Soviet Chess Primer (Chess Classics)

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It should not surprise us that youthful attachment to cherished books would persist, and in this case the attachment is justified. Despite my reservations about the title, The Soviet Chess Primer is a fine book and its acclaim is deserved. This entry was posted in Instructional, problems, Studies and tagged Ilya Maizelis, Quality Chess, The Soviet Chess Primer on June 4, 2015 by fullcityplus.

I'm currently halfway through the book and plan to run through it again for any chapters that I score less than 80% correctly.Chess is largely a matter of pattern recognition, and this book will help you start to recognize the patterns. There are certainly better primers in print today, but few books are more interesting than is The Soviet Chess Primer. Ele cobre desde o movimento das peças até as três fases do jogo (abertura, meio jogo e finais), passando pelos elementos mais importantes (tática, estratégia e cálculo). Well illustrated and explained games to showcase the essential principles (tactics, strategy, combinations, positional play) to apply to every chess game.

Though this book does begin with the basic rules of chess--and even teaches the reader how to read the book because it takes the time to explain algebraic chess notation right at the start--it quickly moves on to more advanced tactical and strategic ideas. This is a great instructional technique as the student sees firsthand with positions they've gained familiarity with earlier that any given chess position will have multiple themes in it. I really liked the simple language used in this book , and a lot and lot of the innumerable chess themes and every fundamentals are covered with great detail and instructive examples. It has inspired generations of Russians to take up the game, including arguably the two greatest players of all time, the 12th and 13th World Champions. Approximately 60% of the Russian text appears in The Soviet Chess Primer; although I cannot read the Cyrillic lettering, it appears that some detailed opening analysis and sections on the history of chess were excised.Please remember it can take some time for your bank or credit card company to process and post the refund too. However, where this book shines is that it provides enough examples (of increasing complexity) that reading the book will help the reader begin to recognize when those tactics might become relevant. Yes, Black is in zugzwang, but surely there are much clearer and Elo-appropriate ways to illustrate the point than this? You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Nevertheless, as someone who remembers the white-hot rivalry of their world championship matches, I was startled when I received the new translation of Ilya Maizelis’ The Soviet Chess Primer from Quality Chess.

I wish I'd read it sooner as then it would have been my introduction to many of the concepts it contains. Só ressalto um detalhe: apesar de ser fácil acompanhar os primeiros capítulos, logo o livro fica bem difícil! Logical Chess' writing seems a bit puerile, and I can flip through pages pretty easily, whereas I like the density of the Soviet Primer. Lasker wrote the forward to the original Russian edition and the famous coach and author Mark Dvoretsky has written the new one for this English translation, it's his favorite chessbook of all time.I purchased it in 2015 while participating on a fide tournament and since then , I have been reading through (playing and solving should I say) this book and it is pure gold for anyone wishing to learn and master the game. Really excellent book, found it useful after coming back to chess after a break, interspersed with key ideas and principles for all parts of your game.

The author presents the material in an engaging and concise manner and includes practical examples after the theory, and exams at the end of each chapter. If you are new to the game, check out /r/chessbeginners and before posting here please read our rules: https://www. Each chapter concludes with a whimsical set of “Entertainment Pages,” where miniatures and ‘fun exercises’ appear, and some of the original drawings are brought over from the Russian. Alekhine’s “my best games of chess” is a good start because games and notes are very clear and thorough.Ultimately, I'd recommend this for the serious beginner or early-intermediate chess player looking to deepen his or her knowledge of the game. I suspect, however, that the particular affection felt for it by former Soviets may have another source. The translation by John Sugden reads well, and – as one expects from Quality Chess – the production values are high. Please contact us in advance for advice on best procedure, as in certain circumstances we are able to send our courier to collect items. Those world be my 3 picks, maybe also an easier tactics book before Polgar, not that it’s hard, but maybe it’s too much for a total beginner.