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Dink Heckler God Member Offline Love-Forty Posts: 900 Joined: 02/01/07 Gender:	Re: Shereshevsky's Soviet Chess Conveyor Reply #3 - 10/31/07 at 16:48:37	Post Tools	Print Post
	Thanks, guys. As a result of your reccos, I'm going to redouble my efforts! Hadn't heard of the Jansa book...it looks pretty interesting; thanks!

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Markovich God Member Offline Posts: 6099 Location: Columbus, Ohio Joined: 09/17/04	Re: Shereshevsky's Soviet Chess Conveyor Reply #2 - 10/30/07 at 14:12:27	Post Tools	Print Post
	Quote: I have been tearing my hair out trying to land a copy of this book, and since I don't have a lot of hair to lose, I'm wondering: is this book really as good as its reputation? Flipping through it, it seems pretty good, but one can't really tell without engaging with the book a bit more fully. If one goes by the paucity of second-hand copies in circulation, one can infer either that this book is so good that no-one resells it, or that it had a derisory print run (or both). The book is widely available in e-book form; I purchased a copy, but its in a protected pdf format, and can't be printed. What the hell am I supposed to do with a 500 page book that can't be printed (I've tried the 'clever' Ghostview workaround, but it doesn't work...if anyone as any cleverer ideas, please PM me ) I agree that reference books aren't worth much in electronic form. But yes, this book, which I am lucky enough to have in paperback, is well worth having. It's not so terribly useful for theory, just for seeing how a strong player thinks about various positions, and about the game in general.

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Bibs God Member Offline Posts: 2342 Joined: 10/24/06	Re: Shereshevsky's Soviet Chess Conveyor Reply #1 - 10/30/07 at 13:45:15	Post Tools	Print Post
	Unethical/illegal etc I know but I downloaded a free copy. And did print out, which takes a few trees worth so stock upnon yer A4. Did some wading through. A truly impressive work indeed. Especially if you are a d4 player. Cant understand why no reprint/update. This and Jansa's Strategy book the 2 great unknown/little-known gems in terms of quality and quantity of instructive material.


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Dink Heckler God Member Offline Love-Forty Posts: 900 Joined: 02/01/07 Gender:	Shereshevsky's Soviet Chess Conveyor 10/30/07 at 13:20:33	Post Tools	Print Post
	I have been tearing my hair out trying to land a copy of this book, and since I don't have a lot of hair to lose, I'm wondering: is this book really as good as its reputation? Flipping through it, it seems pretty good, but one can't really tell without engaging with the book a bit more fully. If one goes by the paucity of second-hand copies in circulation, one can infer either that this book is so good that no-one resells it, or that it had a derisory print run (or both). The book is widely available in e-book form; I purchased a copy, but its in a protected pdf format, and can't be printed. What the hell am I supposed to do with a 500 page book that can't be printed (I've tried the 'clever' Ghostview workaround, but it doesn't work...if anyone as any cleverer ideas, please PM me )

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