On Aug 20, 10:07*am, "John Salerno" wrote:

What I'd like is another beginner/intro book that will re-explain the basics
but in a more readable way than Learn Chess. I'm not averse to studying
example moves and diagrams, of course, but I don't want to be overwhelmed
with them. I want something that is more readable from front to back.

Any recommendations? Is the "Back to Basics" series any good?


Note that here in rgc, you will get reams of
recommendations to read the same books
that old timers themselves first read, even
though those books are now seriously dated.
Just try to keep in mind the fact that lots and
lots of books have been written since then,
by a wide variety of different authors who
were not limited to descriptive notation or
discussions of the orthodox Queen's Gambit
declined versus "1. P-Q4", or the double
King-pawn openings versus "1. P-K4!".

If you were to play in a modern tournament,
for instance, you would invariably run into
the dreaded Sicilian "Defense" (don't be
fooled-- you are under attack!) and the very
popular Nimzo-Indian and King's Indian
"defenses" (again, do not be fooled).

I hesitate to give specific names of books,
because for one, I am no expert on the
quality of beginner books, and also because
of the fact that I have been out of active
chess for a while and so my own version of
what is "new" is now a bit dated.


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