what chess books should I buy to improve my calculations?
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marqumax
Apr 1, 2020
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I've been working on chess extremely hard for the last 8 months and climed from 800 rating to almost 1800 (in blitz) I read The complete engame course by J. S, 60 memorable games, play like a grandmaster by Kotov, Secrets of modern chess strategy, and a little bit of opening books. Now I am thinking about buying Dvoretsky's engame manual, something from Mihail Tal and Gary Kasparov.
But I am not sure what book will improve my calculations, as I never read anything about calculations before. Can someone help me please?
bobby fisher learns chess
Study these in the following order...
1. "Chess Tactics From Scratch" by Martin Weteschnik.....targeted primarily to intermediate players....
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1907982027/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0
http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review851.pd
2. "How to Calculate Chess Tactics" by Valeri Beim....targeted primarily to advanced players...
https://www.amazon.com/Calculate-Chess-Tactics-Valeri-Beim/dp/1904600506/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review572.pdf
Chess Cafe Book reviews archive...
http://www.chesscafe.com/archives/reviews.htm
several of my blog articles are devoted to recommendation and suggestions for chess books on a variety of topics...
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell
I see you have read play like a grandmaster, have you seen Kotov’s other book? Think like a grandmaster. I liked that one better.
Apr 2, 2020
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THE_ONE_EYED_DEMON wrote:
bobby fisher learns chess
Are you serious? Everything he has already read is WAAAAY above the level of that book. That would be a total waste of time. While it is a good book, anyone rated about 1000 or above will not get much out of it.
I got this for 1 euro but it looks very complicated
Apr 2, 2020
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#10
The best book I have seen on calculation is “The Inner Game of Chess” by Soltis. It’s even better if you can study Soltis’s “How to Choose a Chess Move” first, but that book is out of print and used copies are somewhat pricey. I did Inner Game first and learned a lot more from it than from Kotov.
I have never read “The inner game of chess,” but Kotov’s book “Think like a grandmaster” is super good and helpful. I would suggest reading the first part of the book without using a board. It is very hard and takes a long time but helps with your calculation greatly. The downside of the book is the algebraic notation version is super expensive. I have the descriptive notation version but I have a little trouble reading it.