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Sup PoG,
So with all the chess threads here, I figured I'd do some googling and see what I could find. I've played chess before, never formally, and can beat all my friends who haven't played much chess but lose to anyone who has studied chess at all. I searched around for a while and found FICS, got my ass handed to me a couple times, and googled some chess strategy and came up with about 100000 pages of stuff, which is a bit overwhelming. Where should I go to start learning about chess? is there a good book that you would recommend for beginners? any opinion on the many online references? how did you learn? Thanks in advance y'all |
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I asked this a few days ago and the book "My System" was recommended.
Also, if you need some help dating "The System" is apparently recommended by Amazon. |
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Try this one.
It's a classic, you can play through the games over and over, and it's not going to bang you over the head with variations. Great starter. |
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Try this one. It's a classic, you can play through the games over and over, and it's not going to bang you over the head with variations. Great starter. [/ QUOTE ] I have never seen that one. Is it similar to Logical Chess by the same author?? In that book he goes over every move thats made with reasons why. Maybe I will have to get this one as well. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] |
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"Play Winning Chess" by Yasser Seirawan. "World Champions guide to Chess" and "Chess Tactics for Champions" both by Susan Polgar - great books on tactics. Then the other books by Seirawan
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sweet, might head down to the library and see if they have any of these. thanks
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It's all about pattern recognition. Focus on learning theory and playing and playing and playing.
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The Seirawan/Silman series of "Winning Ches X" books are very good for starting to study. Easy to read, fairly well laid out and written, and good.
"My System" is a bit more advanced and I'd probably hold off for a while. If you want an introductory version of the same thing, pick up "Weapons of chess" by Pandolfini. My personal favorite books are: 60 memorable games, by Fischer (original, not the bastard Nunn version) Road to chess improvement, by Yermolinksy Grandmaster Achievement, by Polugaevsky My great predecessors (all 5 volumes), by Kasparov |
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60 memorable games, by Fischer (original, not the bastard Nunn version) [/ QUOTE ] LOL, whats wrong with Nunn? I have a few of his books and they seem pretty good. Does he rewrite older books and mess them up or something? |
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