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Title: Chess Openings: Traps And Zaps (Fireside Chess Library) by Bruce Pandolfini ISBN: 0-671-65690-2 Publisher: Fireside Pub. Date: 15 April, 1989 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.72 (29 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Terrible book
Comment: Avoid this one....
It's a very basic book aimed at low level players, showing a range of the e4-e5 openings. In each example, it follows the standard opening, then one side makes an error (Usually suicidal in nature.) allowing the opposition to mate or at least obtain an overwhelming advantage in the next 1-2 moves. Pandolfini gives the instruction on how to do this.
As mentioned by everyone else the book is packed with errors, i.e. diagram 1, the black knight f6 is missing, diagram 149 white has 3 rooks etc... the list goes on and on.
You will spend you time wondering why a) someone would make that error and b) why you wasted money on the book.
i gave it 2 stars, because its cheap, the advice is reasonable and it does show various patterns, within the openings. It's a nice idea for a book, its just this one is terribly done. dont waste your money
Rating: 1
Summary: Cool title...that's all
Comment: This was one of the first books I purchased just after joining the Army many years ago. It will show you a few tricky openings but will do nothing to improve your understanding of the game. If you want a book that has the potential to advance your knowledge of the game then this is not what you are looking for. At least 90% of chess books don't teach you anything and were just thrown together to make money. This book was published by Fireside Chess Library. Fireside published many terrible chess books so buyer beware.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good book for beginners getting killed in the opening
Comment: This is a great book for drilling opening tactics. Just flip it open, look at the diagram, and figure out the best move. Typically, the opponent has just played a horrible move which allows you to decimate his forces immediately.
Why is this useful? Can you use these ideas to ensnare your own opponents? Probably not, and that's not smart chess anyway. This book is useful primarily for improving your pattern recognition of the various attacking motifs in the opening -- SO THAT YOU CAN AVOID THEM!
Sure, if you play another novice, it can be fun to look for ways to induce him into one of these blunders, but eventually, as your opposition improves, you will become frustrated at falling into these same traps yourself.
After you spend some time on this book, you will begin to notice when your opponent can fork your pieces, or win material with a sudden check by his Queen, etc.
Pandolfini's commentary is sometimes helpful as advice on avoiding the traps, and it is always enthusiastic.
Though the others are good too, this book is the best of Pandolfini's trap books for beginners. These are all dual-king pawn openings (1.e4 e5) which typically produce the highly tactical games that beginners can learn the most from. The traps are comprehensible but not obvious for beginners. And the format here is somehow the most pleasing.
Only 4 stars b/c of errata, but the errors do not really get in the way.
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Title: MORE CHESS OPENINGS : TRAPS AND ZAPS 2 (Fireside Chess Library) by Bruce Pandolfini ISBN: 067179499X Publisher: Fireside Pub. Date: 03 December, 1993 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Pandolfini's Endgame Course : Basic Endgame Concepts Explained by America's Leading Chess Teacher (Fireside chess library) by Bruce Pandolfini ISBN: 0671656880 Publisher: Fireside Pub. Date: 15 October, 1988 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The WINNING WAY : THE HOW WHAT AND WHY OF OPENING STRATEGEMS by Bruce Pandolfini ISBN: 0684839490 Publisher: Fireside Pub. Date: 11 June, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess by Bobby Fischer ISBN: 0553263153 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1992 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: MORE CHESSERCIZES: CHECKMATE : 300 WINNING STRATEGIES FOR PLAYERS OF ALL LEVELS by Bruce Pandolfini ISBN: 0671701851 Publisher: Fireside Pub. Date: 15 December, 1991 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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