I assume most people use them like academic textbooks. A lot of teachers probably haven't even read a whole textbook.
Have you EVER really finished reading any Chessbook??
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Aug 12, 2012
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I've made it my goal/new year's resolution/bucket list quite often, but now I usually rely soley on my team of strategic advisors (AKA "The Army of Hopefuls")
for their tactical expertise.
Realised there was no colour pics.
I just read 1/4 of it then next year 1/4 again.
the same 1/4 ?
Aug 12, 2012
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There are chessbooks i read all the way,but not all of them.I have more than 200 chess books and that is a lot of theory.
I always read the ending first, to see how it will turn out.
I finished reading 5 Chess books, and it was really interesting (sometimes boring) I think watching to chess videos are more entertaining and will help me faster in improving my chess skill.
Aug 12, 2012
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Read cover to cover, the majority of which I read +30 yrs ago:
BEGINNER BOOKS: Chess Fundamentals (Capablanca); Common Sense In Chess (Lasker) Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess
NIMZOVITCH: My System, Chess Praxis, Blockade
BEST GAMES OF: Morphy, Marshall, Pillsbury, Reshevsky, Fine, Fischer, Alekhine 1908-1923, 1924-1937, 1938-1945, Rubinstein, Capablanca, Smyslov 1935-1957
MISCELLANEOUS: Practical Chess Endings, The Chess Companion + The Fireside Book of Chess all by Irving Chernev, The Best In Chess, Chess Panorama, Karl Marx Plays Chess + Chess to Enjoy (last 2 by GM Soltis)
UNREAD as of yet: Botvinnik's Best Games 1931-46, 1947-70; Gligoric's Best Games, Petrosian's Best Games, Tals Best Games (by Clarke), How to Beat Bobby Fischer, Think Like A GM + Play Like A GM both by Kotov, Complete Games of Paul Keres (1929-1962, originally 3 vol, my ARCO PB edition was $2.95 new!!) Psychology in Chess, The Art of Defense in Chess (by GM Soltis), Masters of the Chessboard, Lasker's Best Games, Best Games of Korchnoi, Karpov, Kasparov and more (sigh) few of which I expect to read before shuffling off this mortal coil, and of course I'd like to re-read almost everything I've already read except for the best games of Morphy, (crappy notes) Reshevsky + Fine (boring notes, boring games)
PS: Of course "we" do not count reference books as being read or unread ie BCO, ECO, MCO, BCE, PCE etc. although I have many obsolete (and now unused) opening manuals, although I consider all my endgame books (by Fine, Keres, Chernev & Euwe) to be "up-to-date" for the most part.
Yes... I read UNDERHANDED CHESS, an unusual psychological approach to the game. For example: "If you know your opponent is afraid of snakes, keep one in a bowl on the table..." I heartily recommend it !
I finished book about attack by Agaard and Think like GM by Kotov. I also done all exercises from 3 books about endgames (there are only exercises, nothing to read :P).
I did have a lot of chess books years ago but had a house fire. Since then I have bought I think 3 and one has been read cover to cover repeatedly, Bronstein on the King's Indian. The others were reference books for lines in the Sicilian but the theory has rapidly gone out of date. I normally use chess.com explore option or use another website which has slightly more theory. The most valuable chess books have to be the ones which tackle the ideas of an opening rather than specific theory lines, due to the automatically dated value of paper textbooks, at least for me. By all means play through tomes of GM games but that has to be mainly for entertainment.
Aug 12, 2012
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pfren wrote:
Every chess book I've ever had was read cover to cover- including the bad books (some 40% of the 700+ I own).
So, you've read books like BCO, ECO, MCO, BCE etc cover to cover??
NimzoRoy wrote:
pfren wrote:
Every chess book I've ever had was read cover to cover- including the bad books (some 40% of the 700+ I own).
So, you've read books like BCO, ECO, MCO, BCE etc cover to cover??
Maybe he has never owned those ones.
My new August resolution is to finish one book."The Complete Chess-Player"
by Fred Reinfeld. Goodnight all.
pfren wrote:
Every chess book I've ever had was read cover to cover- including the bad books (some 40% of the 700+ I own).
Post a photograph or two of all your books!
bcoburn2 wrote:
My new August resolution is to finish one book."The Complete Chess-Player"
by Fred Reinfeld. Goodnight all.
That was my very first chess book! It was given to me as a birthday present when I was 11 years old, in the fall of 1972.
About 20 years ago I gave it to a co-worker, but since then I've purchased another copy.
I still probably haven't read every word/page of that book. It remains special to me though, obviously.
Every used chess book I pick up has only been partly read. How bout yours??