Is there any "best" book of commented games that I should look for as a
beginner? I appreciate the value of such an approach, and have seen that
there are dozens of them out there.

Thanks,

Kirk

On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 18:44:13 +0100, (Kirk McElhearn)
wrote:

Is there any "best" book of commented games that I should look for as a
beginner? I appreciate the value of such an approach, and have seen that
there are dozens of them out there.


Tartakower & duMont's "500 Master Games of Chess", together with their
follow-on "100 Master Games of Modern Chess". Downside: the last
game in the books was played 50 years ago. But, especially for an
advanced beginner, it's a nice intro to the classical openings.

"Kirk McElhearn" wrote in message
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Is there any "best" book of commented games that I should look for as a
beginner? I appreciate the value of such an approach, and have seen that
there are dozens of them out there.

Thanks,

Kirk

Chernev's Logical Chess is probably more basic than the Tartakower book, as
is Euwe's Chess Master vs. Chess Amateur. Both are basically just annotated
games. Maybe Reinfeld's book on Capablanca too (I haven't read it though).
None of these books has nearly as many games as Tartakower's though.

-T

Best Lessons of a Chess Coach is good for the starting out beginner.


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Is there any "best" book of commented games that I should look for as a
beginner? I appreciate the value of such an approach, and have seen that
there are dozens of them out there.

Thanks,

Kirk

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Is there any "best" book of commented games that I should look for as a
beginner? I appreciate the value of such an approach, and have seen that
there are dozens of them out there.

Thanks,

Kirk

For a begginer I would recommend Chernev's "Logical Chess: Move by Move". It
comments every move on every game and explains its implications. It even
explains 1.e4.

Regards,
mafergut

mafergut wrote:
"Kirk McElhearn" wrote:
Is there any "best" book of commented games that I should look for
as a beginner?

For a begginer I would recommend Chernev's "Logical Chess: Move by
Move". It comments every move on every game and explains its
implications. It even explains 1.e4.

I've leafed through that book and I quite like it. I was impressed
that I didn't find it patronizing (while I'm not a very strong player,
I'm certainly not a beginner) and it seemed to give useful advice.


Dave.

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mafergut wrote:

For a begginer I would recommend Chernev's "Logical Chess: Move by Move". It
comments every move on every game and explains its implications. It even
explains 1.e4.

I've seen that one, and it does indeed look to be very useful.

Thanks,

Kirk