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| Oct-04-11 | | TheFocus: <kalamalakanta> Check here for it. http://www.chessbookstore.com/
Paperback selling for $25.00. |
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Oct-04-11
 | | kamalakanta: Thanks! Will check him out sometime... |
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Oct-04-11
| | kamalakanta: <TheFocus>, I owe you a review of Emanuel Lasker: All Games, by Russian Chess House. It is a two volume hardcover set, and it contains all of Lasker's games. I finally started going through the games... The games are annotated in "Informator" style, which makes it valuable to anyone all over the world, since this is an international chess-symbols language. The annotations are excellent, and of course the games are fantastic. The book is well constructed; it will outlast me for sure! The hardcover binding is of a very high quality. I recommend game collections to everyone, but specially of the great old Masters, like Capablanca, Lasker, Alekhine...it is like listening to Bach, Mozart and Beethoven. The main two points for this, though, are:
1) Just by playing over the games, patterns of correct chess technique are entering your head. Of course this has a limit; but for someone like me, who grew up where there were no chess coaches, this proved invaluable. 5 years of this practice and I won the championship of my country, Puerto Rico. 2) You get to see the development of ideas, strategic and tactical battles, and the endgames arising form the different types of formations. Lasker, like all the great champions, is deep in his conceptions, so whether for entertainment or learning, this 2-volume set is invaluable for me. |
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| Oct-04-11 | | TheFocus: <kamalakanta> Thank you for that review. If you go over to CG Librarian chessforum you will find a discussion of a Nezd's game. |
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| Oct-04-11 | | wordfunph: <kamalakanta> Nezh is great! maybe i could help you.. please let me know your email, you may post it in my forum. Will delete your email for your privacy. |
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| Oct-05-11 | | wordfunph: hi <kamalakanta>!
please check your mail.. |
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Oct-07-11
| | kamalakanta: Thanks, wordphunph!
A debt of gratitude to you.... |
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| Oct-07-11 | | wordfunph: master <kamalakanta>, welcome :) |
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Oct-29-11
 | | jessicafischerqueen: <Nezhmetdinov's> autobiography now available for just <21 dollars> from chesscafe.com: http://shop.chesscafe.com/Nezhmetdi... |
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| Oct-29-11 | | hms123: <Re-post> Pillsbury vs Tarrasch, 1895 SimonWebbsTiger: @<DrMal>
indeed -- it is a lovely book by Timman. (refers to this book http://www.amazon.com/Power-Chess-P... recommended by <DrMal>) Something related: <Practical Endgame Play - Beyond the Basics> by Glenn Flear and <Endgame Strategy> by Shereshevsky. The Flear book discusses "NQEs" (not quite endgames) with two pieces and pawns on each side in the endgame and is illustrative of the strengths and weaknesses of the minor pieces in different material configurations; eg. 2B v. B+N, R+B v. R+N, R+B or R+N v. Q. It's a fascinating book which cannot help but improve endgame technique and an appreciation of middlegame theory. The Shereshevsky book has two important chapters on the minor piece theme: the 2 Bishops and the isolated d-pawn. Timman also looks at the IQP in endgames when he looks at B + IQP v. N. French Defence - Tarrasch Variation players (ie. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5) will testify to how important it is to know the classic endgame that can arise from this line. Black is slightly worse but can hold with good defence.
Finally, Watson spends time on minor piece issues in his <Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy>. Well, that is a selection of books to study and keep busy with over the forthcoming Xmas holidays! :o) |
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Oct-31-11
| | kamalakanta: Hi!
I am very happy that Nezhmetdinov's book is widely available again! Every day I go through a few games, and it is a real delight! Nezhmetdinov's notes are lucid and clear; his variations are easy to follow, and his general comments as the positions change in the course of the game are very instructive. |
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Oct-31-11
| | kamalakanta: I am intrigued by Paul Morphy; some say he is a tactician; others say that he was mainly a positional player. I have read that Fischer said Morphy was the most accurate player ever. Botvinnik said that, after Morphy, nothing new was discovered in the treatment of open positions...Bronstein called him a genius! So I have received recently the book "Paul Morphy and the Evolution of Chess Theory", by Macon Shibut (Dover Publications). The first chapter is perhaps my favorite, in which it talks about Morphy's style and how he has been written about and perceived. There are chapters on some of his contemporaries (Anderssen, Steinitz and others), with examples of their play. There are chapters about Odds games, Blunders and Omissions, Morphy's Endgames, and also about his opening repertoire. Shibut states that Morphy was the best endgame player of his time, and gives plentiful examples to prove his point. It is interesting to see that Morphy did not dominate totally, as we are led to believe when hearing about him....some of the games he lost against Barnes, for example, show that there were other Masters at that time who could and did indeed give Morphy a good fight, and sometimes a sound beating as well. There is a chapter with all available games by Morphy, and this is the one that will require my time and attention. I am a firm believer in the value of complete games; they are like a musical piece, and develop so, with their own rhythm and beauty. Overall, I find the book by Shibut competent and well-written. But what I really feel I will find as I explore his games further, is the "pulse" of Morphy's game; how he adapts to changing conditions, to the undulations in the chess landscape, how he reacts in the critical moments. I am looking forward to it all. |
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| Oct-31-11 | | TheFocus: <kamalakanta> Nice review. I have that book too. Possibly the best on Morphy. Too bad all the games are not annotated. |
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Oct-31-11
| | kamalakanta: <TheFocus>, Do you have Philip Sergeant's "Morphy's Games of Chess" (Dover)? Many annotated games there! |
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| Nov-01-11 | | TheFocus: <kalamakanta> I have that and Lowenthal's book on Morphy. |
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| Nov-01-11 | | WiseWizard: Can anyone tell me about <Complete Chess Strategy> by Ludek Pachman? Are you supposed to get the 3 volumes seperately? What are they separated by? |
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Nov-02-11
| | kamalakanta: Jed, all the best to you. You will be missed! |
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Nov-02-11
| | kamalakanta: WiseWizard,
Apparently, there are 3 volumes, although the third one does not say "Volume 3"...Here are their titles and the links, if you want to buy them at Amazon.com.... Complete Chess strategy, Volume 1: First Principles of the Middle Game
http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Ches... Complete Chess Strategy, Volume 2: Principles of Pawn Play and the Center
http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Ches... Complete Chess Strategy: Play on the Wings
http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Ches... |
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| Nov-02-11 | | WiseWizard: <kamalakanta> Thanks a million!! Just to be clear, is this Volume 3? Game Collection: Modern Chess Strategy III by Ludek Pachman |
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Nov-02-11
| | kamalakanta: WiseWizard, yes, I believe that is the one. |
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Nov-02-11
| | kamalakanta: Regarding the 3 volumes by Pachman...has anyone here read them? are they worth buying? I have been buying mostly game collections, from Morphy to Anand....so I can learn from the endgames arising in different openings... |
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| Nov-03-11 | | WiseWizard: <kamalakanta> Thank you for your great help and quick answers. I found out about the 3 books while studying <The Giants Of Strategy> by Neil Mcdonald (excellent read so far) and one of the masterpieces in that book was in the game collection for Volume 3. They gotta be good. |
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| Nov-03-11 | | WiseWizard: <....so I can learn from the endgames arising in different openings...> !! Working backwards, very strong. |
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Nov-03-11
| | kamalakanta: <WiseWizard>, I have probably over-spent in chess books this year, but I will try to get Pachman's volumes next year. The impression I get is that it is similar to "My System"....a book that organizes your chess thoughts with deep knowledge about certain patterns on the chessboard. A book for both short and long-term development! |
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| Nov-14-11 | | hms123: <re-post>
<SimonWebbsTiger: I recommend the book <Sacrifices in the Sicilian> by David Levy. (Published by Batsford some 30+ years ago; hard to find now, though.)
Levy collected numerous positions and games from different branches of the Sicilian, arranging the material in chapters according to the sacs, e.g. takes on b5 or ...Rxc3.I am certain the book will help anyone appreciate the tactics of the Sicilian. More recent books are the NIC book on tactics in the Sicilian and <7 Ways to Smash the Sicilian>.> |
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