I am trying to remember. Probably mid '70s. Probably Reuben Fine's Basic Chess Endings.
When was the last time you studied a chess book cover to cover?
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Mid 70s also: Pachman's Modern Chess Strategy."We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office." - Aesop
"Only the dead have seen the end of war." - Plato
"If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination." - Thomas De Quincey
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Originally posted by Peter McKillop View PostMid 70s also: Pachman's Modern Chess Strategy.
I correct myself, there was one chess book I devoured, in my '40s. That was Averbakh's "Chess Tactics for Advanced Players, which had a very interesting and useful idea, to broaden the concept of "double attack", whereby most chess combinations could be couched in terms of double attack.
So I start to wonder why it is that we don't finish. Probably once the initial infatuation with chess burns down, we become more critical? Maybe most chess books are too long? Diminishing returns for the effort? Not unusual enough? I really don't know.
What would you look for in a book that would make you want to read it cover to cover?Last edited by Fred Henderson; Friday, 10th February, 2023, 03:52 PM.
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Originally posted by J. Crowhurst View PostSimple Chess by Michael Stean, and the Chess Struggle in Practise, by Bronstein. 1987 or so.
I have Dvoretsky's books in my sights, have only read his Endgame Manual part of the way through. I expect they will be tough.
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Originally posted by Sheldon Ab View PostThe Dvoretsky books are fantastic. When you get into the four volume School of Chess Excellence series the material is challenging because they ask you questions before proceeding. If you put in the work and read them they are rewarding.
What's required is direction and a plan, to choose the books that will provide the most benefit.Last edited by Fred Henderson; Friday, 10th February, 2023, 09:00 PM.
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Originally posted by Egidijus Zeromskis View Post
You probably heard about it as Zurich'53.
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Originally posted by Egidijus Zeromskis View Post
You probably heard about it as Zurich'53.
Different book but, from what I've heard/read, very highly thought of.
Last edited by Peter McKillop; Saturday, 11th February, 2023, 12:50 PM."We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office." - Aesop
"Only the dead have seen the end of war." - Plato
"If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination." - Thomas De Quincey
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Originally posted by Egidijus Zeromskis View Post
The talk was about - Chess Struggle in Practise, by Bronstein"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office." - Aesop
"Only the dead have seen the end of war." - Plato
"If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination." - Thomas De Quincey
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Originally posted by Peter McKillop View Post
Oops!! My mistake. Sorry EZ.
I don't have "Chess Struggle..." thus looked around. Seems it has a different translator than the Dover edition. Both seems used the second Russian edition as the base. Maybe someone will publish a new version translated from the 3ed and would even add more material what came after collapse of Soviets. The tournament was 70 years ago. A good occasion :)
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