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Nov-05-09
 | | FSR: <parisattack> And here I thought I was the only one who had to sneak around to keep his wife in the dark about his chess books. I just got my Muellers from Amazon, too (I got two, one as a Christmas present for a friend) and luckily was able to hide the evidence before my wife got home. Whew! |
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Nov-05-09
 | | Open Defence: other men hide playboys... tsk.. tsk.. tsk... ;-) |
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Nov-05-09
| | FSR: <Open Defence> Nah, my wife doesn't care about those. |
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| Nov-06-09 | | TheFocus: Chess Lovers. I and <parisattack> would like to present to you the following games. We were given permission by David De Lucia, author of "Bobby Fischer Uncensored" to release the games here at CG. These are training games from 1992 prior to Bobby's match with Boris Spassky. Training Games vs. Gligoric
Time limit 91 minutes plus one minute per move.
Gligoric, S. – Fischer
King’s Indian Defense
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Ne8 11.Rb1 f5 12.b4 Nf6 13.f3 Bh6 14.Nb3 Bxc1 15.Qxc1 axb4 16.axb4 f4 17.c5 g5 18.Nb5 g4 19.cxd6 cxd6 20.Qc7 Qxc7 21.Nxc7 Ra2 22.Nc1 Rc2 23.Nb5 gxf3 24.gxf3 Bh3 25.Rf2 Rfc8 26.Nd3 Ne8 27.Bf1 Bd7 28.Rxc2 Rxc2 29.Rc1 Rc8 30.Rxc8 Nxc8 31.Nxd6 Nexd6 32.Nxe5 Bb5 33.Bxb5 Nxb5 34.Nd3 Nd4 35.Kf2 Nc2 36.e5 Kf7 37.d6 Nxd6 38.exd6 Ke6 draw. Gligoric, S. – Fischer
King’s Indian Defense
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Bd7 11.b3 c5 12.Rb1 b6 13.b4 axb4 14.axb4 Bh6 15.bxc5 bxc5 16.Nb3 Bxc1 17.Qxc1 Nc8 18.Ra1 Rb8 19.Ra3 Rb4 20.Qe3 Nb6 21.Nd2 Ng4 22.Bxg4 Bxg4 23.f4 exf4 24.Qxf4 Rb2 25.Ra7 Bd7 26.Nf3 f6 27.Qxd6 Rxg2+ 28.Kh1 Rc2 29.Nd1 Bh3 30.Qxd8 Rxd8 31.Ne3 Bxf1 32.Nxc2 Nxc4 33.Na3 Nd6 34.e5 Be2 35.Ng1 Bd3 36.Nh3 fxe5 37.Ng5 h6 38.Ne6 Rc8 39.Rg7+ Kh8 40.Rd7 Nb5 41.d6 c4 42.Nd8 Be4+ 43.Kg1 Bd5 0-1. Gligoric, S. – Fischer
King’s Indian Defense
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Bd7 11.b3 c5 12.Bb2 Bh6 13.Qc2 b6 14.Nd1 Bxd2 15.Qxd2 Nxe4 16.Qd3 f5 17.f4 exf4 18.Rxf4 Nf6 19.h4 Rf7 20.Nf2 Qf8 21.Nh3 h6 22.Raf1 Re8 23.Bd1 Nc8 24.Qg3 Rg7 25.Qc3 Re5 26.Qc1 Qe7 27.R4f2 Kh7 28.Nf4 Ne4 29.h5 gxh5 30.Rf3 Qg5 31.Qc2 Ne7 32.Bc1 h4 33.Ne6 Qf6 34.Nxg7 Kxg7 35.Bb2 Ng3 36.Qf2 Qg5 37.Re1 Ng6 38.Bc2 f4 39.Bxg6 Kxg6 40.Bc1 Qe7 41.Rxe5 dxe5 42.Qe1 Qg5 43.Kh2 Bg4 44.Bxf4 exf4 45.Qe8+ Kg7 46.d6 Bxf3 47.Qd7+ Kf8 48.Qc8+ Kf7 49.Qd7+ Kg6 50.Qe8+ Kf5 51.gxf3 Nf1+52.Kh1 Ng3+ 53.Kh2 draw. |
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Nov-06-09
 | | ChessBookForum: <TheFocus> Thanks to both you and <parisattack> for posting those games. We also found this useful review by <parisattack> of another book about Fischer: <parisattack>: Book Review - Bobby Fischer: The Career and Complete Games of the American World Chess Champion by Karsten Muller, Forward by Larry Evans, Opening Survey by Andy Soltis. PB, Russell Enterprises 2009. When I ordered this book I had some hestitation - as others have expressed - How to get so much on Bobby Fischer in just 408 pages? I thought surely it would be too little space for the range of information covered. But not! (For the most part.) Although I've only spent an hour or so browsing and reading, I'm impressed with it as one of the best Fischer tomes to appear with mass circulation. It is oversized, the print is small and so too the diagrams - allowing for what is really over 500 pages of content. The nine page Foreword by Evans is quite interesting and the same sized Introductio by Muller is very well-written. I have not looked at the 11 page Opening Survey by Soltis as yet. The games are not deeply annotated - the openings go without comment - and but one or two diagrams per game. There are 735 such games. It appears 'key positions' have been selected to 'dig deeper' on the basic theme of the game. The book includes some photos - mostly quite small - and a graphic or two. Several indices are included. Production values are above average although some of the photos and diagrams are a bit weak and have a 'pasted in' look. I recommend this book! I will offer more detail and impressions after I have spent more time with it. (Nov 4, original post: parisattack chessforum) |
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| Nov-06-09 | | nimh: I'm going to take up OTB chess more seriously, and join a chess club in hte near future.
For the time being, I decided to buy these books:
"Fundamental chess endings" by Müller & Lamprecht
"Endgame strategy" by Shereshevsky
"Secrets of modern chess strategy" & "Chess strategy in action" by Watson "How to play good opening moves" by Mednis
"Improve your opening play" by Ward
"Secrets of chess tactics" by Dvoretsky
So what do you think? Am I missing something or are there any unnecessary books in my list? |
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| Nov-06-09 | | hms123: <nimh> I think very highly of the books on your list by Muller and Lamprecht, Shereshevsky, and Watson (both books). I have all of them and like them a lot. I hate to spend your money but the book by Jesus de la Villa <100 Endgames you must know> is really worthwhile. I also like Grooten's book <Chess Strategy for Club Players>. Watson also has a series <Mastering the Chess Openings, vols 1, 2, 3> which is very useful. Once you develop a bit of an opening repetoire, then you might consider books on the specific lines you like. Personally, I would wait before doing that. The <Opening Explorer > here at chessgames can be used to narrow down a line you want to try. Then you can download them to your engine and play through the games. This can be a good way to get a lot of repetitions on a given opening. |
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Nov-06-09
| | FSR: <nimh> Those all sound like good books. You might read the late Simon Webb's "Chess for Tigers" (3rd edition) to get an idea of practical aspects of chess play (how to play stronger players, weaker players, how to play if your opponent is in time trouble, etc.). |
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| Nov-07-09 | | wordfunph: Anyone with "The Great Chess Books of the Twentieth Century" by Alex Dunne? Feedback please? Thanks.. |
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| Nov-07-09 | | nimh: Thank you, <hms123> and <FSR> One question, what does Grooten's "Chess strategy for club players" include that's missing from Watson's two books? |
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| Nov-07-09 | | hms123: <nimh>
<One question, what does Grooten's "Chess strategy for club players" include that's missing from Watson's two books?> Probably not much. Grooten is professional chess trainer and teacher and takes a different approach to the same issues. The book is well-written and easily read. The two Watson books on your list are much more complete and contain a lot more information. Sometimes a combination of completeness (Watson) and highlights (Grooten) works well. I would not substitue Grooten for the Watson books--they are superb. |
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| Nov-10-09 | | TheFocus: Does anyone know of this book, and was it translated into English? The following is from an interview with Efim Geller in the bulletins from the Fischer - Spassky 19992 match, as recorded in No Regrets by Yasser Seirawan - "I am writing a book which will include a selection of annotated games to honor Fischer’s 50th birthday. I have already signed a contract with a Russian publisher, but the number will be limited – only 2000. A lot of copies are meant as gifts. I will pay special attention to the games I played against Bobby. Fischer was young when we played and every game was a pleasure." |
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Nov-11-09
 | | kamalakanta: Has anyone here read "Dismantling the Sicilian"? |
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Nov-15-09
| | kamalakanta: wow....4 days and no answer...was my question improper, or is everybody on a Caribbean cruise? |
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| Nov-15-09 | | hms123: <kamalkanta> Perhaps no one has read the book. I haven't. You never know about these things, though--perhaps someone will have something to say about it. |
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| Nov-15-09 | | parisattack: According to Amazon the book Dismantling the Sicilian has not been released but can be pre-ordered. |
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| Nov-30-09 | | TheFocus: A mammoth book of exceptional quality has just been published: Emanuel Lasker Denker Weltenbürger Schachweltmeister edited by Richard Forster, Stefan Hansen and Michael Negele (Berlin, 2009). It is a beautifully-produced hardback – 1,079 large pages (German text) with hundreds of photographs, many previously unseen. The two dozen contributors of the chapters on various aspects of Lasker’s life and careers include John Donaldson, John Hilbert, Robert Hübner and Victor Korchnoi. The book, simply unmissable, can be acquired direct from the publisher, Exzelsior Verlag. The website is www.zeitschriftschach.de. The cost is 114 euros. |
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Dec-10-09
 | | jessicafischerqueen: Here is a good interenet "e-book" resource type site- not bad http://www.chessebook.com/ |
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Dec-10-09
| | jessicafischerqueen: It's a pay site, but it's not expensive and it gives you a generous "demo" period to explore the resources without having to register. The tactics section is vast, and what I like about it is that each problem lists the <Grandmaster Class Game> it comes from, so you can find the game here at CG.com, load it in to your engine, and easily explore the "context" of the particular tactical shot in question. For "deep learning" or just for personal interest.
In addition, you can set the tactics section to give you puzzles only within any range you choose, from 0 (very easy) to 2900 (not easy) Here is a very nice one from the website=
A Tarnowski vs Ivkov, 1962
Black to move and win by BRUTE FORCE
33...?
click for larger view |
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| Dec-11-09 | | wordfunph: <kamalakanta: Has anyone here read "Dismantling the Sicilian"?> refer to <whitehorse>'s chess books collection item #175...maybe he can answer. User: whitehorse |
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Dec-11-09
| | kamalakanta: The title "Dismantling the Sicilian" sounded great when I first heard it, but now I am suspicious.... Can ANYONE dismantle the Sicilian? It has so many playable systems and variations... |
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| Dec-12-09 | | whiteshark: <TheFocus> On the website of the <Lasker Society> you can find some sample pages for reading :
http://www.lasker-gesellschaft.de/p... --> Leseproben; scroll down for more |
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| Dec-15-09 | | parisattack: It appears Dismantling the Sicilian has now been published. It wouldn't be a book for me but the blurb review indicates it is a complete White repertoire with 2. Nf3. So, at least it is not a tome on something offbeat like the Wing Gambit or such. |
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| Dec-16-09 | | A Karpov Fan: Winning Chess Middlegames by Ivan Sokolov
anybody got it?
anybody seen it?
does it really add 400 Elo points after the first read? :-) |
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Dec-16-09
| | ChessBookForum: <re-post from malthrope>
Oh yeah, <"Winning Chess Middlegames by Ivan Sokolov"> :) I bet it's good as Ivan is such a well rounded GM with plenty of experience. Also, to get some fresh astute insights on it you could post a query on [ ChessBookForum chessforum ] (Moderators: <hms123> and <JFQ>) and see if anyone else has read or examined it yet? It's always good to get a 2nd opinion. I'm sure it's good though as GM Ivan Sokolov can play some fantastic Chess from time to time! I very much enjoy his games. :) However, from these two editorial reviews... <"In this day and age, when every opening book promises an easy-to-play universal repertoire, this is one book that delivers its promise." --ChessCafe> and...
<"Sokolov covers his material deeply, offering not glib generalities but very specific insights and explanations (..) [G]reat Games, marvellous analysis." --Dennis Monokroussos, ChessToday> I'd buy this Chess book in a heartbeat just based on those two esteem reviews alone! ;)
(original post malthrope chessforum) |
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