouble (other than maybe boredom) with the books that most helped me. I do sometimes worry that you (and others) are sometimes considering books that would be best postponed for now, but what do I know? I hope that the reviews and samples help people to make good choices for them.
pdve wrote:
… also recently bought Chess Structures a grandmaster guide by GM Rios ...
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/mauricio-flores-rios/
Study Chess with Tal is my favorite. Show me basic but practical strategies to destroy opponents defense by all means, even unsound-looking sac. The best lessons I can apply so far is target f7 while king is not castled, sac a piece to open up the backrank, a rook for a knight & a bishop in the early game is a great offer from my opponents,
MegasAlexandros86 wrote:
What are the other ones?
It's one of the few books with positional puzzles, they are the most practical ones.
pdve wrote:
I had pawn structure chess. good book. though I probably favor baburin's winning pawn structures. ...
https://web.archive.org/web/20140718055446/http://chesscafe.com:80/text/wps.txt
AnhVanT wrote:
Study Chess with Tal ...
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708095643/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review903.pdf
pdve wrote:
Really? I think that's surprising. I thought 2000 level players were more on the positional side of things.
Tal's sac destroyed any positional advantage 
blueemu wrote:
Preggo_Basashi wrote:
I really enjoyed Pawn Structure Chess by Soltis.
Pawn Power in Chess by Kmoch is like Soltis on steroids.
Pawn Power In Chess by Hans Kmoch is one of my all time favorites. I consider it my desert-island book.
Whereas Soltis' Pawn Structure Chess is concerned specifically with thematic pawn structures arising out of the opening, Kmoch's book is concerned about pawn play in general, primarily as it relates to middlegame play.
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/pawn-power-in-chess-by-hans-kmoch
Lots of chess book suggestions here for the improving chess amateur (primarily beginner thru expert)...
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell
... Yasser seirawan's winning chess tactics ...
http://seagaard.dk/review/eng/bo_beginner/ev_winning_chess.asp?KATID=BO&ID=BO-Beginner