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Title: Three Hundred Chess Games - 'Dreihundert Schachpartien' - English Language Edition by Siegbert, Phd Tarrasch, Sol Schwartz, Sol Schwarz, David Sewell, Lou Hays ISBN: 1-880673-18-5 Publisher: Hays Pub Pub. Date: 01 December, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the classics of chess literature
Comment: Firstly, if you are seriously considering purchasing this book, please read the other book reviews first! (They are excellent, and I can hardly improve upon them.)
Rather than repeat anything anyone else has said, I will simply say:
# 1.) THREE HUNDRED well-annotated games!!
# 2.) This book was written by one of the strongest players who ever lived, and who also was considered one of the best chess teachers of all time. (He was also one of the FIVE ORIGINAL Grand-Masters of chess!)
# 3.) The games are grouped chronologically; there is also a good index of openings. (Giving you two good study plans for this book.)
I will also say that a student of mine from Texas purchased this book. (His Mom is from here; they spent a great deal of his summers here.) When he bought this book, he was rated 1400, a year later he was over 1800! While I cannot promise you similar improvement, I feel sure - as a LIFE-Master - that you WILL improve if you conscientiously study the games in this book!!
Rating: 5
Summary: Oldie but a Goodie
Comment: The other reviews have properly stated the strengths and weaknesses of this book. This book, in conjunction with Tarrasch's manual "The Game of Chess" has much to teach the average player; much more than many of the beginner/low-intermediate books that currently flood the market. This book is a forgotten gem, mainly because it wasn't available in English until recently.
And of course, there is little promotion of the book, which is all the more reason you should get it before it goes out of print forever, as I am surely it eventually will.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent Study Material for Aspiring Players
Comment: While I have not yet studied all 300 games cover to cover (I have studied approximately 100), I have read enough to make the following observations;
1) the production quality of the book is outstanding (i.e. binding, diagrams, text font, etc.)
2) the games span a large number of tournaments and a great variety of openings, and opponents.
3) the games are very well annotated - an intermediate chess player rated 1200 to 1800 can easily read and understand these games quite well. Also I like the style of annotations used throughout this book- a few variations mixed with much commentary. To me this is much more preferable than simply listing a myriad of endless move strings and some symbol with an evaluation. (which is what some other books try to do.)
4) Unlike some game collections by other players, Tarrasch includes a fair number of losses to his opponents in which he openly criticizes his own play. He typically goes on to point out the particular lesson he learned from the loss. To me, this makes the book very real, and increases my respect for Tarrasch, both as player and author.
By repeated exposure to certain concepts (i.e. open files, weak squares, outposts, pawn minortities, etc.) a student will rapidly incorporate these concepts into his or her play.
The only warning here (which has been touched on in the other reviews) is that Tarrasch tended to be rather dogmatic and general rule-based in his play than modern masters. Also, due to the time period in which the games were played, some of the opening variations used may look almost humerous to a modern player.
However, even with the caveats mentioned, this remains a most excellent study manual and a good representation of the style of play at the time. It is a safe bet that anyone who bothered to play over a sizeable sampling of games from this book could not help but improve their play.
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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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Title: Ideas Behind the Chess Openings : Algebraic Edition by Reuben Fine ISBN: 0812917561 Publisher: Random House Puzzles & Games Pub. Date: 22 August, 1990 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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