Hi! I have a difficult question for all those who have read Euwe's “volledige handleiding voor het schaakspel” (“Schach von A bis Z” in german) and think this is the best book to start learning chess. The question : The book is only available in Dutch and German, can someone recomend a book in English, Spanish or Italian that is similar? I bought Hugh Patterson's “Chess”, but it says things like you should never ever play 1.f4, and mixes up the concepts of time and tempo. I need something that starts with the very basics but still treats the reader with respect, so you can keep what you read for your whole life. Euwe does it, but it's not translated
Maybe: A Complete Chess Course by Gude
http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/A_Complete_Chess_Course.pdf
www.amazon.com/Complete-Chess-Course-Antonio-Gude/dp/1910093645?asin=B0172R6LO2&revisionId=d5e4bd19&format=1&depth=1
I think that it has been translated to English from Spanish.
http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/A_Complete_Chess_Course.pdf
www.amazon.com/Complete-Chess-Course-Antonio-Gude/dp/1910093645?asin=B0172R6LO2&revisionId=d5e4bd19&format=1&depth=1
I think that it has been translated to English from Spanish.
@Xaver said in #1:
> I need something that starts with the very basics but still treats the reader with respect, so you can keep what you read for your whole life.
I have some recommendations for books like this in English in "The Two-Book Chess Library:" lichess.org/@/CaseyReese/blog/the-two-book-chess-library/DK6KfPfk
> I need something that starts with the very basics but still treats the reader with respect, so you can keep what you read for your whole life.
I have some recommendations for books like this in English in "The Two-Book Chess Library:" lichess.org/@/CaseyReese/blog/the-two-book-chess-library/DK6KfPfk
Are you getting this for somebody else? Because I do have to wonder how you know about this (alleged) time/tempo mixup.
For what it is worth, a description of Hugh Patterson can be seen at The Chess Improver site.
chessimprover.com/author/hughp/
I was struck by this comment in one of his 2015 articles:
"... Because there are so many variations presented in these books [on various openings], many players try to skim through them. Don't do it. Play through every single example no matter how long it takes. ..."
chessimprover.com/how-to-read-a-chess-book/
The advice seems to me to make a strong contrast with what GM Nigel Davies wrote in a 2005 opening book:
"... The way I suggest you study this book is to play through the main games once, relatively quickly, and then start playing the variation in actual games. Playing an opening in real games is of vital importance - without this kind of live practice it is impossible to get a 'feel' for the kind of game it leads to. There is time enough later for involvement with the details, after playing your games it is good to look up the line. ..."
In 2014, GM David Smerdon described himself as reading Playing the Trompowsky, cover to cover, during the four hour train ride "from Amsterdam to the quaint little Belgium town of Bruges."
That would be about 1.08 pages per minute.
www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/PlayingtheTrompowsky-excerpt.pdf
(The movie, In Bruges, had been about six years earlier.)
www.rottentomatoes.com/m/in_bruges
chessimprover.com/author/hughp/
I was struck by this comment in one of his 2015 articles:
"... Because there are so many variations presented in these books [on various openings], many players try to skim through them. Don't do it. Play through every single example no matter how long it takes. ..."
chessimprover.com/how-to-read-a-chess-book/
The advice seems to me to make a strong contrast with what GM Nigel Davies wrote in a 2005 opening book:
"... The way I suggest you study this book is to play through the main games once, relatively quickly, and then start playing the variation in actual games. Playing an opening in real games is of vital importance - without this kind of live practice it is impossible to get a 'feel' for the kind of game it leads to. There is time enough later for involvement with the details, after playing your games it is good to look up the line. ..."
In 2014, GM David Smerdon described himself as reading Playing the Trompowsky, cover to cover, during the four hour train ride "from Amsterdam to the quaint little Belgium town of Bruges."
That would be about 1.08 pages per minute.
www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/PlayingtheTrompowsky-excerpt.pdf
(The movie, In Bruges, had been about six years earlier.)
www.rottentomatoes.com/m/in_bruges
I'm getting it for a kid.
As I understand it, time is what I have on the clock, tempo is the ability to make a move I want to make before the oponent makes a move they want to make (so if i do sth i want while forcing them to defend rather that doing what they want, I win a tempo. But that doesn't affect the time I have on my clock, those are two different concepts, I would never tell a child "ches players call time tempo" as he does. I don't claim to have better knowledge of the game than him, what I have is more respect for the intelligence of a child)
@MrPushwood said in #4:
> Are you getting this for somebody else? Because I do have to wonder how you know about this (alleged) time/tempo mixup.
As I understand it, time is what I have on the clock, tempo is the ability to make a move I want to make before the oponent makes a move they want to make (so if i do sth i want while forcing them to defend rather that doing what they want, I win a tempo. But that doesn't affect the time I have on my clock, those are two different concepts, I would never tell a child "ches players call time tempo" as he does. I don't claim to have better knowledge of the game than him, what I have is more respect for the intelligence of a child)
@MrPushwood said in #4:
> Are you getting this for somebody else? Because I do have to wonder how you know about this (alleged) time/tempo mixup.
Maybe consider: Winning Chess Strategy for Kids by Jeff Coakley
web.archive.org/web/20140708094112/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review332.pdf
web.archive.org/web/20140708094112/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review332.pdf
I suggest "A Guide to Good Chess" by C.J.S. Purdy - it's out of print, but second-hand copies are easy to find.
Fred Reinfeld wrote many books that were easy to read and good for beginners. Most were descriptive but some have been updated into algebraic notation.
Generally, when I'm trying to understand something technical, I go to a science library and get 10 books that cover it. Open them all to the pages, stack them up and skim them one after another until I find one that I 'get'. Then I check out that book.
If you club has a collection of beginners books, you can do something similar, then buy the one that resonates with the person starting out. (And the club will also likely have times set aside to help beginners get started.)
-bill
Generally, when I'm trying to understand something technical, I go to a science library and get 10 books that cover it. Open them all to the pages, stack them up and skim them one after another until I find one that I 'get'. Then I check out that book.
If you club has a collection of beginners books, you can do something similar, then buy the one that resonates with the person starting out. (And the club will also likely have times set aside to help beginners get started.)
-bill
@swimmerBill said in #9:
> Fred Reinfeld wrote many books that were easy to
> read and good for beginners. Most were descriptive
> but some have been updated into algebraic notation. ...
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> Fred Reinfeld wrote many books that were easy to
> read and good for beginners. Most were descriptive
> but some have been updated into algebraic notation. ...
static1.squarespace.com/static/5856bd64ff7c50433c3803db/t/5895fe49893fc0b0c9ddde67/1486224972320/completechesscoursexcerpt.pdf
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