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Title: Play Winning Chess by Yasser Seirawan ISBN: 1-85744-331-4 Publisher: Everyman Chess Pub. Date: June, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.58 (33 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Fundamentals
Comment: To me, 4 stars means "good" - "better than average" but not "excellent." Although I'm a little tired of books which review the "this is how this piece moves," this book only give a token nod to piece movement. It focuses mainly on four basic concepts: force, time, space and pawn structure. If you don't understand why these four topics are critical to your basic play, this book is for you. This book, as does the entire series, has quizzes throughout the chapters and tests at the end of each chapter. These help make sure you understood what the chapters were about. The last real chapter covers annotated games that nicely demonstrate the principles. Personally, I enjoyed the history section in the beginning. I had grown a little tired of "the queen wasn't always this powerful" descriptions in most books and I finally know when the pieces' powers changed and what they changed from... nice perk.
Rating: 5
Summary: Perfect for the beginner and the dabbler
Comment: I learned to play chess a long time ago, but never learned to play well. When I recently decided that I wanted to become better, I found this book to be the best starting point. It is very readable and Seirawan has a sense of humor. Problems and situations are explained in English, not cryptic comments, and quizzes and tests are included to reinforce the concepts. Finally, the book is the first of five covering the entire game of chess from beginner to studies of past grandmaster games, giving a unified tutorial of the game.
Rating: 4
Summary: Second best beginning book out there
Comment: I like this book as it does a good job of giving a basic introduction to the game. Written so any adult can understand basic strategy and basic rules of the game.
However, without a doubt CHESS FOR JUNIORS is a superior book for a kid or teen, and perhaps even for the adult reader. If you are an adult I would only give Chess For Juniors a slight nudge over this one. For a younger reader Chess For Juniors is best.
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Title: Winning Chess Tactics by Yasser Seirawan ISBN: 1857443330 Publisher: Everyman Chess Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Winning Chess Strategies by Yasser Seirawan ISBN: 1857443322 Publisher: Everyman Chess Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Winning Chess Openings by Yasser Seirawan ISBN: 1857443497 Publisher: Everyman Chess Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Winning Chess Endings by Yasser Seirawan ISBN: 1857443489 Publisher: Everyman Chess Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Winning Chess Brilliancies by Yasser Seirawan ISBN: 1857443470 Publisher: Everyman Chess Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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