2nd Book to read after Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess?
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sundevilwolf
Jan 19, 2021
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Novice player, yes I’m a ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ Beth Harmon-inite (not sure what the chess community calls us...Anya Taylor-Joy’s Chess Children?) anyway, I finished BF Teaches [Checkmates], good book, but lets be real I’ve never gotten that far in my games to get a back-rank check mate. I liked the format and the explanations, with that, what book would you recommend for my 2nd book? More of a focus on the earlier phases of the game maybe a deep dive into a few openings? Or middle game? Or tactics? I don’t know what next.
If you never get to back rank mates... you need true beginner stuff.
Id get:
"Play Winning Chess" by Yasser Seirawan
this is probably available at your local library
and / or
"The Soviet Chess Primer"
Jan 19, 2021
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I'm in the same boat. RussBell's recent blog mentions Bobby Fischer's book and books to read after it plus dozens of others including the two BattleDuck suggested.
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/good-chess-books-for-beginners-and-beyond
I know it sounds bad, not meant to be an insult, but an honest suggestion.
Read "Chess for Dummies" by James Eade.
It’s a good introduction to some positional stuff, like doubled and isolated pawns, good and bad bishops etc.
BigLew wrote:
I know it sounds bad, not meant to be an insult, but an honest suggestion.
Read Chess for Dummies by James Eade.
It’s a good introduction to some positional stuff, like doubled and isolated pawns, good and bad bishops etc.
Read Chess for Dummies by James Eade.
It’s a good introduction to some positional stuff, like doubled and isolated pawns, good and bad bishops etc.
An excellent book with an unfortunate title
I think complete game books are best for beginners. You get some insight into many different things, but nothing too deep with either of the Chernov books: Most Instructive Games and or Logical Chess.
Best book in my opinion would be
Polgar 5334 book.
https://www.amazon.com/-/es/L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3-Polg%C3%A1r/dp/1579125549/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=polgar+chess&qid=1611149350&sprefix=polgar&sr=8-4
All you need to do is woodpeckers method on mate in 1 puzzles in this book for now, which will improve your vision, geometry of the board, pattern recognition, and overall improve your game play
the answer is here...
Good Chess Books for Beginners and Beyond...
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/good-chess-books-for-beginners-and-beyond