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Title: Pawn Structure Chess by Andrew Soltis ISBN: 0-8129-2529-7 Publisher: Random House Puzzles & Games Pub. Date: 01 November, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (17 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Absolutely the best book available on pawn structures!
Comment: The study of chess openings can be both frustrating and time consuming. Frankly, we tend to waste time memorizing the latest theoretical novelty on move 18 of a variation we won't see in tournament play for at least several years. Soltis' book makes the study of chess openings both fun and practical. Soltis has distilled the vast number of chess openings down into a very manageable number of related "pawn structures". These include: the Caro formation, the Slav formation, the Open Sicilian, the e5 Pawn Chain, the d5 Pawn Chain, the King's Indian Complex, the Queen's Gambit family (Isolated Queen Pawn, Hanging Pawns, etc.), the Panov Formation, Stonewall, and the Closed Sicilian. Soltis clearly explains the typical plans (why certain plans work and others don't) and tactics of each structure, and when its beneficial to change from one structure to another. Every chess player should read this book at least once a year to refresh his or her mind with the concepts. Improvement in one's game is virtually guaranteed with study of this material. Soltis has shown once again why he is one of the very best chess authors on the scene today.
Rating: 5
Summary: How "P.S.C." helped me
Comment: I am currently a USCF Life-Master. I have won more than 100 rated tournaments. My personal chess library is over 1,200 books.
When I was studying to become a Master, it was a tremendous eye-opener to me to discover that there are not more than around 15 basic pawn structures.
GrandMaster Andy Soltis (who has played me and beaten me twice in over-the-board encounters) lays out logically, all the basic different pawn structures. He shows that there might be dozens of different move orders to reach a certain structure, but once you get there-- there are only a limited number of plans that work within the given pawn structure.
He logically and sensibly lays out these different plans. He shows many practical examples of how each plan may have worked in real, OTB play; usually in the games of a well-known GM. The examples are very poignant. His advice is easy, sensible, logical, and readily assimilated. It does not matter if you are a Master, or just a Novice who wishes to improve ... this is a book for you.
Credit this one book for turning a humble expert into a Master who has tied for first in four different State Championships. Easily belongs in my list of, "The Ten Best Instructional Books Ever Written! "
Rating: 5
Summary: wonderfull
Comment: MAN who wants to read a book about PAWNSTRUCTURES???? right??? WRONG!!!!!!!!!!! i was guilty of thinking this way too untill i read it ... this book sat on my shelf for months before i started reading it ... now i cannot put it down
i could not help but read others say or recommend that a more complete study of tactics would be better before buying this book..THAT IS JUST WRONG !! with out this information in this book you will have no way to use your "vAsT tAcTicaL kNowLedge".. ...this should be one of the first books on chess a player should buy .... plans actually start from the very first move now for me .. its great ..
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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: The Ideas Behind the Chess Openings by Reuben Fine ISBN: 0812917561 Publisher: Random House Puzzles & Games Pub. Date: 01 August, 1990 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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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: 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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Title: Winning Chess Openings by Yasser Seirawan ISBN: 1857443497 Publisher: Everyman Chess Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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