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A training course which covers all aspects of chess using Russian teaching methods. This text concentrates on the challenges of practical play. It is suitable for the club and/or tournament player who has reached a certain standard and wishes to improve his or her game. ... Read more

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Good book for beginners/intermediate but not for advanced players
This is definitely a good chess book.
It contains 40 easy-to-digest lessons that always combine chess history with chess theory so you get entertained and learn something in each lesson, which makes studying the book fun.
But IMO the book definitely should be most valuable for players between USCF ratings 1000-1750 instead of the proposed 1750-2050. Players with a 1750-2050 rating may be disappointed.

find the games computer readable, too
on gambitchess.com you find the move-only file of all games in the book. This is OK with copyright law. saves you the bother of typing it in yourself in your database on PC or palmtop.

The book gives very good insight on chess in historical perspective.

Excellent Study Material - Intermediate to Advanced Players
This is a great little study book. It covers a wide variety of lessons; endgames, pawn structures, attacking formations, positional evaluation techniques, etc.

This is NOT a basic textbook for beginner players. the material in this book is probably most useful for players from around 1500 - 2000 USCF. (The book states 1700-2050).

Each lesson is self-contained and can be reviewed in an hour or two. Most of the lessons give a little history regarding a particular player or playing style.

I could not disagree more with the reviewer who downgraded the book because of the history lesson - one who is ignorant of history is bound to repeat it. Also, I know for a fact that most Grandmaster players are very familar with chess history- especially the classic games played by the masters of yester year.

I wholeheartidly endorse this book - each chapter is almost like a seperate chess lesson given by your "tutor".

Whoo hoo: Chess HISTORY!!!
Don't bother wasting your time and money on this book. It is not worth either if you're looking to get better. All this book has in it is information about Chess "History" (the forfathers of the game, etc.) and some "basic" endgame knowledge.

Boring and overrated
We are so fascinated by Soviet stuff when it comes to chess.Most Soviet chess people exhibit all the humanity of a dead fish.This book is no exception; it will dryly put you to sleep.It is overrated and not important.Save your money.There are so many good chess books.Check out the lists along the sides of these reviews.Those are the classics.You will not find this book on any of them. ... Read more

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A single-volume guide to playing various chess openings. It explains the ideas behind each major opening so that the reader can establish a feel for the positions which arise, and consequently will be confident of dealing with them in practical play. ... Read more

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An Excellent Introduction to Modern Openings
I found this to be an excellent book for someone looking to learn the main lines of major modern openings without getting lost in too many variations.If you're looking to develop an opening repertoire for tournament chess, this is a great book to start with.Then you can go and get other books with more details, variations and sample games.But this a great reference book for your chess library.

--Alexander Shaumyan, poet and chess player, author of "Spirit of Rebellion" ... Read more

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Nikolai Kalinichenko, an international grandmaster in correspondence play and the author of some 40 chess titles, presents here a complete and up-to-date opening repertoire. It is intended for players of positional style, or for use when the competitive situation demands a solid approach. The repertoire is based on 1 e4 as White, and the Classical Sicilian and King's Indian defense as Black.Also available is the companion volume An Aggressive Opening Repertoire for the Club Player, offering a range of openings which are closely linked, but which are less forceful in character.English language. Color hard cover ... Read more

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Nikolai Kalinichenko, an international grandmaster in correspondence play and the author of some 40 chess titles, presents here a complete and up-to-date opening repertoire. It is intended for players of a attacking style, or for use when the competitive situation demands an aggressive approach.The repertoire is based on 1 e4 as White, and the Sicilian Dragon and Leningrad Dutch as Black. Suggestions are also offered against all the opponent's main alternatives.Also available is the companion volume A Positional Opening Repertoire for the Club Player, offering a range of openings which are closely linked, but which are less forceful in character.English language. Color hard cover ... Read more

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Not new material....or a even new book
This book is virtually an EXACT reprint of 'An Opening Repertoire for the Attacking Player' by Gufeld. It's available used on Amazon for as little as 2-3 dollars. The Gufeld version would even be preferred, as it's formatted a little differently which makes it easier to follow. You may think this book is newer, so it could be sort of an updated version perhaps? Not so. I found nothing updated from Gufeld. The actual material is fine. Like most opening books, you've got to try it out and see if you like it. Personally, I do. But do not buy it...the same book is available in a better format and for less money. ... Read more

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A complete, updated reissue of Littlewood's middle-game guide, using examples from contemporary chess play. ... Read more

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For the Advanced Intermediate
This book is for the advanced intermediate chess player. He uses symbols rather than letters for algebraic notation. He uses "!" a lot and about half the time I was scratching my head wondering why.

Here's a tip for those lazy about setting up hundreds of positions on a board and playing out lines of play: most of the games are from the historical archive of masters that can be found on www.chesslab.com. Just type in the players' last names and select the historical archive (1485-1990) from the start position. Then select the game by date. They're really there. Then you can play the whole game by clicking a button and not have to set up the board. Also, you can see the whold game, while Littlewood usually only gives part of the middle game. He says "and white won comfortably" - I found it nice to be able to see how online.

He covers all the middle game topics: strategy and tactics, pawn structure, the king, and planning. He also has some self-test chess positions. If you're ready to really study chess, go for it.

Disappointing
The book covers various aspects of the middle game: tactics and combinations, the pieces, pawns, strategy and planning. I didn't find it helpful.

First of all, this book isn't easy to use. Littlewood rarely gives complete games, so it requires a lot of setting up of positions to follow his examples.

Secondly, Littlewood's examples don't seem to really target the points he's trying to make. At one point, in a 4-5 page section on the Queen, he asks us not to over-estimate her power. Fair enough, but he has to give us 3-4 examples of Queenless positions to prove this. He even provides a full game in which the Queens go off the board early, but do we really need this to understand his point? Why didn't he use the game to illustrate something else? This is just one example; I could go on. Throughout the book, Littlewood's examples seem interchangeable because he never really focuses on what's salient about each. Its like he just says, "make moves like this, and you'll win."

It is possible that a stronger player (I'm only about 1300 USCF) would like this book, but I've heard it recommended for novices, and Littlewood even provides "hints for beginners" at the end of each chapter.... ... Read more

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Chapters: Triberg Chess Tournament, Marshall Chess Club. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 18. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Marshall Chess Club in New York City is one of the oldest and strongest chess clubs in the United States. It is a non-profit organization. It was a long-time rival of the Manhattan Chess Club, which was disbanded in 2002. The club was formed in 1915 by a group of players led by Frank Marshall. Some of the members of the club have been Reuben Fine, Edmar Mednis, James Sherwin, Larry Evans, Andy Soltis, Anthony Santasiere, Fred Reinfeld, Arthur Dake, Albert Simonson, Herbert Seidman, Stanley Kubrick, Hikaru Nakamura, Howard Stern, and Fabiano Caruana. The club had several temporary meeting places until it permanently moved to 23 West 10th Street in New York in 1931. The club occupies two floors of a townhouse that the club owns. Marshall was the leader of the club until his death in 1944, when his wife Caroline took over. Frank Brady was elected president in 2007. The club has been the site of several rounds of the U.S. Chess Championship, and Bobby Fischer played in the 1965 Capablanca Memorial Tournament being held in Havana, Cuba via teletype. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=21902687 ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Lübecker Schachverein, Nao Chess Club, Cavalier Bleu de Drancy, Royal Namur Échecs, Paris Chess Club. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Le Lübecker Schachverein von 1873 e. V. (LSV) est un des clubs d'échecs les plus anciens de l'Allemagne. En 1846, année de la fondation du prédécesseur du magazine Deutsche Schachzeitung, on trouve parmi d'autres nouvelles aujourd'hui oubliées la notation d'une partie d'échecs de correspondance entre Lübeck et Leipzig. Elle fut gagnée par les hanséatiques qui jouaient avec les noirs en 42 coups, partie qui manquait certainement de grande classe, mais qui marquait le premier signe d'une vie échiquéenne à Lübeck. Les choses en restaient là jusqu'en 1873. Dans la suite de la fondation de l'empire allemand, le premier et donc le plus ancien club d'échecs du Schleswig-Holstein fut fondé - le „Lübecker Schachverein". Le père fondateur était le rédacteur du journal des cheminots, M. Ed, père de l'écrivain Ida Boy-Ed et, on le savait, ami étroit d'Emanuel Geibel. Dans les premières années on ne pouvait à peine parler d'une atmosphère de concurrence sportive. C'était plutôt une réunion de notables sérieux et bourgeois. Ainsi n'était-ce pas surprenant que la chronique ne rapportait pas la capacité sportive du club, mais les noms des joueurs - consul, professeur ou apothicaire. Le jeu d'échecs n'était pas alors regardé comme sport mais comme un passe-temps honorable. À cet égard, il n'y a pas eu grand changement pendant des dizaines d'années. Les compétitions avec d'autres clubs étaient rares. Seul, en 1886, a eu lieu le soi-disant « combat de masses » contre le club de Kiel (à Plön, donc en territoire « étranger » prussien), que les Lübequois gagnaient 9 à 7. Cela restait ...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more