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This book would be better titled "Bobby Fischer Teaches a Very Limited Set of Mating Positions." It does a good job of teaching a person to recognize opportunities for checkmate. What it doesn't do is teach chess. There is nothing here about openings, middle-games, or principles of end-games like pa Leggi tutto

I'll be the first to admit, I'm feckin' useless at chess. Bobby made me a little less feckin' usless.

Chess kindergarten. Do not expect any thoughtful method designed by the World Champion. This is but a sheer array of chess diagrams with Bobby Fischer never taking any part in it, merely scribbling his signature on the top of the sham. Further reading: The documentary Bobby Fischer Against the World Leggi tutto

كتاب جيد للمبتدئين في اللعبة يعيبه فقط التركيز علي الكش مات في الجوانب الأربعة من الرقعة فقط وترك باقي الرقعة دون حماية، كما لم يتطرق للإفتتاحيات وهي أهم جزء في اللعبة من وجهة نظري, هذا غير الطباعة السيئة جداً واختلاط الأسماء فكان أحياناً يطلق علي الوزير ملك والعكس وكل هذا الإنتقاد الشخصي موجه لمترج Leggi tutto

I really love "Bobby Fischer teaches chess". It introduces several key concepts, such as pinning, back-rank attacks, interposing etc., and after each concept there are lots of puzzles. In the puzzles you have to determine how to accomplish checkmate, if it's checkmate even possible or if it can be a Leggi tutto

Bobby Fischer Teaches Back Rank Mates would be a more accurate title, and a title that included the other two coauthors would be more accurate still. But never mind the cover. This is a handy little course in beginner's-level tactics. The coauthors use their method of "programmed instruction," a ser Leggi tutto