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Title: Chess Fundamentals (Algebraic) by Jose Capablanca ISBN: 1-85744-073-0 Publisher: Everyman Chess Pub. Date: December, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An incredible book by an All-Time great!
Comment: A Fantastic book by one of the All-Time Greats! ("Chess Fundamentals," by J.R. Capablanca.)
First, it might be good for you to read most of the reviews on this page if you are seriously considering purchasing this book. You should also know I a Chess Master, and I teach chess for a living.
IF you are a relative beginner, then this would be a GREAT first book for you!! (You should probably read "Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess" first, if you are a raw beginner who is just learning the game.)
This book has two parts. Part One is instruction in six separate chapters. Part two contains 14 illustrative games.
Most of what is in this book is simply outstanding. (A little of the material in this book is over-simplified and a little hackneyed. But it is still stuff you need to know if you are taking your first steps in chess.)
Chapter One covers all of the simpler, basic mates. It covers pawn promotion and endings. There are a few examples of some very simple ideas of methods to win in the middle-game. There is a discussion of the relative value of the pieces, the general strategy of the opening, and a little bit on the importance of controlling the center.
Chapter Two covers "Further Principles in Endgame Play." Chapter Three covers the Middle-game and how to win in that phase of the game. Chapter Four is general theory. Chapter Five is "Endgame Strategy." (This Chapter is very valuable. I have tested these positions on all categories of players. MANY MASTERS CANNOT CORRECTLY SOLVE THE ROOK & PAWN ENDINGS that are given here!) And Chapter Six covers, "Further Openings and principles."
And as I said earlier, Part TWO covers 14 well-annotated games by Capablanca. The discussions in this part are in great detail and very well-explained. (I believe going over a COMPLETE game that is carefully annotated may be one of the best teaching tools there is, especially for the beginner!!)
I taught a young man for a while on the Internet during the year 2000. He was fairly young and had been playing Tournament chess for over two years without much improvement. His dad told me he thought he needed more basics. I had him read and study this book IN GREAT DETAIL. He and his Father went over every word and every variation. The process took several months to complete. When they got finished, they went back through the entire book again!! [His Dad said the young man in question had virtual memorized the 14 annotated games!] The bottom-line? The young man in question had increased his rating close to 300 points in a single year!!! (This is a very significant increase.)
Now while I cannot promise you that kind of improvement, I CAN guarantee that you will learn a tremendous amount. This book is so good, I may require ALL my beginning students to get and read this book. 'Nuff said?
Rating: 5
Summary: An Intuitive Player's First Move
Comment: This book is the best way to jumpstart a beginning to chess mastery. Capablanca gives a mild technical backdrop before presenting some of his own games. Capablanca synthesized positional ideas when the rest of the world was trying to figure out how to out calculate their opponent. This book gives an introduction to the system of thought that gave legends like Fischer, Karpov, and Kramnik their start. Warning:Opening theory has evolved to make the games most of the games in this book obsolete from the standpoint of theory. But if you want to know how an intuitive chessplayer thinks, read this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: I really like this book
Comment: I really like this book. Its written beautifully. Before I read this book, I was a naive player with hardly any idea of strategies.
I am glad this was my first book in chess. It gives me a beautiful viewpoint about chess. I had no time to finish reading it but the 20 pages I covered allowed me to improve so much that I could beat many people.
Secondly, I must say that I like this version by Random House Publishing more than other versions that have been so abridged that almost all writing by Capablanca were removed.
I was very miserable once when I could only find an abridged version in the library as I didn't learn much from the abridged version.
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Title: Logical Chess: Move By Move: Every Move Explained New Algebraic Edition by Irving Chernev ISBN: 0713484640 Publisher: Batsford Pub. Date: 30 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess by Stuart Margulies, Don Mosenfelder, Bobby Fischer ISBN: 0553263153 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 July, 1982 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Primer of Chess (Algebraic) by Jose Capablanca ISBN: 1857441656 Publisher: Everyman Chess Pub. Date: June, 1995 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Lasker's Manual of Chess by Lasker's Manual of Chess ISBN: 0486206408 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 June, 1960 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: The Game of Chess by Siegbert Tarrasch, Seigbert Tarrasch ISBN: 1880673940 Publisher: Hays Pub Pub. Date: 15 August, 1994 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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