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Pros & Cons
Pros
The paper is high quality and very white - it has a nice feel and doesn't allow for bleed through when using a highlighter. It's a book that provokes and challenges you to think differently about chess. This book is borderline necessary for understand... Read More
My 21st century edition is a book about chess strategy. It outlines the role of pawn structure, the importance of prophylaxis, and the concept of overprotection. The book also discusses the various openings and defenses that he favored.
Cons
This review is not about the content, but the 'kindle' edition. This is not an ebook, it's a poor-quality scan of a hard copy edition. Please spare yourself being cheated and buy other publisher's versions.
Typography is poor with hard-to-read sans sarif fonts. Printing and paper quality are poor with blurry print and high bleed-through on low-grade high-pulp paper. Layouts are ugly. Poor font choice.
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Quality
There are ample diagrams and the variations are keep to the point where they still illustrate the point but allow the reader to... Read More
This is a classic one to be read over and over with the intent to make you more competitive as noted by several gms and ims over the years
Maybe i should pick it back up and start reading it again but for the moment i am tied up with the london system
Notice several entries complaining about the kindle version without search capabilities even with the paperback version i open ... Read More
Competitiveness
In the beginning i was a little bit concerned that it could be too hard for a 9year old
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- This product had a total of 207 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 28 2023.
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One of the challenges i have found with other chess books is that there are not enough diagrams and there are so many variations that seem to take the reader down rabbit holes that it is difficult to find your way back to the point of the lesson
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Other chess books assume that these concepts are understood prior to reading their books
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Most likely other authors learned these fundamental concepts from this book and therefore assume everyones learning has followed a similar path which is why they never explain the concepts in depth
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Adult readers will fare better understanding the explanations than young readers because the expressions used in some paragraphs reflect the writing style of a century ago
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Added to this there are a few typographical errors so it can be difficult to discern a typo from an uncommon expression or failure to understand the point being explained
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Maybe i should pick it back up and start reading it again but for the moment i am tied up with the london system
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
In the beginning i was a little bit concerned that it could be too hard for a 9year old
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