Originally posted by greenpawn34Cheers Greenpawn!! 🙂
Hi
Thread 118806 has a list of people's favourite chess
books and their reasons.
Originally posted by orion25Oh I agree. I'm just arguing that the idea that "studying openings is a waste of time" can be challenged at many different levels. I think basic opening principles, basic tactics, and basic endgames are what get a player playing better the quickest.
yes, that's all true and nice, but don't you think there are other areas were you should spend your time. I'd rather spend my time studying other aspects. I'm not saying you don't need to know them, eventually you will, but it is not primary. Anyhow there is already a whole threat going about this.
I prefer studying via complete games because I learn concepts in context, and I just plain enjoy the games. They are like stories or poems expressed in symbolic, non-linguistic terms.
Paul
Originally posted by heinzkatthat doesn't make any sense.
Thread 118904 (it's not really a good argument but what I am wanting to say is that there is a complete lack of IDEAS in the positions that you are offered)
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Originally posted by greenpawn34allright. about the original post. my advice would be not to take books too literally. it took me long to realize that Kotov's classic did me almost as much harm as good, for example. or Silman's "dream position" theory where you're supposed to somehow imagine a position you would like to have, than look for ways to reach it. or the theories in my system as if they are scientific. or the stuff about h3 and h6 in chernev.
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er.....neither does that post in this thread.
(Go to the original thread and post a comment about Books, that will
really screw everyone up.)
read them if you will, but just keep such stuff in mind when you play, do not try to do exactly as these tell you. the most important thing is to analyze positions yourself.
the most serious books I've seen that had none of these were Nunn's and Dvoretsky's works.
You are right PP.
These 'How to....' books may work for one but fail badly for another.
You cannot go wrong with a collection of complete games.
They are not trying to get you to do anything just simply look
at games that have been played.
It's up to you wether or not you want to plough into all the notes
looking for the truth. No harm done if you don't.
But if you expend a load of energy taking in some 'system' that
has either been explained poorly or is not suited to you.
Then plenty of harm done.