![]() ![]() They are to be read in that order by a newbie. To explain further, my recommendations were:Ħ.Ideas Behind The Chess Openings - Reubin Fine Starting him off with a 400 page book on the endgame probably won't work because he'll be moving his rooks diagonally (Btw David, I'd never heard of Fundamental Chess Endings but the reviews look good. Meaning, he doesn't even know how to move the pieces yet. Remember guys, you're training an absolute beginner. Opening books go out fashion so fast that playing boring old fashioned systems would be the way to go. This book is great because you can see Nimzovitch sometimes successfully and sometimes unsuccessfully using his middle game concepts.Ħ. I think that it was Bent Larssen who cast doubt upon the English translations of "My System" and "Praxis". Many of the annotations are taken from Nimzovitsch's own writings and translated into English for the first time. Set of games which illustrate Nimzovich's middle game ideas in action. "Aron Nimzovitsch: A Reappraisal" Raymond Keene. "One hundred selected games" M M Botvinnik. Once more these games can be played through again and again.Ĥ. "My Best Games of Chess 1924 - 1937 A Alekhine.Ī collection of 120 games with tremendous annotations. It will improve your middle game out of sight.ģ. If you only own six chess books then you want to be able to play through the games again and again. Most writers have it in their best three chess books ever written. " This is the best tournament book ever written. "The Chess Struggle in Practice" by David Bronstein. I know one player who has boosted his Australian rating 200 points and claims it is due to this book.Ģ. You only need to learn to play endings once and this book has a fantastic amount of material and is really interesting to read. "Fundamental Chess Endings" by Karsten Muller and Frank Lamprecht. Well I suggested one book to one of our Box Hill juniors and he was already working through it.ġ. Please help these poor rabbits out by adding you're own book study regime, but remember, it's only 6 or.pop. I couldn't find much but I did some research and bought a few books and can now recommend the above books to anyone who is in the same position I was. ![]() Six months ago I started playing chess again and was desperately looking for some recommendations to get my chess skills back up in the quickest time possible. (now I would have recommneded My System by Nimzovitch and Art of Attack in Chess by Vladimir Vukovic, but I felt some concentrated opening theory and pawn theory was more important.) Ideas Behind The Chess Openings - Reubin Fine I'm damn sure that just two more books isn't going to get him over the line against Kasparov, but you can't get around that head exploding thing, so I'll try My young apprentice must be kicking some ass by now. (Personally I loved Winning Chess Strategies and would recommned, but I think Silman Reassess Your Chess has the same stuff with some extra stuff that's very important, his Silman Thinking Technique, and his combination indicator rules.) Now to introduce him to some positional play and endgame study I'll try Easy to understand and fun to read not too overwhelming and complicated. To get him out of his rabbit phase I'll recommend Get him from easy beat, to competant, to master. Now, the higher powers at FIDE will be assessing the kid after he's read 2 books, then again after 4 books. You've been given the task of guiding him from ignorance to world recommending just six books. If he (or she) reads 7, his head explodes (it's an unfortunate genetic defect). Unfortunately, there is a catch, this teen cannot read more than 6 chess books. Imagine you've been handed the task of training a young pimply faced teen who has been assessed as being the most naturally talented chess player in the history of the world! (they used this brain scanner thingy). ![]()
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