@tpr I see....
An alternative for the amateur's mind will be what?
An alternative for the amateur's mind will be what?
#11
Do not overdo on books
You should not study more than 3 books per year
"Chess books should be used as we use glasses: to assist the sight, although some players make use of them as if they thought they conferred sight" - Capablanca
Besides procuring a book does not help: you must study it. On the bookshelf even the best of books is useless.
Do not overdo on books
You should not study more than 3 books per year
"Chess books should be used as we use glasses: to assist the sight, although some players make use of them as if they thought they conferred sight" - Capablanca
Besides procuring a book does not help: you must study it. On the bookshelf even the best of books is useless.
Ah ok.
I can't seem to find a algebraic COMPLETE book for chess fundamentals
I do not know how to translate the other notation
I can't seem to find a algebraic COMPLETE book for chess fundamentals
I do not know how to translate the other notation
#13
Just google chess fundamentals capablanca algebraic edition
Descriptive notation is easy
Pieces:
P = Pawn
N = Knight
B = Bishop
R = Rook
Q = Queen
K = King
Files:
QR = a
QN = b
QB = c
Q = d
K = e
KB = f
KN = g
KR = h
Ranks:
White:
1 = 1, 2 = 2... 8 = 8
Black:
1 = 8, 2 = 7... 8 = 1
Example:
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 O-O Be7 6 Re1 b5 7 Bb3 d6 8 c3 O-O
1 P-K4 P-K4 2 N-KB3 N-QB3 3 B-N5 P-QR3 4 B-R4 N-B3 5 O-O B-K2 6 R-K1 P-QN4 7 B-N3 P-Q3 8 P-B3 O-O
Just google chess fundamentals capablanca algebraic edition
Descriptive notation is easy
Pieces:
P = Pawn
N = Knight
B = Bishop
R = Rook
Q = Queen
K = King
Files:
QR = a
QN = b
QB = c
Q = d
K = e
KB = f
KN = g
KR = h
Ranks:
White:
1 = 1, 2 = 2... 8 = 8
Black:
1 = 8, 2 = 7... 8 = 1
Example:
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 O-O Be7 6 Re1 b5 7 Bb3 d6 8 c3 O-O
1 P-K4 P-K4 2 N-KB3 N-QB3 3 B-N5 P-QR3 4 B-R4 N-B3 5 O-O B-K2 6 R-K1 P-QN4 7 B-N3 P-Q3 8 P-B3 O-O
@RiotandCarngeISVenom
I would suggest you these two books:
The Complete Book of Chess Strategy ~ Jeremy Silman
Winning Chess Endings ~ Yasser Seirawan
I would suggest you these two books:
The Complete Book of Chess Strategy ~ Jeremy Silman
Winning Chess Endings ~ Yasser Seirawan
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Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide, by Mauricio Flores Rios
pdf excerpt here:
www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/Flores_Rios_Chess_Structures-excerpt.pdf
More useful than memorizing tons of opening variations that you will forget anyway.
pdf excerpt here:
www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/Flores_Rios_Chess_Structures-excerpt.pdf
More useful than memorizing tons of opening variations that you will forget anyway.
Michael Stean: Simple Chess. Very good and quite cheap, around 10 U$.
Silamn's complete endgame course.
Weeranmantry: 10 best lessons of a chess coach.
Silamn's complete endgame course.
Weeranmantry: 10 best lessons of a chess coach.
The Mammoth Book of Greatest Chess Games. When you're done, Chess Informants Best 1000 Games.
#17 and #18 - I very much like Simple Chess and Chess Structures.
IMO Silman's Endgame Course is best if you're starting from more-or-less nothing - if you don't know how to play king and pawn vs king, for instance, or king and piece versus king and pawn. If you're starting from a higher baseline then it might be worth getting something different.
I do agree with @tpr on properly going through what you've already got before buying more books, though.
IMO Silman's Endgame Course is best if you're starting from more-or-less nothing - if you don't know how to play king and pawn vs king, for instance, or king and piece versus king and pawn. If you're starting from a higher baseline then it might be worth getting something different.
I do agree with @tpr on properly going through what you've already got before buying more books, though.
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