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Title: My System: 21st Century Edition by Aron Nimzowitsch, Lou Hays ISBN: 1-880673-85-1 Publisher: Hays Pub Pub. Date: 1991 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.56 (61 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Good book, but you may not need it.
Comment: This is a classic, but not as much for the sake of the book, but more for the ideas behind it. The book is not very accessible (and do we really care about how much he dislikes Tarrasch?) and beginners will struggle with it. It is worth having read this book, as it covers a lot of theory and philosophy that essentially moved the boundaries of chess knowledge. Another commentator complains that Watson has refuted some of his lines: Well, that's easy for Watson to do more than half a century later, doesn't change the milestone value of this work. It is not good as an instructive book, but if you have a good knowledge of chess, and want to look a bit more deeply into the mechanics behind the game, this is simply a book you need to have read first. So, if you are a beginner and want to improve: leave it for a while. Are you an advanced player who is prepared to put in a lot of effort to study chess philosophy, buy it. Are you a GM who hasn't read it yet, don't worry you won't need to.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Must Read For All New Tournament Players
Comment: Easy read book with short chapters, each discussing a single tactical idea. A classic. All new chess players wishing to play in tournaments should read and understand the many tactical possibilities. I began with this book many years ago and still recommend it to all young players. Most books I had read said you had to have a PLAN. How do you make a PLAN? No problem after reading this book.
It discusses tactics relating to: forks, pins, scewers, open files, rooks on 7th and 8th ranks, knights strong in games with many pawns, bishops gain strength with fewer pawns, rooks weak in the early stages of the game but very strong in the ending, pawn structure, doubled pawns, isolated pawns, pawns on the rook files, pawn chains, pawn islands, discovered attacks, discovered checks, central play, space, and many more tactical elements. Rod Owen
Rating: 3
Summary: Classic, but better, more modern books available
Comment: I'll give this book 3 stars because it's a classic, sure, but there are newer books covering the same things, which are done much better.
Check out Jeremy Silman's book "How to Reassess Your Chess", it covers all the same things that Nimzowitsch does, but with a more modern approach.
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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: Chess Praxis by Ken Artz, Anon Nimozowitsch, Aron Nimzowitsch ISBN: 1880673916 Publisher: Hays Pub Pub. Date: July, 1993 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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Title: How to Reassess Your Chess: The Complete Chess-Mastery Course by Jeremy Silman, Siles Press ISBN: 1890085006 Publisher: Siles Press Pub. Date: April, 1997 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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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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