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Smyslov_Fan God Member Correspondence fan Offline Progress depends on the unreasonable man. ~GBS Posts: 6902 Joined: 06/15/05	Re: What is the worst chess book ever ? Reply #10 - 02/15/09 at 17:29:26	Post Tools	Print Post
	I'm following LeeRoth's train of thought. for me the worst chess books are those that have already been published under a different title. This makes buying such an expensive book a waste of money. Perhaps *The Psychology of Chess* by Reuben Fine deserves special mention for his Freudian analysis of why people play chess.


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LeeRoth God Member Offline I love ChessPublishing.com! Posts: 1520 Joined: 10/22/05	Re: What is the worst chess book ever ? Reply #9 - 02/15/09 at 16:34:45	Post Tools	Print Post
	Maybe there should be a special category for revisions/updates of existing works. Nunn's revision of 60 Memorable was widely condemned, and I can recall Winter criticizing de Firmian's version of Chess Fundamentals for stripping out games. Slightly off-topic, but one thing I really can't stand is the practice that some booksellers have of advertising at full price(!) the old version of a book, when a new version has either been released or about to come out. This is less of a problem today with the internet, but I wonder how many people over the years bought a copy of an ECO volume without realizing that the next edition was already on the way.


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LeeRoth God Member Offline I love ChessPublishing.com! Posts: 1520 Joined: 10/22/05	Re: What is the worst chess book ever ? Reply #8 - 02/15/09 at 16:20:40	Post Tools	Print Post
	Edward Winter's choice: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/worst.html


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JEH God Member Offline "Football is like Chess, only without the dice." Posts: 1456 Location: Reading Joined: 09/22/05 Gender:	Re: What is the worst chess book ever ? Reply #7 - 02/15/09 at 10:37:15	Post Tools	Print Post
	Enjoy ... http://www.beginnersgame.com http://www.beginnersgame.com/TheBeginner'sGame.pdf

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TN God Member Offline Posts: 3420 Joined: 11/07/08 Gender:	Re: What is the worst chess book ever ? Reply #6 - 02/15/09 at 10:28:45	Post Tools	Print Post
	'How to fool Fritz' would be my nomination for the worst chess book ever. 'Chess Openings for Black, Explained' isn't a brilliant book but it isn't at all bad. The same cannot be said for 'Chess Openings for White, Explained', which resembles an extreme version of a 'Win with the X' type of book. None of Schiller's books are chess books, at least according to my local Library and bookstore. On another note, Everyman have also produced a few poor works in the past few years, albeit none in contention of the title 'worst book ever'.

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ANDREW BRETT God Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 622 Joined: 07/07/06	Re: What is the worst chess book ever ? Reply #5 - 02/15/09 at 07:36:18	Post Tools	Print Post
	Slightly different to the topic's heading Ravikumar - Timman's selected games -It's quite a good book on the openings and analysis but it has to contain some of the worst typos/spelling ever. The book nonetheless is a very good read. Schiller/Keene has made some classics but some of their earlier stuff is high quality.


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Seth_Xoma God Member Offline FM with 2 IM Norms - (2381) Posts: 558 Location: Lansing Joined: 11/05/04 Gender:	Re: What is the worst chess book ever ? Reply #4 - 02/15/09 at 04:14:57	Post Tools	Print Post
	I would nominate the book about to be published by sloughter.


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Markovich God Member Offline Posts: 6099 Location: Columbus, Ohio Joined: 09/17/04	Re: What is the worst chess book ever ? Reply #3 - 02/15/09 at 04:10:58	Post Tools	Print Post
	It's not really fair to nominate Schiller, his books are so resoundingly bad. Worst recent chess book published by a major chess publishing house would be a much more interesting contest.

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kylemeister God Member Offline Posts: 4989 Location: USA Joined: 10/24/05	Re: What is the worst chess book ever ? Reply #2 - 02/15/09 at 03:49:44	Post Tools	Print Post
	I recall Carsten Hansen writing that, of the thousands of chess books he has seen, Schiller's book on the Frankenstein-Dracula variation is by far the worst.


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Dragan Glas Senior Member Offline "If I, like Solomon, ... could have my wish - " Posts: 424 Location: Ireland Joined: 06/25/06 Gender:	Re: What is the worst chess book ever ? Reply #1 - 02/15/09 at 03:34:40	Post Tools	Print Post
	Greetings, Probably anything by Schiller. Also the "Repertoire for White/Black" by Alburt et al. The above nominations are based on what I've heard/seen of them. Kindest regards, Dragan Glas


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saubhikr Senior Member Offline Chess is a cruel game but I still love it Posts: 332 Location: Milwaukee, WI, USA Joined: 10/29/06 Gender:	What is the worst chess book ever ? 02/15/09 at 03:30:12	Post Tools	Print Post
	I read a chess book recently and was utterly frustrated how badly the book was written. False evaluation, incomplete covere, meaningless sentences. Waste of money and time !! Just wandering what would be the list of "worst chess book ever'. Any nominations ?


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