Re: First Review
Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2018 1:02 pm
You are just an A**Hole, Brendan, nothing more that that.
That review is fake, it is more than obvious, no substance, he is commenting what TERRIBLE person I am, not the book.
Are you in your right mind, Brendan?
I don't like the book, because the author is a terrible person???
Obviously, a fake review.
There are many more fully positive, though, which you don't cite: https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-revi ... hisHelpful
Why did not you bring this one up?
Customer Review
5.0 out of 5 stars
The most unique chess manual I've read (in a good way)
ByTheodore K on December 15, 2017
Format: Kindle Edition
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Verified Purchase
This book is so different from any other chess book I've read, and I have read a lot of them. Before dismissing these new ideas, remember that many new advances throughout human history seemed insane when compared to commonly held wisdom, and took years before people accepted them. I believe this book is actually ahead of its time. Perhaps we will look back years from now and realize how important these ideas were.
The concepts in this book are quite advanced. The author has named many things that occur in games quite frequently, but are rarely documented as strategic ideas. The chapter on pawn formations is tremendous - it's worth getting for that alone. But there is a lot more great info in here. Even the section on evaluating piece imbalances had new info in it.
If anyone has played against Stockfish or other strong engines available today, you know that beating computers is very difficult. They do not make tactical errors in general. But they haven't been programmed to realize the value of certain actions and structures. So they assess certain situations inaccurately. I used some of these ideas to mate Stockfish twice this week. Full Disclosure - it was running on my phone, not a powerful computer, and I ran out of time both games, so I guess technically I lost But a mate is a mate, and I'll take it.
That review is fake, it is more than obvious, no substance, he is commenting what TERRIBLE person I am, not the book.
Are you in your right mind, Brendan?
I don't like the book, because the author is a terrible person???
Obviously, a fake review.
There are many more fully positive, though, which you don't cite: https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-revi ... hisHelpful
Why did not you bring this one up?
Customer Review
5.0 out of 5 stars
The most unique chess manual I've read (in a good way)
ByTheodore K on December 15, 2017
Format: Kindle Edition
|
Verified Purchase
This book is so different from any other chess book I've read, and I have read a lot of them. Before dismissing these new ideas, remember that many new advances throughout human history seemed insane when compared to commonly held wisdom, and took years before people accepted them. I believe this book is actually ahead of its time. Perhaps we will look back years from now and realize how important these ideas were.
The concepts in this book are quite advanced. The author has named many things that occur in games quite frequently, but are rarely documented as strategic ideas. The chapter on pawn formations is tremendous - it's worth getting for that alone. But there is a lot more great info in here. Even the section on evaluating piece imbalances had new info in it.
If anyone has played against Stockfish or other strong engines available today, you know that beating computers is very difficult. They do not make tactical errors in general. But they haven't been programmed to realize the value of certain actions and structures. So they assess certain situations inaccurately. I used some of these ideas to mate Stockfish twice this week. Full Disclosure - it was running on my phone, not a powerful computer, and I ran out of time both games, so I guess technically I lost But a mate is a mate, and I'll take it.