What is the "secret Russian method of chess training?"

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Mar 5, 2023

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stwils wrote:

I have been considering Lev Alburt's books (Comprehensive Chess Course, Chess Tactics for the Tournament player, etc.). On the front of the Chess Course #1 (and I am sure it is other places as well) it says "Lev Alburt here offers for the first time the once-secret Russian method of chess training."

Could someone tell me how the "secret Russian method" is different from any other chess training. In other words, what is it????

stwils

I have most of Alburt’s series. I think Maizelis is better for covering the basics than Alburt’s first two volumes. Alburt’s Pocket Book was for many years the only tactics book I read all the way through. Solved every problem twice over the course of a year twenty years ago.

These books are another relic of the Soviet School. I think they are very good.

http://chessskill.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-manual-of-chess-combinations.html