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As you become more familiar with the chess openings you will then want to develop an opening repertoire eg
This series ends with the following two books how to win in the middle game of chess and how t... Read More
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The seller advertised the book as worn but usable and the price reflected that
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However the openings covered are very common and the knowledge provided is very good for someone trying to get into the middlegame
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- This product had a total of 42 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 29 2021.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
A few weeks ago when my young sons expressed an interest in learning to play the game i pulled the dusty weighted stauntons down out of the closet but i couldnt find the old copy of horowitz
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
So at first i was pretty disappointed in the book and left it alone
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Beginning players often pound out their first moves of a chess game by rote merely imitating moves theyve seen in a book or magazine
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
When they run out of prelearned moves they are often at a complete loss as to how to proceed because they do not understand the reasoning behind those memorized moves
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The book covers only certain variations of openings popular in the 1950s so one will not see the kings indian defense or benoni
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Likewise it points out the fallacy of deviating from principle
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
In short dont play the openings by rote
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In 1968 all four books were published in a single volume how to win at chess a complete course 817 pp
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