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Oct-16-10
 | | chancho: <jmi> <Open Defence> mentioned it. (Michael Stean's book) |
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| Oct-16-10 | | Jim Bartle: Gee, I also can't figure out why every list doesn't include "Pawn Power in Chess." |
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| Oct-16-10 | | jmi: thanks chancho. I missed it. oops. sorry. A few notable mentions for beginner->intermediate books for me would be: Andrew Soltis - Studying Chess Made Easy
Arthur Yusupov - the 3 books on Build Up Your Chess is also very good Alex Yermolinsky - The Road To Chess Improvement
Max Euwe - Chess Master v Chess Amateur
Paul Keres and Alexander Kotov - The Art Of The Middle Game Daniel King - Test Your Chess With Daniel King |
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Oct-16-10
 | | LIFE Master AJ: Posted in my forum:
<<<<<<<<<Oct-16-10> ChessBookForum:> Hello <AJ> it's Jess here-> Do you have any special selections you'd recommend for a Middle School library? If so, please post the at our forum.> <Sho: I want to order a few books for our middle school library, any suggestions? Currently, our library has no books on chess. Respond here or email me: dldegroot@hartley-ms.k12.ia.us> Thanks> >
Embarrassingly, even though I teach at a Middle School, I'm at a loss as to what to suggest for that level in terms of chess books. So I'm sending out a "calling all cars" siren.> -Jess>
# 1.) "A basic "How To" on the openings. Two books are definitely needed here: A.) "The Ideas Behind the Openings," by R. Fine. & B.) MCO-15. #1.) A basic "How To" on the Endgame. I would recommend "Pandofini's Endgame Course." #2.) A basic middlegame book (or books) The two volume set by Euwe is very good. I don't know if your library has this much money. But if money is no object, I would highly recommend the "Winning Chess" series (seven volumes, I believe) by my good friend, GM Yasser Seirawan. One book ... just for the love of the game. I would recommend "The <100?> Best Games of Chess Ever Played," by Nunn, Burgess, et al. Maybe one book of combinations. "1001 Checkmates," and "1001 Winning Chess Combinations," <By F. Reinfeld, I believe> can usually be purchased (second-hand) on the Internet, often for just a few dollars each. Hope this helps.
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| Oct-16-10 | | TheFocus: <AJ> Some excellent choices. I forgot about the 1001 books, even though I have my students play through every one of the positions. Quite a few books by Pandofini are well worth the investment. <Jim Bartle>< Gee, I also can't figure out why every list doesn't include "Pawn Power in Chess."> How about because it is one of the most ridulous chess books ever written? You want to fill middle school heads with that crap? |
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Oct-16-10
| | chancho: I can send 5 books free if that's alright.
(I have too many of them as it is)
1.Power Mates - Bruce Pandolfini
2.Teach Yourself Better Chess - Bill Harston
3.Weapons Of Chess - Bruce Pandolfini
4.Why You Lose At Chess - Tim Harding
5.The Complete Book Of Chess Strategy
Jeremy Silman |
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Oct-17-10
| | LIFE Master AJ: <Oct-16-10
TheFocus: <AJ> Some excellent choices. I forgot about the 1001 books, even though I have my students play through every one of the positions.
Quite a few books by Pandofini are well worth the investment.<Jim Bartle>< Gee, I also can't figure out why every list doesn't include "Pawn Power in Chess."> How about because it is one of the most ridulous chess books ever written? You want to fill middle school heads with that crap?> Hey, dude! That's a little harsh.
How about:
A.) Its very poorly organized.
B.) Its way too advanced.
C.) Most of that material is probably beyond the average chess player of that age. Wouldn't that sound a little less antagonistic? |
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Oct-17-10
| | LIFE Master AJ: < Oct-16-10
TheFocus: <AJ> Some excellent choices. >I forgot to say thanks.
Thanks!!! :) |
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Oct-17-10
| | chancho: Fakers, rangers, lee and luff, frontspan, rearspan, the Sealer and the Sweeper... |
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Oct-17-10
 | | Phony Benoni: And, of course, the Quartgrip! |
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| Oct-17-10 | | TheFocus: <LIFE Master AJ>< Hey, dude! That's a little harsh. How about:
A.) Its very poorly organized.
B.) Its way too advanced.
C.) Most of that material is probably beyond the average chess player of that age. Wouldn't that sound a little less antagonistic?> LOL! OK, point taken. You know <Focus> can a little carried away sometimes. |
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| Oct-17-10 | | wordfunph: <Sho> to stir their interest, i recommend.. + 2010 Chess Oddities by Alex Dunne
+ Batsford's Modern Chess Openings 15th Edition by Nick de Firmian
+ Logical Chess Move by Move by Irving Chernev
+ My 60 Memorable Games by Bobby Fischer
+ Pandolfini's Ultimate Guide to Chess by Bruce Pandolfini + The 10 Most Common Chess Mistakes by Larry Evans
+ The Chess Team (A Novel) by James Sawaski
+ The Sorcerer's Apprentice by David Bronstein
+ The Wisest Things Ever Said About Chess by Andrew Soltis
+ This Crazy World of Chess by Larry Evans |
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| Oct-17-10 | | crawfb5: <A.) Its very poorly organized.
B.) Its way too advanced.
C.) Most of that material is probably beyond the average chess player of that age.>Aren't <B> and <C> more or less the same? How about:
C. It introduces a lot of terms they'll not see anywhere else. |
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| Oct-17-10 | | therealbenjinathan: I come at this question in a slightly different way. We don't know the budget either in dollars or number of books. But lets make an assumption that its about five books, at most ten. So I start with the five. I am going to want:
1. <Learn chess basics book.> My favorite has always been "Winning Chess Strategy For Kids" http://www.amazon.com/Winning-Chess... Check out the reviews-middle school is specifically mentioned. "Chess For Juniors" is also another good choice.
2. <A tactics book:> Again I go with another Coakley book:
"Winning Chess Exercises for Kids"- 900 puzzles
http://www.amazon.com/Winning-Chess... There are many good choices here.
3. <An endgame book> Here I would pick "How to Beat Your Dad at Chess" which goes through checkmating patterns. Again there are other choices which are not too scary. I like Pandolfi's Basic Endgame Course and Fine's Basic Chess Endings. The Fine book must be in algebraic though. 4. <A Middlegame Book>: I like Nunn's or Chernev's Move by Move books
5. <An Openings Book>: I have been on a longtime search for the right book here. I don't think a proper survey book exists. If I could get a 5a and 5b I would get Watson's first 2 volumes on 1.e4 and 1.d4. Alternatively, I would select either MCO or Collins' "Understandoing the Chess Openings". Or I would wait for Watson's "Chess Openings for Kids" due out next year. Next Five
6.A Chess History Book.
"The Immortal Game"
7. A Player Book
"Profile of a Prodigy"
8. A Strategy Book
"Chess Strategy for Club Players"
9. A Games Collection
"My 60"
10. Another Tactics Book
Bain's Chess Tactics for Students" |
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| Oct-18-10 | | wordfunph: Book Watch!
+ The Secrets of the Opposite Coloured Bishop Endings by Meszaros http://www.ukgamesshop.com/Merchant... + Anand-Topalov: Sofia 2010 by Lovas
http://www.ukgamesshop.com/Merchant... |
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| Oct-18-10 | | Jim Bartle: "Hey, kid, interested in learning to play chess?"
"Sure, let's start."
"OK, let's look at this position from 'Secrets of Opposite Coloured Bishop Endings." What can you tell me about the influence of the quartgrip and the rearspan? Are they strong or do the sealer and the sweeper counterbalance that? Kid? Kid? Where's he go?" |
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Oct-18-10
| | LIFE Master AJ: <Oct-18-10 Jim Bartle: "Hey, kid, interested in learning to play chess?" "Sure, let's start."
"OK, let's look at this position from 'Secrets of Opposite Coloured Bishop Endings." What can you tell me about the influence of the quartgrip and the rearspan? Are they strong or do the sealer and the sweeper counterbalance that? Kid? Kid? Where's he going? Did he leave?"> Modified for effect.
Good one! I laughed out loud. |
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Oct-18-10
 | | wwall: And what about the Minor Right Obligue Doubly Aligned positions or pieces contained in the Major Right Oblique Echelon en Appui with Minor Crochet so as to occupy the Kindred Logistic Horizon and to defend the Kindred Strategetic Rear. Thus, it is obvious that the object of such a Column of Attack is to gain command of the Objective Plane and to maintain a point of impenetrability upon the vertical occupied by each adverse pawn. The above is just a a few basic explanations of Chess Strategetics Illustrated by Franklin Young using positions and examples from Morphy's games, which is supposed to teach the novice how to apply, in actual play over the board, the theory of chess. |
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| Oct-18-10 | | Jim Bartle: That's pretty advanced. I'd save that for the second day. |
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| Oct-18-10 | | hms123: To all of you that are making fun of Kmoch's <Pawn Power in Chess>: I went through a phase of looking for sealers and sweepers every chance I got (way back in the day). I won a lot of games basically because I was breaking things open and getting good spots for my pieces; i.e., it made me play more aggressively than I was used to at the time. Don't get me started on my <sacrificing pawns for blockades> phase caused by <My System>. |
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| Oct-18-10 | | Jim Bartle: It's not the ideas; it's the terminology. |
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| Oct-18-10 | | hms123: <Jim Bartle> <It's not the ideas; it's the terminology.> I knew that. I just thought someone ought to stand up for the ideas even given the weird terminology. The funny thing is that I read the book early in my career and thought the terminology was standard. I found out later that this was not quite the case. |
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Oct-18-10
 | | jessicafischerqueen: How dare they <Kmoch> him? |
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| Oct-18-10 | | hms123: <jess> heh! heh! |
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Oct-18-10
| | jessicafischerqueen: <H> Don't forget <Kmoch> was known for his sense of humor. In this video annotation of <Nimzowitsch v Systemsson>, listen to <Kingscrusher> laugh his head off at <Kmoch's> brilliant annotations: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41my... "The Immortal Overprotection Game" (annotated by <Hans Kmoch>) Nimzowitsch vs Systemsson, 1927 |
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