It's a great book - a classic. The principles of positional-strategic elements of chess it instructively presents will never be outdated. It should have been published in algebraic notation long ago.
Should I publish Modern Chess Strategy by Ludek Pachman in algebraic notation?
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Apr 18, 2021
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You might also think about publishing pachman’s “complete chess strategy”, which is in 3 volumes. I believe “modern chess strategy” is the 3 volumes condensed into a single volume with some stuff taken out.
Modern Chess Strategy, by Ludek Pachman, is easily the best chess book I read in all my life. I read it in an edition from Spain. Never translated in Portuguese.
Agree with ...Matt above: “complete chess strategy”. 3 Reasons: 1. there is stuff in it that is important but not in MCS, 2. You'd get to publish 3 books rather than 1 (and if it lost money you could stop after vol 1), 3. You wouldn't be competing with 10,000 cheap, used volumes of MCS.
I have the German edition.
Oct 19, 2023
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I have the one volume edition of Pachman's "Modern Chess Strategy" and yes, it's in Descriptive Notation. I first learned to play chess in 1975, when most if not all the books were in Descriptive Notation. When Algebraic notation came out, I learned how to do that as well. Instead of waiting for the publishers to publish MCS in algebraic notation (which I would buy), I decided to get a nice big notebook, sit down at a chessboard with the book, play through the moves in descriptive notation, then translate it to algebraic in my nice big notebook. Fair warning: this will be painstakingly slow, but a great way to learn the points Mr. Pachman is trying to get across. At least it was for me because it's been awhile since I've studied any game in Descriptive notation.
Modern Chess Strategy by Ludek Pachman is one of the last "good reads" for middle game chess strategy that has not been published in algebraic notation yet. Would anyone buy it? I'm just wondering if people think the book is outdated or something.