The Soviet Chess Primer

Soviet are the bench mark of excellence . Chess history is dominated by Soviets.

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Un livre d'échecs que tout joueur d'échecs doit lire. Vous trouverez tous les grands principes que doit connaître un joueur d'échecs.

Excelente livro, mas definitivamente não é para quem está iniciando.

No words are enough. If you never played chess but you feel you can make a difference just buy it and study it. Your game will undoubtedly improve. Cheers.

I wish I got that book years ago (many years ago). The style is typical for old (but good) school of teaching - goes from 0 to 60 quickly (or 0 to 100, if you are using metric system :)). No unnecessary fluf - if something requires deep discussion (pawn endings) it does it in a comprehensive way, but otherwise explains many core concepts quickly, with many examples on why those are important. It should give a very solid foundation on what one should work on. Some people aim books based on their Elo rating. Not certain that's the correct approach but I'd say if one wants to really excell in the beautiful game of chess (and not just win with a few friends) this book shows many areas one should be working on to become a well rounded player. Then you know "why" you need to work on something. I was pleasantly surprised with the quality of the paper in the book. It's soft cover but print and paper are superb. I pick up the book with pleasure and think the game of chess receives the treatment it deserves :) I read it every day, just for pleasure. Definitely "a must" on every chess player's list of books to have.

クラシックですが初心者向けでは一番いいと思いました。駒の動かし方から始まりルールの次は、tactics, strategy, calculation, combination,positional play, endgame, middlegame, opening theory と初心者向けですがひと通り網羅されています。 ソビエトメソッドは流石ですね。前書きで、レーティングで1600を超えるまでは頭の中だけで考えるのは無理なので駒とボードを用意すること、Blitzなどの早指しは卓越したプレイヤーのみに向く、という趣旨の文言があります。