what is a good middlegame book for 1200 ranked players?
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Simple Chess by Michael Stean.
How to reasses your chess, The amateur's mind and the Complete endgame course all write by silman are great for your level.
After(1600-1700 elo) you will be at the level to read my system or kotov play, think and train like a grandmaster.
check this out on Amazon.com, this book is not released yet.
get roman dzindzi's first few dvds and go from there. volumes 1-9 and his endgame dvds. get all the ones where primary target audience is beginners. a lot of his dvds are very very advanced, only appropriate for high level players and people who are specialists in certain openings. so don't get the wrong ones.
chess fundamentals by capablanca was how i was taught to play chess about 3-4 years ago and i recomend it for any begginer
pfren wrote:
I do think that Stean's book is quite good, but Capa's is a real classic.
After finishing that, you can try getting a copy of an old and very thin book (just 130 pages): "Modern Ideas in Chess" by Richard Reti. IMO this is the best chess book ever written.
Wow, you think really highly of Reti's book! I have never read it, but I will check it out now.
Why do you consider this book to be so outstanding? Is it good for players rated 2000+?
pfren wrote: One may think it's impossible to achieve that in just 130 pages, but Reti proved the opposite. There is not a single word that's carelessly wasted, everything in it is bit perfect.
Could you tell me, please, if there is an algebraic edition available?
pfren wrote:
MODERN IDEAS IN CHESS: 21ST CENTURY EDITION
Edited by Bruce Alberston
Russell Enterprises (2010)
132 pages
Figurine algebraic
Paperback
$19.95
The same Bruce Alberston of the chess puzzles/mazes books! Thank you very much.
fburton wrote:
pfren wrote:
MODERN IDEAS IN CHESS: 21ST CENTURY EDITION
Edited by Bruce Alberston
Russell Enterprises (2010)
132 pages
Figurine algebraic
Paperback
$19.95
The same Bruce Alberston of the chess puzzles/mazes books! Thank you very much.
ALWAYS CHECK AMAZON FIRST FOR CHESS BOOKS:
Just go on www.newinchess.com, and in the "search product in shop" function type in "MIDDLEGAME" or whatever you are looking for, and you'll get an amazing list of books, DVDs etc.,to pick from. You can order directly from them.
NEW IN CHESS is THE site for buying books by which to learn how to play chess.
Bye, Have fun,
Pierluigi
I wholeheartedly agree that Modern Ideas in Chess is a wonderful chess book -- but it's a book of games discussing the evolution of chess play up to hypermodern chess in 20s and 30s...It just is not a middlegame book for a ~1200 player! Enjoyable and aesthetically valuable, and a valuable part of a chess player's education, absolutely - It deserves all the praise pfren gave it imo, but - an efficient book to study for practical lessons in the middlegame for an advanced beginner? No, not imho, not at all.
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i am looking into buying a new chess middegame book but i dont know what to buy heeelp :)