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Title: Chess Rules of Thumb by Lev Alburt, Al Lawrence ISBN: 1-889323-10-1 Publisher: Chess Information and Research Center Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 1 (2 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Bad
Comment: This book is crap.
Waste less time on it than I have here.
Rating: 1
Summary: Can Alburt & Lawrence plead temporary insanity?
Comment: This would be a decent (but not great) book for 20 cents. I don't see how it's worth twenty dollars.
It's full of large-print, pithy advice. Sometimes, the advice is quoted from a well-known master, and those few quotations are easily the best parts of the book.
Normally, there are 2 of these per page, but sometimes (at chapter boundaries) none.
The last several pages do not even have this much. Instead, they show diagrams of many different openings, with a brief comment. Typically, the diagrams show only a single move; sometimes 2 or 3. I have no idea how this could be valuable to anyone.
I would say one star, but I save that for truly horrible books. This book exudes quality in its pages, its binding, its printing, etc. All the advice that I read (and you can read the whole thing standing at the bookstore) was sound, but none of it was supported by example. (Well, maybe a few rare examples.) It does not actually require any thinking by the reader. It is similar to some pretty pop philosophy gift-books I've seen in the bargain bins.
I think the book would be most valuable for a chess coach to clip the pages and pin them to a bulletin board. It has absolutely no other value. The author and publisher are certifiably insane if they imagine someone could learn from this.
Addendum:
I have learned that several quotations are wrongly attributed. This poor research turns a 2-star book into a 1-star book. Avoid.
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Title: Three Days With Bobby Fischer and Other Chess Essays: How to Meet Champions & Choose Your Openings by Lev Alburt, Al Lawrence ISBN: 1889323098 Publisher: Chess Information and Research Center Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: United States Chess Federation's Official Rules of Chess, Fifth Edition (UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION//US CHESS FEDERATION'S OFFICIAL RULES OF CHESS) by United States Chess Federation, Tim Just, Daniel B. Burg, U.S. Chess Federation, Daniel E. Burg ISBN: 0812935594 Publisher: Random House Puzzles & Games Pub. Date: 12 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Chess Software User's Guide: Making the Most of Your Software by Byron Jacobs ISBN: 1857442849 Publisher: Everyman Chess Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Secrets of Positional Chess by Drazen Marovic ISBN: 1901983730 Publisher: Gambit Publications Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Blunders and How to Avoid Them: Eliminate Mistakes from Your Play by Angus Dunnington ISBN: 1857443446 Publisher: Everyman Chess Pub. Date: 01 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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