I fondamenti degli scacchi

Based on the algebraic, but otherwise unmodified, edition of the book. Many consider this to be the master text on beginner's chess. The book is simple, clear and easy to follow, though you'll need a chessboard to play out all the sequences yourself to fully appreciate what's being discussed. If you' Leggi tutto

An essential of the genre, for sure. The old English notation sucks and translating it to the stupid easy American notation that I know is slow going. I don’t think world champions write books like this in any other sport and that’s what makes chess special guys!!

Chess Fundamentals is an interesting and instructive read. Unfortunately, the Kindle edition is marred by inexplicable annotation errors throughout. For example, there are at least half a dozen such errors in the first dozen pages, which leaves a bad impression and does not bode well for the rest of Leggi tutto

About Turkish translation: I've read the Turkish translation of the book translated by Deniz Seyhanoglu and published by (I guess) SatrancLife. Book was full of errors. I came across them once every few pages. There is a link to the PGN files of positions discussed in the book. The moves denoted in t Leggi tutto

I read about 20%. The beginning was wonderful -- fundamental ideas in chess. Things got slower as the book progressed to going over great chess games. Although interesting, these were not current openings, and the games were at a higher level than my play. Often Capablanca chose to explain the games Leggi tutto

It was good learning for some principles but having to play out all games was a little tedious. I did most of them but others I just tried to follow on paper itself. It does help with some good perspective of the game.

Lots of depth. Beauty in converting a won endgame and putting up maximum resistance in a lost position. Truly excelling at the endgame and deeply understanding the positions with the fewest pieces on the board will give me a sizable increase in strength.

Any person that is remotely interested in the history of chess knows the name of José Raúl Capablanca. He was a great chess player and the world champion for 7 years in a row. I've just finished reading one of his books, entitled Chess Fundamentals, and I thought it was great. It featured clear ches Leggi tutto