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Title: WEAPONS OF CHESS: AN OMNIBUS OF CHESS STRATEGIES (Fireside Chess Library) by Bruce Pandolfini ISBN: 0-671-65972-3 Publisher: Fireside Pub. Date: 15 November, 1989 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.53 (15 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Discussion of pawn structures excellent.
Comment: I got this book as part of a bundle of books I purchased. I didn't think much of it. However, I would read it every once in a while when I didn't have a board handy or wanted some "light" reading. Many of the concepts were not new to me (USCF Rating ~1700). However, I found his discussion of different elements of pawn structure to be very informative. Particularly, his detailed discussion of isolated d-pawns, backwards pawns, doubled pawns, and pawn majorities were pretty good I think.
I play many openings which garner the isolated d-pawn (both with and against it) and my study of this topic in this book really helped my play in these positions. He breaks down the isolated d-pawn into strengths, weaknesses, and what to do when you have it and when you are playing against it. These sections I think are the best in the book.
The strength of this book is its simplicity. I think it is important to know the ideas (which you can gain from this book) and to see many concrete examples from master play (which you should find in other books). If you have many books on pawn structure, you may not want this book.
I found the other sections to be not as helpful, because other books I had did a sufficient job in teaching me these concepts. However, I think this is a good book for general positional ideas, particularly in the realm of pawn structures, which is an important one in chess.
I recommend this book for players under 1500. Players over 1500 may have much of this knowledge and I would recommend Silman's The Amateur's Mind to those.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent intro to chess strategy
Comment: Way to go, Bruce! I am a class C-ish player who picked up the game again after 20 years hiatus (kids wanted to learn, so I decided to brush up so I could teach them). Unfortunately, I realized I was nothing more than a woodpusher and knew little or nothing about basic chess strategy. After working through the first 2 Lev Alburt books (excellent by the way), I found that further strategy books were over my head, or tried to teach above my level (Reassess Your Chess by Silman was a little over my head at first); other books offered to many games as examples without enough info on WHY the moves were being played. Then, someone recommended Pandolfini's Weapons of Chess to me. I must say that this book answered a lot of simple questions I had about pawn structure, weak squares/strong squares, and general strategy that other books ASSUMED I already knew. Obviously it isn't a book for the Expert, but for me it fit the bill perfectly. I am not sure why some chess authors knock Pandolfini and his books; for those who need to know the basics, this is the one to get.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent for beginners or as a refresher for all.
Comment: Great book, one of the easiest to read and follow of this type.
For the beginner, helps to learn the basic winning combinations /principles. Serves as refresher course for non-beginners, sometimes we forget the basics!
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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: Winning Chess Openings (Winning Chess Series) by Yasser Seirawan ISBN: 1857443497 Publisher: Everyman Chess Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Winning Chess Tactics (Winning Chess) by Yasser Seirawan ISBN: 1857443330 Publisher: Everyman Chess Pub. Date: 01 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Chess Fundamentals (Algebraic) by Jose Capablanca ISBN: 1857440730 Publisher: Cadogan Guides Pub. Date: 01 December, 1994 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Winning Chess Strategies (Everyman Chess) by Yasser Seirawan ISBN: 1857443322 Publisher: Everyman Chess Pub. Date: 01 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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