Yeah now I want to read Move First Think Later. Is it best for a certain level?
Good books are those who catch out the mass of (old) books which give you a misleading picture of chess. Chess is different, the brain works different. Forget the 7 static points of position evaluation... you see a position and your brain starts immediately to move pieces, don't it?
Read MFTL, about 20 good books could have been made from the different chapters. Another two highlights: Jonathan Rowsons "7 Deadly Chess Sins" and "Chess for Zebras"
And forget it with the pied piper of chess, Silman, who should better write novels where he can explain pictures with 1 million words. With hindsight.
Read MFTL, about 20 good books could have been made from the different chapters. Another two highlights: Jonathan Rowsons "7 Deadly Chess Sins" and "Chess for Zebras"
And forget it with the pied piper of chess, Silman, who should better write novels where he can explain pictures with 1 million words. With hindsight.
The TOC of month 1 from chessmasterschool.com:
Theory
Think like a strong player - this is how you should think during your chess game.
Making decisions in chess - helps you make good strategic decisions right from the start
The Value of the pieces - the Quantitative value of the pieces.
Evaluation of Positions with material equivalence
Tactics, Lesson 1 - the essence
Positional Evaluation - the exhaustive evaluation - will be detailed in 1 year.
Annotated Games
Introduction
game 001
game 002
game 003
Learn from Capablanca
game 01
game 02
game 03
Tests, Problems, Individual Analysis
5 Problems for you to work on "TO DO LIST" - Solutions
18 exercises for you to work on "CONSEQUENCES" - Solutions
Some hard work for advanced players (> 1800 rating)
Game for analysis - Solutions
TEST - Solutions to the TEST (Note: The points show how difficult the exercises are and how important is a certain answer within the same problem. However, any score to such a test cannot precisely reflect your real value. Therefore we do not offer a final grade to the test. You can observe how much you improve after solving the final tests at the end of the course.)
Theory
Think like a strong player - this is how you should think during your chess game.
Making decisions in chess - helps you make good strategic decisions right from the start
The Value of the pieces - the Quantitative value of the pieces.
Evaluation of Positions with material equivalence
Tactics, Lesson 1 - the essence
Positional Evaluation - the exhaustive evaluation - will be detailed in 1 year.
Annotated Games
Introduction
game 001
game 002
game 003
Learn from Capablanca
game 01
game 02
game 03
Tests, Problems, Individual Analysis
5 Problems for you to work on "TO DO LIST" - Solutions
18 exercises for you to work on "CONSEQUENCES" - Solutions
Some hard work for advanced players (> 1800 rating)
Game for analysis - Solutions
TEST - Solutions to the TEST (Note: The points show how difficult the exercises are and how important is a certain answer within the same problem. However, any score to such a test cannot precisely reflect your real value. Therefore we do not offer a final grade to the test. You can observe how much you improve after solving the final tests at the end of the course.)
If i remember correctly the first month is free ? :)
#22 @Sarg0n
My own personal story about How To Reassess, me and my best bud both starting reading it at the same time, after about 6 months we both went from about 1600 to 1900 OTB and it was cause of that book.
After a certain level he might be a pied piper, but for 1500-1600 players I couldn't recommend his book more. It's not a classic for nothing.
And yes the Rowson books are excellent, I much prefered 7 deadly sins, but again I'd say it's more philosophical and for a bit higher level.
Come to think of it, the best chess book depends on what level we're talking about. Shereshevsky and Dvoretsky endgame books for the 2000+ but Silman's Endgame manual for 1500's...
Oh and best chess novel I've read; The Queen's Gambit by Tevis! I don't think Tevis knew much about chess, but he knew about the problems the heroine had to face (booze, drugs)
My own personal story about How To Reassess, me and my best bud both starting reading it at the same time, after about 6 months we both went from about 1600 to 1900 OTB and it was cause of that book.
After a certain level he might be a pied piper, but for 1500-1600 players I couldn't recommend his book more. It's not a classic for nothing.
And yes the Rowson books are excellent, I much prefered 7 deadly sins, but again I'd say it's more philosophical and for a bit higher level.
Come to think of it, the best chess book depends on what level we're talking about. Shereshevsky and Dvoretsky endgame books for the 2000+ but Silman's Endgame manual for 1500's...
Oh and best chess novel I've read; The Queen's Gambit by Tevis! I don't think Tevis knew much about chess, but he knew about the problems the heroine had to face (booze, drugs)
@lukianpl #25
No. But you get the fee back if you unsubscribe after one month.
BTW, an example:
Thinking time: 7 minutes. Black is to move
a) What would you move?
b) Give concrete variations
Extra test dedicated to those > 1800
No. But you get the fee back if you unsubscribe after one month.
BTW, an example:
Thinking time: 7 minutes. Black is to move
a) What would you move?
b) Give concrete variations
Extra test dedicated to those > 1800
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