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| Apr-28-09 | | MaxxLange: <Pawn Power In Chess> Yes, the book is marred by the grotesque nomenclature that Kmoch invented. "Leucopenia" for a light-squared weakness is a notorious example. Then, we get the "Sealer", the "Sweeper", and the dreaded "Sealer-Sweeper-Twist". Like many readers, I am willing to overlook this, in view of the otherwise excellent content. I should work through the whole thing again. |
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| Apr-28-09 | | hms123: <MaxxLange> I agree with you about the nomenclature, but I used to look for opportunities in games to play for "sealer-sweepers". Sometimes it worked and sometimes not. I still look at pawn structures first before anything else. Even when I set up a position on the board I set up the pawn structure first. |
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Apr-28-09
 | | jessicafischerqueen: <Deus Ex Alekhina:> Here is a <fawn pawn> games collection. The introduction sheds some light on the peculiar history of the "nomenclature" of this most significant positional feature. The games in this collection were harvested by <hms123, Benzol, Phony Benoni, Shams, Crawfb5, SwitchingOulythugs, and jessicafischerqueen>. Game Collection: Fawn Pawns |
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Apr-28-09
| | jessicafischerqueen: In <Canada>, "sealer sweepers" are guys who go out on the ice floes and club seals over the head and then skin them. Is that relevant? |
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| Apr-28-09 | | just a kid: <blacksburg:it also covers some deviations for white, including 9.d4 instead of 9.h3, the worrall attack, deferred exchange variation, etc., but doesn't cover 4.Bxc6> Yes he doesn't.He covers 4.Bxc6 in Beating the Open Games which is also a great book,but not as good as the one you mentioned. |
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Apr-29-09
| | jessicafischerqueen: Does anyone know of a Book dealing with the <Open Moose>? |
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Apr-29-09
 | | Stonehenge: Yes, it's an extremely *silly* book. I can highly recommend it. |
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Apr-29-09
 | | Open Defence: < jessicafischerqueen: Does anyone know of a Book dealing with the <Open Moose>? > Glen Flear's book on the Open Ruy Lopez is very nice, he gives full games so you can see what kind of positions and more importantly end games arise from playing this opening, and its useful for both Black and White so if you are a Ruy Lopez player its worth to check it out, I have not critically analysed it for mistakes, I used it only as a reference of variations and to get a GM assessment of the lines |
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Apr-29-09
| | jessicafischerqueen: Hi <Deffi> thanks!
(How did you know I meant the <Open Ruy Lopez>?? Is there anything you don't know around these parts??) Ever since I started playing it on your example - but with the White pieces- I've been falling in love with it. Open Ruy Lopez- what a beautiful opening. Actually the closed versions are beautiful too if you ask me. I will get the <Glen Flear> Book on your recommendation. |
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| Apr-29-09 | | hms123: John Nunn's <Chess Puzzle Book> (2nd edition); I just bought this book recently. According to the preface, it is greatly expanded from the 1st edition. Further, the layout has apparently been made more user-friendly. I find that Nunn's book is very good so far. I like the layout and the organization. He gives the puzzle diagram, asks a few questions (somewhat like Treppner's MittelspielPraxis--available in German), and sometimes gives a line to consider. One thing that I like is that at the end of each section there is a page with <hints> and the <difficulty level> of the problem (1 to 5). the <solutions> are given on yet another page (accompanied by a diagram to make it easier on the reader). The problems are mixed by difficulty so you never know what's coming. I haven't gotten that far into the book yet, but so far so good. I recommend this as a good puzzle book that will help with both tactics and analysis |
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| Apr-29-09 | | hms123: Here is a problem from Nunn's book:
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<White to play. White is already a pawn down and his kingside position is disintegrating. Clearly his only hope lies in his attack on the opposite wing. What is the best method of proceeding with this attack?: 1) The relatively slow <Na5> 2) The rook sacrifice <Bxa6> There is a hint given on a different page> We learn that the difficulty level is 4 (out of 5) and that <A complete analysis is fairly complex, but the key point is that one of the two possibilities allows Black a surprising but very convincing defence. Having eliminated one idea, you can tackle the other with confidence.> Finally, on yet another page, the diagram is repeated and a full page of analysis is given of both lines. Other puzzles have less analysis (usually 1/4 to 1/2 page) but some have over a page of analysis. There are 200 pages of solutions for 250 problems, so there is plenty of information on both main lines and variations. (The problem is from S Garcia vs Smyslov, 1974). |
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| Apr-29-09 | | benjinathan: Nunn's <Understanding Chess Move by Move (2001)> is one of my favorite chess books. I like it becuase it is both good subway reading and there is plenty there to work over on the Board if you like. I have found that it grows with me as I have improved. It is clearly based on the Kotov book, but I enjoyed Nunn's book much more. The only thing I would say on the negative is that it feels a bit dated now because many of the games involve openings that appear to me, at least, no longer to be in favour. Nunn is an excellent writer so I would not be surprised if his other books are also good. |
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| Apr-30-09 | | wordfunph: I'm a chessbook collector, anyone who could recommend a site of chessbooks for sale at reasonable price? Thank you. |
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Apr-30-09
| | jessicafischerqueen: <wordfunph>
Here is the <complete book list> page from the <Edward Labate> website. He is a reputable chess book seller with a very, very large selection= http://labatechess.com/cart/index.p... |
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| Apr-30-09 | | crawfb5: <wordfunph: I'm a chessbook collector, anyone who could recommend a site of chessbooks for sale at reasonable price? Thank you.> Amazon.com, in addition to selling new books, acts as a clearinghouse of sorts for used book dealers. I've gotten quite a few used books in very good condition through them over the past year or so. Some cost more for shipping than for the book! |
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Apr-30-09
| | jessicafischerqueen: That's because ships are so much bigger than books. |
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| Apr-30-09 | | crawfb5: Even a ship of the tongue? |
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| Apr-30-09 | | Deus Ex Alekhina: I do remember Kmoch's "leucopenia" & "sealer sweepers", etc. Silly nomenclature. Isn't a sealer sweeper someone in Canada who plays a game on ice with a tea kettle & a broom?? By the way, we here in Detroit refer to Canadians as our neighbors to the SOUTH because we have to travel due South to get to Windsor, Canada from Detroit (look it up). |
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| Apr-30-09 | | Woody Wood Pusher: Has anybody bought the Botvinnik-Smyslov book
http://www.amazon.com/Botvinnik-Smy... apparently it also contains extracts from <Botvinnik's secret notebooks> Sounds historically very interesting.
Would anybody recommend it?
Does he really reveal he had a crush on Smyslov the whole time? |
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| Apr-30-09 | | crawfb5: <Woody> Amazon says the Botvinnik book won't be available until June, so I don't think anybody has it... |
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| Apr-30-09 | | Woody Wood Pusher: <craw> OK thanks, looks like you were one step ahead of me the whole time. haha |
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| Apr-30-09 | | blacksburg: the Botvinnik-Smyslov book is currently available at New In Chess. http://www.newinchess.com/Botvinnik... amazon tends to be a little slow to get newly released chess books. |
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Apr-30-09
| | jessicafischerqueen: That's because <the amazon> isn't big enough for ships. |
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Apr-30-09
 | | ChessBookForum: <jessicafischerqueen> Please stop spamming this resource page with truly terrible puns. This is your second warning. According to our "three strikes and you're out" rule, a third infraction will result in you being permanently banned from posting in this forum. |
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| Apr-30-09 | | everyone else: Does that rule apply to me as well? |
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