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| From | Message | Posted by wadvana
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12/14/2003
12:35:09
Play online chess |  Subject: Progression from "Reassess your chess"
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After reading The renowned How to Reassess your chess by Jeremy Silman, i was looking for other books which would slowly build on the base of chess understanding that Mr Silman introduced.
Of course i cant expect other writers to have written with the same thought process, but can anyone recommend books which progresss from the 1800 level which the book consolidates for the reader.
Thanks in advance
| Posted by wadvana
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12/14/2003
12:36:57
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i forgot to mention that i was speaking of both How to reassess you chess, and the workbook.
| Posted by coyotefan
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12/14/2003
22:34:28
Play online chess | Lev Alburt
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"Comprehensive chess" 5 book series
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Kirsan Ilyumzhinov Re-elected as World Chess Federation President — Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was re-elected as president of the World Chess Federation on Wednesday. Mr. Ilyumzhinov reportedly defeated Anatoly Karpov, the former world chess champion, by a vote of 99 to 55. Each country in the federation, which is also known by the acronym FIDE (for Fédération Internationale des Échecs), had one vote. Mr. Ilyumzhinov’s new term runs to 2014; he has been president of FIDE since 1995. The election was held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, where the biennial Chess Olympiad is also being played. As part of Mr. Ilyumzhinov’s ticket, Georgios Makropoulos of Greece was re-elected deputy president; Lewis Ncube of Zambia and Beatriz Marinello ...
| Posted by baseline
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12/15/2003
01:35:43
Play online chess | Jacob Aagaard
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Excelling at Chess and
Excelling at Positional Chess
both from Everyman Chess
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Ivanchuk Dominates Chess Olympiad — The chess olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia is in full swing, moving into the second half. The Open section has 149 teams listed, nearly 750 chess players. The women section has 115 teams, roughly 575 chess players. Head and shoulders above all players stands Vasyl Ivanchuk. The 41-year old Ukrainian grandmaster smashed everything coming his way so far, winning five straight games and amassing a giant 3357 performance rating. On Tuesday, Ivanchuk added his sixth victory against the Georgian GM Baadur Jobava. His team leads the chess olympiad after seven rounds, having won six matches and drawing one. The 11-round olympiad concludes Sunday, October 3. Ivanchuk was ...
| Posted by janpot
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12/15/2003
05:45:03
Play online chess | Chessbooks to improve
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Hi!
I can strongly recommend John Watson's 'Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy'. further: Have you read Silman's 'The Amateur's Mind'? I also still find a lot of pleasure in re-reading John Nunn's 'Understanding Chess Move by Move'. It's on my toplist.
Jeremy Silman, who I emailed quite some time ago, also recommended a good book on tactical puzzles. I chose John Emms' 'The Ultimate (sic) Chess Puzzle Book' (1001 problems for you to solve). That keeps you busy for a while!
John Rowson's 'The Seven Deadly Chess Sins' is a remarkable book by a enigmatic chess writer.
I also bought 'How to think in chess', but that is SO much over my head, that I placed in back on the bookshelf forever.
A very fine one, to conclude, is 'Heroic Tales: The Best of ChessCafe.com - 1996-2001'. Great reading. Really!
See you. Cheerio! Jan
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New Jersey Man Plays Kasparov and Carlsen — Chess players are not movie stars — no one has ever stalked a chess player, at least not for playing chess — but some fans go to great lengths to meet and even play against the game’s best. Jonathan B. Crumiller is a fan, and he lived out a dream this month. Crumiller, who is a master but certainly not a top chess player, is the chief operating officer of Princeton Consultants and lives and works in New Jersey. On Sept. 8, he was in London at a fund-raiser for Anatoly Karpov, the former world chess champion, who is running for president of the World Chess Federation. As part of the event, there was an auction to play a consultation game with Garry Kasparov, another former chess champion, and ...
| Posted by nottop
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12/15/2003
07:22:15
Play online chess | chessbooks
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Agree about Watson book. Very good choice.
But I suggest also reading all the books by Dvoretsky.
The one book breaks things down - the other ones build things up. They are fine in combination.
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Chess stars align in Siberia — The 39th Chess Olympiad began Tuesday in Khanty-Mansiysk, a small Siberian city in Russia. The immense chess tournament has attracted 146 men's teams and 114 women's teams representing 142 nations. Half of the 484 participants in the men's section hold the grandmaster title. The ninth-seeded U.S. men's chess team consists of grandmasters Hikaru Nakamura (Missouri), Gata Kamsky (New York), Alexander Onischuk (Virginia), Yury Shulman (Illinois) and Robert Hess (New York). That's an impressive lineup with a fair chance at a medal. They defeated Faroe Islands, 4-0, and Mongolia, 31/2-1/2, in their first two matches. The sixth-seeded U.S. women's chess team is probably ...
| Posted by baseline
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12/15/2003
14:26:05
Play online chess | Watson's & Dvoretsky's books
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Are very good indeed but they are written for expert level players.
wadvana,
Lev Albert's Course
Chess Strategy for the Tournament Player
The King in Jeopardy
Chess Strategy for the Tournament Player
Just the Facts
are all written for players at your level
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After Four Rounds of the Chess Olympiad, Several Favorites Have Fallen — Seven teams have won all of their matches through the first four rounds of the biennial Chess Olympiad. Four of those teams — the top two Russian teams, Hungary and Armenia — were ranked among the top six at the start, so their standing is no surprise. But three of the leaders — the Netherlands, the Republic of Georgia and Vietnam — are unexpected, in particular the last two, who were ranked No. 20 and 27, respectively, when the chess competition began. Several of the pre-tournament favorites ran into unexpected trouble early on. Ukraine, which was ranked No. 2, gave up a drawn match to Croatia, No. 28, in Round 3. (Matches are between teams of four players). Ukraine is now tied for ...
| Posted by baseline
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12/15/2003
14:26:05
Play online chess | Watson's & Dvoretsky's books
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Are very good indeed but they are written for expert level players.
wadvana,
Lev Albert's Course
Chess Strategy for the Tournament Player
The King in Jeopardy
Chess Strategy for the Tournament Player
Just the Facts
are all written for players at your level
| Posted by mitchst
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12/15/2003
17:05:40
Play online chess | Going from 1800 to master
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If you're through with the workbook, maybe check out "How to Reasess your chess" It's a great book and also offers recommendations once players advance beyond the confines of the book. I would recommend "Think Like a Grandmaster" (calculation) and "Play LIke a Grandmaster" (strategy) both by GM Kotov. Vukovic's "Art of Attack" is also excellent. For endgames, "Basic Chess Endings" by Fine is pretty much the most comprehensive one-volume thing out there but I am hearing great praise for the Dvoretsky's new Endgame Manual (available in print or as a CD)
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