Question for Chess goobs. (See admin, I found it!)

Post #91,998 by mmoffitt 3/26/03 8:33:14 PM Reply	Question for Chess goobs. (See admin, I found it!) Anyone care to recommend some good chess texts? I'm going to try to take the game up again. I played in high school, but that was more years ago than I care to admit. I think I have Pandolfini's (sp?) "Russian Chess" around here somewhere (of course, Russian chess is superior ;-) I'd appreciate any recommendations. bcnu, Mikem Osama bin Laden's brother could fly in US airspace 9/15/01, but I had to wait for FBI and CIA background checks, 'nuff said?
Post #92,037 by deSitter 3/26/03 9:13:13 PM Reply	Re: Question for Chess goobs. (See admin, I found it!) I'd avoid any book from beyond say 1950 - let's say the Bronstein-Botvinnik match. Learn from the strategical masters - Capablanca and Lasker - and the tactical masters - Alekhine and Marshall (NOT Fischer - yet).Fred Reinfeld "Complete Chess Course" - a big tome but enough to get started on the right foot. After that, Ruben Fine, "The Middle Game in Chess". Co-reading - Rubinstein's games, annotated by him, for how to play rook endgames. The game collections of Capablanca, Lasker, and Alekhine - and Marshall. It will require years to get up to 1950. Don't ruin it for yourself by starting at the end. Don't try to understand Indian defenses until you know how center games work. That is, learn about the Ruy Lopez and other king pawn openings (avoid the Sicilian at first) and the Queen's Gambit Declined ONLY for queen's pawn. I say all this because the "Indian" defenses (bishop in front of knight 1) are easier to botch. -drl
Post #92,041 by mmoffitt 3/26/03 9:15:05 PM Reply	Thanks Ross. Mucho appreciated. bcnu, Mikem Osama bin Laden's brother could fly in US airspace 9/15/01, but I had to wait for FBI and CIA background checks, 'nuff said?
Post #100,056 by rickw 5/2/03 11:44:56 PM Reply	Re: Question for Chess goobs. (See admin, I found it!) Reassess your Chess, Jeremy Silman. He gives a good description of positional play; I'm not a strong player (~1200 on Yahoo) but from studying his book I'm starting to understand what to play for in the middlegame. He has a companion workbook with lots of problems based on the RyC book, make sure you don't buy that unless you've read and enjoyed the first one. If you like Pandolfini, he also has an endgame course called something like "Pandolfini's Endgame Course." Furthermore if you like Pandolfini, make sure you see "Searching for Bobby Fischer" and take a look at Chessmaster 8000 as it has some Pandolfini and Josh Waitzkin material. There is a series called "Everyman's Chess" that has some approchably thin books on various openings. Huge tomes of opening lines are available, I'd suggest avoiding those. FAQ! We're scrod!

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