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ChessBookForum: Here are a few Chess History suggestions: 1. Al Horowitz <From Morphy to Fischer - a History of the World Chess Championship> http://www.amazon.com/Morphy-Fische... This volume includes behind the scenes historical details about how every world championship match was ...

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ChessBookForum: Hello <Tryfon> it's me- Jess. I've put on the ChessBookForum hat so as to kill two birds with one stone. Here are a few Chess History suggestions from my library: 1. Al Horowitz <From Morphy to Fischer - a History of the World Chess Championship> ...

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Dec-02-12		parisattack: Some good buys <wordfunph> - I especially like there Half a Century, Attacking with Tal and Taimanov's Games. Enjoy. You can never have too many chess books you know.:)

Dec-07-12		parisattack: Books on the French (in English) This is a preliminary list; I still have a few sources to check. But additions appreciated! There are also quite a few in foreign languages and one should at least be noted and included in any basic French library - Schwarz's famous 'Green Book' Franzosische. Those asterisked are my personal favorites of the 50 or so of these I have in my collection: Bickford/Salome - Advance Variation of the French Defense Bickford - Advance Variation of the French Defense 1 Bickford - Advance Variation of the French Defense 2 Bickford - Milner-Barry Gambit Chess Charts - French Defence: A Statistical Analysis Chess Digest - French Defense Collins - The French Advance Dempsey - French Winawer: Alekhine Gambit Eades: Remember the MacCutcheon Eingorn/Bogdanov - Chess Explained: The French Emms - The French Tarrasch Euwe: Theory of the Chess Openings: French Defence Forintos - Play the Advance French Gikountintas -- Trends in the Advance French 2 Gligoric/Uhlmann - The French Defence * Gligoric - French Defense: RHM Survey Grefe/Silman - French Defense for Black Gufeld/Stetsko - The Classical French Gufeld - The Modern French Tarrasch Harding - Four Gambits to Beat the French Harding - French: MacCutcheon and Advance Lines Harding/Heidenfeld - French: Classical Lines Horton - French Defence 1 Jacobs - French Classical * Jacobs - Trends in the Classical French Keene/Taulbut - French Defence: Tarrasch Variation Kennedy/Sheffield - The Marshall Gambit in the French Kosten - French Advance Kovacevic - Trends in the French Winawer 2 Kugilowski - Developments in the French 1986-1987 Kuligowski - French Defence Lane - Beating the French Luccioni - French Defence: Tarrasch Variation 3. ...a6 Lutes - French Defense: McCutcheon Variation Maksimovic -- The Modern French: Complete Guide for Black * Martin/Lalic - Trends in the French Tarrasch 1, 2 - Martic/Lalic Martin - Trends in the Advance French 1 - Martin Martin - Developments in the French 1984-1985 Martin - The French Winawer: A Line for Black McDonald - Trends in the French Winawer 1 - McDonald McDonald - French Winawer: Main Lines (Batsford) * McDonald - French Winawer (Everyman) Minev - French Defense: New and Forgotten Ideas Moles - French Winawer: Auxiliary Lines * Moskalenko - The Wonderful Winawer * Moskalenko - The Flexible French * Nesis - Tactics in the French Nikolic - French: Advance Variation Papa - The Papa Gambit in the French Pederson - The Main Line French 3, Nc3 Pederson - French: Tarrasch Variation Pederson - French Advance and Other Lines Psakhis - Advance and Other Anti-French Variations * Psakhis - French 3. Nd2 * Psakhis - French - 3. Nc3, Bb4 * Psakhis - French - Steinitz, Classical and Other Systems * Psakhis - The Complete French * Richmond - French Defence: Tarrasch Variation Schiller - French Winawer: Poisoned Pawn Variation Schiller - Tarrasch French: Guimard Variation Short - The French Defense * Soltis - Beating the French Defense with the Advance Variation Soltis - The Fighting French Stone - French - 100 Examples from Recent Play 1981-1982 Suetin - French Defense Sveshnikov - French Defence Advance Variation 1 Sveshnikov - French Defence Advance Variation 2 Tzermiadianos - How to Beat the French Defence: The Essential Guide to the Tarrasch Uhlmann - Winning with the French * Vitugov = The French Defense Reloaded Wall - 500 French Miniatures Watson - Dangerous Weapons: The French Watson - Play the French, 1st edition Watson - Play the French, 2nd edition Watson - Play the French, 3rd edition Watson - Play the French, 4th edition * Williams - Attacking Chess: The French Winters - The French Defense: Tarrasch Variation Zeuthen/Jarinaes - French Poisoned Pawn

Dec-08-12		TheFocus: Note to self: Don't play 1.e4 against <parisattack>. Or else, 1.e4 e6 2.d3 is the way to go against him.

Dec-08-12		parisattack: <TheFocus: Note to self: Don't play 1.e4 against <parisattack>. Or else, 1.e4 e6 2.d3 is the way to go against him.> KIA books, next! ;)

Dec-08-12		TheFocus: Drat!! I better stick to 1.d4 or 1.Nf3.

Dec-08-12		parisattack: King's Indian Attack books For: <TheFocus> ;) In the years I played 1. g3 most of my games morphed into a King's Indian Attack. I am not as keen on mechanical 'setups' as I was years back, but the KIA is probably the best of them. My only win against a Senior Master was with a KIA so it remains close to my heart. :) You can play the KIA with 1. e4, ANY - but it seems best against the French and Caro-Kann, a little funky against 1. ...e5. Thee are times when punting to the Reti is objectively the best course. Additions, please? (I do not list Starting Out series books.) Dunnington - How to Play the king's Indian Attack Dunnington - The Ultimate King's Indian Attack * Emms - King's Indian Attack Hall - A Complete Opening System for White: The King's Indian Attack Hall - Modern King's Indian Attack * Hall/Shamkovich - Modern King's Indian Attack Henley/Hodges - King's Indian Attack Henley/Maddox - Bluebook Guide to Winning with the King's Indian Attack Keene - Flank Openings * Lalic - Trends in the King's Indian Attack 2 Longsdale - King's Indian Attack - Keres 5. d4 Variation McDonald - King's Indian Attack: Move by Move Norwood - King's Indian Attack Norwood - Trends in the King's Indian Attack 1 Schiller - How to Play the King's Indian Attack * Tangborn - A Fischer Favorite: The King's Indian Attack * Weinstein - The King's Indian Attack Nice Introductory articles, here - http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/... And, here - http://bishopsbounty.blogspot.com/2...

Dec-08-12		TheFocus: KIA was my weapon of choice for many years. I would even play 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d3. So did Keres.

Dec-14-12		kamalakanta: Just got Judit Polgar's book, "How I Beat Fischer's Record"... Excellent writer, player and teacher. The book is organized in a different way, rather than just chronologically, more as a series of lessons, with examples from her own play. In each example, she gives insight into all the elements that affected play, from time pressure, to hidden tricks in the position, etc. Highly recommended!

Dec-14-12		kamalakanta: Another note about Polgar's book. Each example is explained so clearly, it can only improve one's play and understanding of both positional and tactical principles. She is an excellent teacher! Looking forward to volumes 2 and 3....

Dec-14-12		benjinathan: I just bought <Taimanov's Selected Games> and really like it. <parisattack> Wasn't there a Mark Dvoretsky book on opening preparation thatr featured the kings indian attack?

Dec-14-12		parisattack: Yes <benjinathan> good catch! http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/... (I also think Taimanov's book excellent, a sleeper!)

Dec-14-12		benjinathan: <parisattack:> I thought so! I am pretty sure I own a copy of it. Not that I ever play the KIA

Dec-16-12		kamalakanta: Polgar's book is inspiring and embarrassing.... Inspiring because of the awesome level and maturity of her play...embarrassing because at 10 years old she played better than I will ever play!

Dec-18-12		parisattack: Aficionados of the Robatsch (all three of us!) may be interested in the book: Winning with the Krazy Kat and Old Hippo. This book was written by three amateurs including Bill Wall who has quite a few excellent publications to his credit. The other authors are Gary Gifford and Davide Rozzoni. The Krazy Kat turns on the move ...Nh6 and usually ...Nf7. The book has 168 games and the chapters categorize the material nicely: 1) Classical Krazy Kat / Knight on f7, Bishop on g7. 2) English Cat Hunts / White builds with d4/e4/c4. 3) Old Hippo / Nh6, f6, Nh7, g6 omitting Bg7 4) Dutch Cats and Dutch Hippos / Nf7 and f5 5) Aggressive Knight / Nf5 or Ng4 6) Static Knight Pawn / ~ g7 7) Goodnight Hippo Knight / Bh6: The book is oversized paperback and very nicely produced. I've always had a fondness for what I call the 'Fischer Random piece' - a Bishop or Knight that takes a couple moves to reposition itself very early. Krazy Kat, Debruyker (Na6 -> c7), North Sea (Nf6 -> h5->Ng7), Snake Benoni (Bd6 -> c7). These maneuvers change the dynamic of the game early and in an interesting way.

Dec-19-12		wwall: There are still a few of us Krazy Kats out there. Now if only a few super GMs could try it out in a thematic or normal OTB, that would be interesting. Sort of combines regular chess and Fischer Random at the same time. For now, I am experimenting with the Jerome Gambit. Works great in blitz.

Dec-19-12		wwall: A few more KIA books. Palliser – Beating Unusual Chess Openings: Dealing with the English, Reti, King’s Indian Attack Pein – How to Play the King’s Indian Attack Smith – King’s Indian Attack

Dec-19-12		parisattack: <Grazie wwall> I've not seen the Pein book...The Smith/Halls are difficult to get a good handle - multiple flavors and such. Might you be able to add to the Robatsch list on that opening's forum?

Dec-19-12		wwall: In the French books, I wrote two. I wrote 500 French Miniatures in 1984 and 500 French Miniatures - Collection II in 1995 with over 500 new French Miniatures. But as Tartajubow writes, "there is nothing to read in Wall's books. No words. Just stupid algebraic notation and a few diagrams." I made his list of worst chess books ever. http://tartajubow.blogspot.com/

Dec-20-12		parisattack: < wwall: In the French books, I wrote two. I wrote 500 French Miniatures in 1984 and 500 French Miniatures - Collection II in 1995 with over 500 new French Miniatures. But as Tartajubow writes, "there is nothing to read in Wall's books. No words. Just stupid algebraic notation and a few diagrams." I made his list of worst chess books ever. http://tartajubow.blogspot.com/> Well, I like them a lot; very handy to have! I can't imagine venturing an opening/defense without going through the '500 Miniatures' reality check. Plus, still better than Miles' review on Schiller. :) Vitugov appears to have an earlier book on the French - The French Defense - A Complete Black Repertoire.

Dec-20-12		parisattack: <wwall> Might we impose upon you to list all the '500' books here, please? Pub year also would be great!

Dec-24-12		kamalakanta: A final note on Judit Polgar's book "How I Beat Fischer's Record" (Quality Chess)...just finished reading the book, going through every game. I could not put the book down! Could not wait every day to get home from work, to keep reading it and going through the games. Superbly organized and written, it is a very, very instructive book. Very introspective and informative, giving us the inside story on almost every move! I can't wait for Volume 2!~ I recommend it highly, specially for those looking to improve their game.

Jan-01-13		parisattack: 1. b3 and 1. ...b6 Books 1. b3 Jacobs / Tait - Nimzo-Larsen Attack (Everyman) Keene - Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack (Batsford) Odessky - Play 1. b3 Soltis - 1, P-QN3 Soltis - Bird-Larsen Attack Tangborn - Winning Against Flank Openings Wall - Larsen's Opening Warzecha - Larsen-Nimzowitsch-Eroffnung 1. b6 Bauer - Play 1. b6 Kapitaniak - 1. b6! Keene / Plaskett / Tisdall - The English Defense King - English Defence Soltis - Winning with the English Defense Wall - Owen's Defense Others, please?

Jan-01-13		DrNyet: Just noting in this appropriate forum what I think is a good book by (obviously) a great player: "World Champion at the Third Attempt" by former world correspondence champion Sanakoev. If you Search Kibitzing on "sanakoev book" it finds recommendations and quotes from the book.

Jan-01-13		hms123: <parisattack> Would you include McDonald and Harley's <Mastering the French> in your list of books with an emphasis on pawn structures? If not, it is still an interesting approach. BTW, Baburin's book is a real favorite of mine. Thanks for posting these lists.

Feb-13-13		hms123: <re-post> <cro777: In his book "Best Play: A New Method to Find the Strongest Move" (to be released in April 2013 ), with a foreword by Alexander Morozevich, Alexander Shashin presents his new approach to finding the best move.> Alexsander A Shashin http://www.chesspro.ru/_events/2012... <cro777: In an excerpt from the book "Best Play: Revolutionary Method for Finding the Strongest Move" Alexander Shashin describes one of the move-choice algorithms, the so-called "Tal" algorithm. As an illustration he uses the famous game Tal - Tolush (the USSR Championship, Leningrad 1956). This is the starting position for analysis: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Qxb2 9.Rb1 Qa3 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Nfd7 12.Ne4 Qxa2 13.Rb3 Qa1+ 14.Kf2 Qa4 click for larger view Intuitively sensing that the position demands a sacrifice, Tal played here <15.Bb5!?>. Soon afterwards they found <15.Nxe6!> as the strongest move in this position. Using his method for finding the strongest move in any position, Shashin explains how to find moves such as 15.Nxe6 or 15.Bb5. He also refers to the book "Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 2". Kasparov thoroughly analysed the game Tal -Tolush as well.> Alexsander A Shashin

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