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Date: 19 Dec 2004 00:21:08
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Subject: books for novice
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I am looking for good books for novice. Could anybody tell me?
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Date: 24 Jan 2005 08:22:46
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Subject: Re: books for novice, in Russian
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Thanks, Jim.
That website demonstrates a very curious phenomenon. The russian words
for middle game and end game are, respectively, mittelshpil and
endshpil. Those sure look like German words to me.
The USCF site includes German and Russian books. When you come to a
book entitled "Endshpil" you think its in German. Nope, Russian.
http://uscfsales.com/item.asp?cID=81&PID=775
Dan
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Date: 23 Jan 2005 12:54:12
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Subject: Re: books for novice, in Russian
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[email protected] wrote:
> > I am looking for good books for novice. Could anybody tell me?
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> I shoud have said that I know the rule of chess. So I do not want the
books like "how to play chess."
I second this request. I, too am a novice (not a beginner) and want to
improve my skills.
I know enough Russian that I could read a chess book written in
Russian. Where would I find Russian chess books, preferably in the New
York area?
I went to some Brighton Beach bookstores (they have many) and each had
about 20 chess books. However, none of them were satisfactory.
TIA,
Dan
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Date: 23 Jan 2005 16:42:42
From: Jim Byrd
Subject: Re: books for novice, in Russian
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On 23 Jan 2005 12:54:12 -0800, [email protected] wrote:
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>[email protected] wrote:
>> > I am looking for good books for novice. Could anybody tell me?
>>
>> I shoud have said that I know the rule of chess. So I do not want the
>books like "how to play chess."
>
>I second this request. I, too am a novice (not a beginner) and want to
>improve my skills.
>
>I know enough Russian that I could read a chess book written in
>Russian. Where would I find Russian chess books, preferably in the New
>York area?
You can find some on the ChessCafe web site. You click on the Foreign
Languages books like, and you wind up at
http://uscfsales.com/sub-category.asp?CatalogVar=0&CID=81.
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Date: 19 Dec 2004 00:42:21
From: Richard
Subject: Re: books for novice
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[email protected] wrote:
> > I am looking for good books for novice. Could anybody tell me?
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> I shoud have said that I know the rule of chess. So I do not want the
books like "how to play chess."
Actually, there are a lot of books that start out by teaching the
rules, and then move on to basic strategy and tactics, along with
tournament ettiquette and other useful stuff. That's why "The Complete
Idiot's Guide to Chess" is usually recommended as the best book for
beginners, even if they think they already know enough to skip it.
Anyway, start by reading this article:
http://chesscafe.com/text/heisman19.pdf
For that matter, I'd recommend heading to chesscafe.com, clicking the
"archive" link, and reading all of Dan Heisman's Novice Nook columns.
But start with that one, since it has lots of book recommendations, and
advice on what to look for in a book at different stages of
improvement.
--Richard
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Date: 18 Dec 2004 12:23:32
From: Spencer R. Lower
Subject: Re: books for novice
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>I am looking for good books for novice. Could anybody tell me?
Chernev, Logical Chess, Move by Move
Pandolfini, Complete Endgame Course
Polgar, 5335 something or other
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Date: 21 Jan 2005 13:59:31
From: gromit
Subject: Re: books for novice
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Spencer R. Lower wrote:
>>I am looking for good books for novice. Could anybody tell me?
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> Chernev, Logical Chess, Move by Move
> Pandolfini, Complete Endgame Course
> Polgar, 5335 something or other
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I'd second this.
I notice Silman has an endgame book coming out soon. His "move by move"
endgame book for beginners was really good...I'm interested in seeing
what the new book will be like.
An alternative to chernev that I really like is The Chess Tutor:
Elements of Combinations by Leslie Ault, but it's hard to find.
A terrific book of mating patterns is Tal's Winning Chess Combinations,
by Tal and Khenkin, but it also is hard to find. Your best bets are
libraries, used book stores, and online searches. I picked up Ault and
Chernev in used book stores for a couple bucks each, but the Tal
hardcover (which I first saw in a library) set me back almost $60.
Worth every penny to me though.
For an introduction to chess strategy (a more advanced topic), I really
liked Best Lessons of a Chess Coach by Weeramantry, and How to Reassess
Your Chess by Silman. It's more important to get started in tactics and
endgames though, in my opinion. Those two books are what got me
started again in chess....they opened my eyes to a larger world.
So: a book of tactics, a book of endgames, maybe a book on strategy, and
you're good to go.
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Date: 19 Dec 2004 01:25:54
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Subject: Re: books for novice
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> I am looking for good books for novice. Could anybody tell me?
I shoud have said that I know the rule of chess. So I do not want the books like "how to play chess."
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Date: 20 Dec 2004 04:28:16
From: skoonj
Subject: Re: books for novice
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<[email protected] > wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>> I am looking for good books for novice. Could anybody tell me?
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> I shoud have said that I know the rule of chess. So I do not want the
> books like "how to play chess."
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Seirawan's Play Winning Chess is nice, or Chernev's Logical Chess.
-T
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