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Title: Ideas Behind the Chess Openings : Algebraic Edition by Reuben Fine ISBN: 0-8129-1756-1 Publisher: Random House Puzzles & Games Pub. Date: 22 August, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.74 (42 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good book for beginners looking to advance
Comment: There are many great chess books available, but is it critical to find one that is appropriate for your level. Therefore, I will do my best to provide some guidance.
This book should be useful for someone who is somewhere between the Complete Idiots Guide to Chess (an excellent introduction) and the MCO/NCO (intermediate level books that are primarily a list of opening lines.)
As a beginner, I need a book that can break down each major opening into themes. Themes can be "maintain tension" or "simplify." The MCO and NCO both provide lines that are based on themes. Unfortunately, I don't know enough about chess to easily grasp these themes by reading a list of moves. This book can fill that gap.
Now, I can play the French Defense and say, "OK, there are only a few ways this thing can go." I will not memorize all the lines, but I can begin to understand how my choices affect my openings and ultimately, the final outcome of my games.
Once you feel comfortable with this book, the MCO could be a logical next step. Good luck!
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the Three Best Chess Books in the World.
Comment: I have a chess library that contains several hundred dollars worth of books. And looking at them there are three that I have learned more from than all the rest: IDEAS BEHIND THE CHESS OPENINGS by Reuben Fine, MY SYSTEM by Aron Nimzowitsch, and COLLE SYSTEM by George Koltanowski.
A game of chess has three phases: the opening, middlegame, and endgame. This book, as its title says, concentrates primarily on the opening phase, but it also gives the reader plenty of ideas and strategy to carry into the middlegame. Fine explains those opening strategies that both players (White and Black) must strive for in order to enter the middlegame with an advantage, or at least an equal position. He describes pawn structures that lead to positionally won or lost games and alternative variations on mainline opening themes. This book was written in the early 1940's but it still contains a wealth of understanding because the basic opening ideas are still valid today. This is a must-have for any aspiring chess player
Rating: 5
Summary: This is a must have book
Comment: In the late 80's I purchased an electronic chess board from Radio Shack. It beat me over 100 times on the easiest level before I got fed up and decided to find out what I was doing wrong. I purchased "The Idea Behind The Chess Openings" at a mall book store in the hopes that I could understand why I could not beat the computer. Well, 2 years later, that electronic chess board couldn't beat me at it's highest level. I joined the US Chess Federation and began entering tournaments with a confidence level that is directly attributed to the knowledge I gained from this book. Although I am not a master chess player, this book has provided me the tools that will give me the best possible chance to win. And I do. I purchase it for friends and family members who ask me to teach them chess. This book will do more for them then I ever could.
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Title: Art of Attack in Chess by Vladimir Vukovic ISBN: 1857444000 Publisher: Everyman Chess Pub. Date: 01 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Logical Chess: Move By Move: Every Move Explained New Algebraic Edition by Irving Chernev ISBN: 0713484640 Publisher: B.T. Batsford Pub. Date: 01 July, 1999 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: How to Reassess Your Chess: The Complete Chess-Mastery Course by Jeremy Silman, Siles Press ISBN: 1890085006 Publisher: Siles Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Modern Chess Openings: MCO-14 (McKay Chess Library) by Nick De Firmian, Nick De Firmian, Walter Modern Chess Openings Korn ISBN: 0812930843 Publisher: Random House Puzzles & Games Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: My System: 21st Century Edition by Aron Nimzowitsch, Lou Hays ISBN: 1880673851 Publisher: Hays Publishing Pub. Date: 01 March, 1992 List Price(USD): $17.50 |
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