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Title: The 10 Most Common Chess Mistakes: And How to Avoid Them! by Larry Evans ISBN: 1-58042-009-5 Publisher: Cardoza Pub Pub. Date: September, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: It's OK.
Comment: Three and a half stars would be more of an accurate appraisal. Not the best chess book I've read, but some good tactical themes. While studying this book for about month, I still couldn't figure out the best way to utilize the information other than take it for granted that when Larry Evans states "not to leave your King vulnerable"...not to leave your King vulnerable. The author's annotation is not very thorough, there was not enough detail explaining the why's behind the moves other than the simple good and bad moves. It is an ok book, but not a necessity to one's library. Why buy a book that's just ok when you have a choice of books that are much much better and at the same time, the same price?
Rating: 1
Summary: Superficial and inaccurate
Comment: Larry Evans' standing as a chess author has gone down sharply over the years and this book helps show why. It is insubstantial and has many silly errors (name spellings, wrong moves etc.). Not that Evans is alone in such superficiality. One of the greatest mysteries of chess is why such a cerebral game has been the subject of so many potboilers. Cardoza, the publisher of this book, specialises in them, unfortunately.
Rating: 4
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Comment: First of all I would most recomend this book for average chess players and players who are starting to learn chess, but who has not access to any experienced chess player to guide them through the exciting world of chess. A commom wisdom within chess is that when you have lost a game, you should analyse your game and try to find out what went wrong. Then you should try to learn from your experience. This is the best way to improve your game. This is also the idea behind this book, Larry Evans a GM from the US, has selected from a wide variety of different players, from amateurs to world-class players like Kasparov, Karpov, Anand and Fischer. Each page within this book gives examples of a position and the reader is given the task to pick between two moves, one which is right and one move which has actually occured during a game which is wrong. Reading through this book -I used a chess board in front of me , altough i must admit it was a bit boring to setup all the postions - was a fascinating journey to a lot of interesting positons. I am absolutely sure that I become a much better chess player by working through this book, some situations were familiar from my own games and I learnt what I did wrong, the book thought me a lot about opening, midddle game(especially) and when it comes to end game there is a lot of entertainment from examples from different positions. What I didn't like about the book was that Evans commentary sometimes were with a humiliating tone for some players involved. The fact is that we all make mistakes -as this book clearly demonstrates- but there should be no reason to be upset about it. Chess should after all be a friendly game which is fun. Right now I have started to repeat the book , this time without a board in front of me;).
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Title: World Champion Openings ISBN: 0940685698 Publisher: Cardoza Pub Pub. Date: 01 March, 1997 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Chess Openings: Traps And Zaps by Bruce Pandolfini ISBN: 0671656902 Publisher: Fireside Pub. Date: 15 April, 1989 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Pandolfini's Endgame Course : Basic Endgame Concepts Explained by America's Leading Chess Teacher by Bruce Pandolfini ISBN: 0671656880 Publisher: Fireside Pub. Date: 15 October, 1988 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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