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Posted by cjjpeterson uskidscompute.com 8/09/2006 18:08:22 play online chess	Subject: Favorite chess books Message: What's your favorite chess book or author? Personally I like all books by Yasser Seirawan, mostly because he grew up in the Seattle area (where I live) and because they are really affective at teaching new skills to the aspiring chess player. Graham Burgess and Horowitz have also wrote some good ones. Then of course their is my favorite chess-based novel. "The Eight" by Katherine Neville. I would recommend this book to all those chess lovers out there and all those who love good books. cjjpeterson
Posted by tugger uskidscompute.com 8/10/2006 04:32:32 play online chess	Message: i have just two chess books... my 60 memorable games by bobby fischer, and practical chess endings by irving chernev the first is an excellent fully annotated book by the great fischer, and i would recommend it to anyone who wants to improve their tactical play and understanding of complex moves, and the second is a very useful endgame book, which gives many examples of different endgame positions, such as Q vs pawn on seventh rank, or R+B vs R.
Posted by ccmcacollister uskidscompute.com 8/10/2006 05:17:15 play online chess	My Favorites are: Message: GM Larry Evans, CCM Alex Dunne, IM John Watson and WC RJF. Tho there are many that I like, I feel these are about the best. Also the Game of the Month columns by GM Svetzovar Gligorich are Excellent works. And Kotov's '...Like a GM' books. I hadn't heard of "The Eight" and perhaps must read it! Thanks for the info, cjjpeterson
Posted by lucasbeauchamp uskidscompute.com 8/10/2006 07:36:36 play online chess	*The Defense* Message: by Vladimir Nabokov is much better than The Eight as a work of literature. It is the basis of the 2000 film The Luzhin Defense--the book is far better than the film. Then, of course, one must take a look at the short mystery "Knight's Gambit" by William Faulkner, the greatest writer in the English language.
Posted by bittersweet_ballad uskidscompute.com 8/10/2006 07:53:49 play online chess	Message: I've read The Art of Attack in Chess. It's by Vukovic, I think. Great book, loved it. Apart from that I recently bought the book by Alekhine (My most memorable games, or something) and the big fat book by Susan Polgar's father (don't remember what the name was). I haven't read them as yet - a friend highly recommended them to me. I hope they're as good as he said they were!
Posted by tag1153 uskidscompute.com 8/10/2006 10:12:56 play online chess	'Bobby Fischer Goes To War' Message: by Edmonds and Eidnow was the last book I read. It's a full accounting of the story behind the 1972 Championship where Fischer beat Spassky. There was very little actual analysis of games, but a wealth of info on the psychological tactics used by Fischer, as well as the geo-political reprecussions of the match. It was a great read:) tag1153
Posted by ccmcacollister uskidscompute.com 8/10/2006 10:57:20 play online chess	Question re Luzhin ... Message: lucasbeauchamp (Or anyone?) Do you know whence comes the name The Luzhin Defense? Just wondering if there might be a real GM name there or City, or "?!" . Or if/what there might be any connection to Don Maddox, who used the Nik "Luzhin" on Leisure Linc years ago? (Its not some colloqueallism for "Losing" is it!?) Thanks for the novel info, I must read That one then. Even tho I thought Roger Zelazny was The Best! :) And has written some Chess related story/ies ... such as The Unicorn Variation, which is a short story. * tag1153 Yes, I read that too, just last year. It was interesting. Of course I lived thru the Original match and coverage, so not too much was new to me but it was a bit fascinating all over again :) What a wild and wooly match that was! Even better than the Karpov-Kasparov WC that was aborted by Campomanes. We do get our Drama from Chess (and "Dear Abby" said Chess players were Boring! !????) * }8-) PS// I am now thinking, for the first time seriously, of writing my first Chess Book. & pondering what subject matter to tackle. I'd like to be done sometime this year, so that will limit it :)
Posted by cairo uskidscompute.com 8/10/2006 11:23:12 play online chess	When Message: it comes actually chessbooks with games and diagrams, my favorites is: -My System by Aron Nimzowitsch -My 60 memorable games by Robert J. Fischer -Pawnpower by Hans Kmoch and without board and pieces, I can warmly recommend: -Russian Silhouettes by Genna Sosonko -The Reliable Past by Genna Sosonko -My Great Predecessors I to VI by Garry Kasparov Best wishes Cairo
Posted by cjjpeterson uskidscompute.com 8/10/2006 12:21:16 play online chess	Great books Message: All of these books sound great! I've been looking in to getting "My System" by Nimzo, but it's hard to find these days.tag1153 the Fischer book sounds like a good one and so do the books mentioned by lucasbeauchamp. Good luck with your book ccmcacollister. cjjpeterson
Posted by thunker uskidscompute.com 8/10/2006 12:31:45 play online chess	Might I add... Message: "Chess Fundamentals" and "A Primer of Ches" both by J.R. Capablanca for good basics "The Ideas Behind the Chess Openings" by Reuben Fine for opening theory "The System" by Dr. Hans J. Berliner for more advanced theory. The first two are a bit dated, but the theory is still sound. "The System" is a great read that gives a fresh viewpoint on game as a whole, although his section on "chunking" still exceeds my grasp, even after re-reading it several times. It's a good book especially on the Queen Pawn style openings... I also concur with cairo about Kmoch's book. Nimzovich's book is good, but I found it a bit diffcult to follow his writing style.
Posted by gothicgirl uskidscompute.com 8/10/2006 14:06:29 play online chess	my favorite chess books... Message: ...are these: - all the books, having been published by Mark Dvoretzki and Arthur Jussupov - the books about Endgames by Edmar Mednis - think play like a grandmaster/ play like a grandmaster by Kotov - the biography about Alekhin by Kotov and some more...
Posted by calmrolfe uskidscompute.com 8/15/2006 06:56:54 play online chess	Message: Training for the Tournament Player - M Dvoretsky & A Yusupov Gems of the Chess Board - P Wenman (Published 1940) Batsford Chess Openings - Kasparov & Keene The Chess Mind - Gerald Abrahams
Chess news: Hikaru beats leader at Corus Chess Tournament -- Let's start with an update to the Corus Chess Tournament, which is getting more exciting by the day. It had seemed that U.S. chess champion Hikaru Nakamura's bid to win the event might be slipping away. Coming into the seventh round Saturday, Hikaru had made three straight draws. He was tied for second place, 1.5 points behind the leader, Alexei Shirov of Spain. Not a bad showing, but the 22-year-old New Yorker has ambitions of winning the chess tournament and clearly establishing himself as one of the world's elite players. So for Hikaru, Saturday was crucial. He was paired against Shirov and had the advantage of playing the white pieces. Here was a chance to cut ... Shirov in Sveshnikov -- Vladimir Kramnik made his move in the eighth round of the Corus chess tournament at Wijk aan Zee and defeated the US chess champion Hikaru Nakamura to join Magnus Carlsen in second place. Alexey Shirov remains half a point ahead with five to play and he tested Magnus Carlsen’s chess opening preparation by challenging him to repeat the line that decided last year’s MTel tournament when Carlsen lost badly. A fascinating game. In the Sveshnikov Sicilian Black often sacrifices pawns for activity. White is three pawns ahead at the end but cannot coordinate. ... Kramnik claims Carlsen -- Vladimir Kramnik played what he described as feeling like “his greatest ever game” to defeat Magnus Carlsen in the ninth round of the Corus chess tournament at Wijk aan Zee. The former world chess champion moved into the joint lead with Alexey Shirov and avenged his defeat at Carlsen’s hands at last December’s London Chess Classic. Scores with four to play: 1-2 Shirov, Kramnik 6.5/9; 3-4 Carlsen, Karjakin 5.5; 5-7 Ivanchuk, Dominguez, Nakamura 5; 8-9 Leko, Anand 4.5; 10 Caruana 3.5; 11-13 Tiviakov, Short, Van Wely 3; 14 Smeets 2.5; ...