My best chess mentor in a book, EVER, is...
Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2018 11:44 pm
Andy
No sorry
Andrew Soltis.
Just 2 books maybe tells you everything!
That is, from intermediate player with difficulties, through to gm level.
Thay is, after years of trial and error and remaining clueless.
The 2 books are:
1.what it takes to become a gm
And
2.what it takes to become a chess master.
I mentioned them in reverse order, because if you start with the GM book, you may get entertainment value, followed by frustration when you see it gets a bit above your head.
It also has a brilliant computerchess chapter.
After that, you will be dying to go through the CM book and will appreciate it much more and absorb it better.
If anyone now becomes a GM by following this advice (ie these 2 books), don't forget to drop by and tell us!
(sorry, i maybe just am in one of those moods! I shouldn't speak so dramatically without being paid as an advertiser!).
No sorry
Andrew Soltis.
Just 2 books maybe tells you everything!
That is, from intermediate player with difficulties, through to gm level.
Thay is, after years of trial and error and remaining clueless.
The 2 books are:
1.what it takes to become a gm
And
2.what it takes to become a chess master.
I mentioned them in reverse order, because if you start with the GM book, you may get entertainment value, followed by frustration when you see it gets a bit above your head.
It also has a brilliant computerchess chapter.
After that, you will be dying to go through the CM book and will appreciate it much more and absorb it better.
If anyone now becomes a GM by following this advice (ie these 2 books), don't forget to drop by and tell us!
(sorry, i maybe just am in one of those moods! I shouldn't speak so dramatically without being paid as an advertiser!).