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Reply #12 - 07/09/11 at 12:20:43
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Gorath ,
thanks for your opinions.

1-Many Great chess authors has blamed this book (like jeremy silman and John Nunn) , but actually it's not so bad ! It's the only book that presents " Evaluation graphs for the sample game , after every move , the score given by fritz". an extremley good idea  for post- mortem evaluation of your games.you can exactly assess the true quality of your play in each phase of game ( opening , middle , end game...).
In " chess vision drills" the author introduces some fresh ideas to improve your visual skills.... and etc.
on the whole i think it's a thought provocating book.

2-A complete work out in strategy for average players , in a clear language... it's a good seller book and many chess fans are trying it at present ! 

3-The inner game of chess : you know the importance of tactic training and calculation in chess, but what about a book that diggs out in the heart of tactics and  subtles of it and not just a dry puzzle book ? ....it's it! Soltis tries to teach secrets of calculation in the games played by some great Chess players of all the time. The Author's atractive writing style makes it a charm , though I must say that it's a book for advance players. he also proceeds to a broad range of calculation mistakes and what lays behind them.A fairly old book but very famouse and in fact i think everyone  seriouse in studying chess calcution art should not ignore this book.
While an aspirating work , some times the definations are not so clear and to some extents are vagu!  for example Soltis on "Desprado"  has not gave a clear explanation and reader must be familiar with it before. But on the whole it's a treasure of chess on it's own !

4- Mc Donalds' book : an advance and modern version of Chernev's " logical chess move by move " ! Here he expands your understanding of basic ideas  which lay behind every move of 30 striking tactical or strategical games. This have been highly recommended for every one who wants to pass 1600. 

5- honestly I didnt know that there exists a 4 volumes book of Alekhin's games anotated by Kotov ! A Geniuse annotating another Geniuse's games while have read and absorbed completely his own annotations ! So you can guess what will be the worth of result !The book also consists of plenty of Alekhin's biography and life and careear.

6-This is a book much more like Euve's other book "Amateure vs Expert" . And as you said he has a great talent in splitting difficult stuffs in to easy pieces.  
 
7- I dont know too !  but When Fischer repraises this book , 
what can I say ?! Wink

thanks....
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Re: Neishtadt - Improve Your Chess Tactics
Reply #11 - 07/09/11 at 03:51:59
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aidin wrote on 07/08/11 at 15:50:49:
Have recieved Six tentative books   : 

1- Rapid chess improvement (de la mazze)
2- Mastering chess strategy (Johan Helisten) (new!)
3-The inner game of chess (Andrew Soltis)
4-Chess art of logical thinking (Mc Donalds) (scarce!)
5-Alekhine's chess heritage ( by Kotov!) ( rare)
6-Road to chess mastery (algebric)(Max Euve)(very rare).

....and still on the way :  
 
-My search for chess perfection. ( c.j.s Purdy)(New edition by Chesscafe).


Greats of chess history's Treasure! Cheesy

Anyone ? Any question ? any comments.....




1. Rubbish. Wink
2. Very good.
3. Soltis is always interesting (let's ignore his opening books Wink ). Please post your impressions.
4. Don't know.
5. I envy you!
6. Don't know, but I've seen many good books by Euwe. The guy had a talent for explaining complicated stuff in simple words. I bet the book is worth the money.
7. Don't know.
  
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Reply #10 - 07/08/11 at 15:50:49
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Have recieved Six tentative books   : 

1- Rapid chess improvement (de la mazze)
2- Mastering chess strategy (Johan Helisten) (new!)
3-The inner game of chess (Andrew Soltis)
4-Chess art of logical thinking (Mc Donalds) (scarce!)
5-Alekhine's chess heritage ( by Kotov!) ( rare)
6-Road to chess mastery (algebric)(Max Euve)(very rare).

....and still on the way :  
 
-My search for chess perfection. ( c.j.s Purdy)(New edition by Chesscafe).


Greats of chess history's Treasure! Cheesy

Anyone ? Any question ? any comments.....


  
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Re: Neishtadt - Improve Your Chess Tactics
Reply #9 - 07/04/11 at 14:52:03
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Larsen-fan ,

the book has 212 instructive examples extracted from real GM games. the author describes the main part of right thinking process for choosing the right path in each one. Although they are not excercise- type , you can cover the page and try to guess the right move and plan , and write it down .then comparing with the original material , you can test and train your thinking process . They all have been checked with the latest chess software available such az Deep Fritz 12. so there is no concern about the accuracy of them and i think this is one strong point of this new book. In other words each position have a concrete solution so the reader wont be confused.
But about much deeper thinking process presentation and evaluation , I refer you to Two great books : 

1- Grand master's mind 
2- Improving chess thinker

Regarding your emphasize on " thinking process" , I think it's not such a clear matter that one can predominant  it .
In the book " studying chess made easy " Soltis discuses that there is no concrete way of thinking in chess and each position requires it's specific considerations .
It seems that New generation of chess theoreticans no longer believe in kotov's "Tree" method  although it is still one of the major contraversies in the Chess world.
In the book " Grand masters' mind "  the author finally reachs to a conclusion that there's not a common pattern in GMs' thinking methods in selecting specific moves and variations in complex positions.  Chess is not a mechanical game and in fact it's very complex and flexible and  further more a matter of creativity and personal skills. in most positions the right decision comes from exceptions and not the main rules !
and exactly this is why chess has engaged human for centuries ! and still modern computers and processors have not solve it yet .

regards , Aidin
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Re: Neishtadt - Improve Your Chess Tactics
Reply #8 - 07/02/11 at 13:41:18
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Thank you very much. 

This was helpfull - I have ordered the book. I can not wait to get my hands on it because I think this part of the game i where I can make a big progress. One more question: Does the book have exercise? One thing is to read about these things but in order to learn good exercises would be helpfull (of course playing would be exercising but what I mean is game examples with exercises where you can actually read the answers on how the thourght process leads to good decisions). 

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Reply #7 - 07/01/11 at 20:56:55
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with pleasure ,

As far as I know it's the most structured approach to move selection . Perhaps you are familiar with some of books in this category ; some great works like : 
Decision making at the chess board , 
How to choose a chess move ( by Andrew Soltis) 
Critical moments in chess( Dorfman)
Inside the chess mind
improving chess thinker
Thought and choice in chess
and the old classic : Think like a Grand master.

I can say that this book is a modern and updated work while re-thinking all the previouse highlights.The author's scientific approach to the proccess of choosing a move is very clear and well-explained ( for i.e with diagrams) and good seperation of topics and basic elements in chess. 
The book have five big chapters :
1-Process
2-Potential candidate moves
3-knowledge 
4-skills
5- Preparation
The printing quality (every man) and the lay out of pages conjuncted with excellent illustrative examples of clear thinking processes makes it a superb and easy to read book. having say that , much of the book's body consists of instructive explanations and not of those books that bores you with long dry variations.
also it covers some other related aspects like : calculation , planning and attacking skills.
Per Ostman's writing style is somewhat similar to Dan Heisman's. in fact this book reminds me of Dan Heisman's Novice Nook column and his recent book "A guide to chess improvement". 
I highly recommend this book to anyone under 1800.
when I read the Author's opinion about " best move " , then I was confident that the material will be worthwhile. 
here is the quote :

" .....This means that in the same position , an attacking player's best move can easily be different from the positional player's. Sometimes there is only one objectively " best" move and sometimes there are more , but even the objectively "best" move can be a worse choice than another move because of the nature of the human mind."

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Re: Neishtadt - Improve Your Chess Tactics
Reply #6 - 06/30/11 at 12:54:12
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Hi Aidin

Could you please write something about "Your best move"? I have not been able to find reviews of it but it looks very interesting.   

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Reply #5 - 05/06/11 at 16:12:43
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Aidin, unfortunately I have already ordered it.what shall I do with another book that is too hard for me!!!!!!!  I seem to have a habit of doing that

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Re: Neishtadt - Improve Your Chess Tactics
Reply #4 - 05/05/11 at 21:49:51
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hi Sagwa

Actually I have received it with a bunch of other new books   such as " your best move " (Per ostman) and many other familliar items and was reviewing  them . Now your post has motivated me to give a brief review  per each of them . Smiley

First  answering to your question honestly  I must say that  Neishtadt's book is somewhat more difficult than what I expected. I assume it targets a 1800-2400  level player. I recommend you not order this book at least untill you reach a class B . Instead ,  you can start with  "back to basics : tactics"  by Dan Heisman which is the best tactic book for below 1500 level ever written in the world !  also " winning chess tactics " by Yasser Seiravan is a good option too.  The next step will be john Nunn's " Learning chess tacics " and then " understanding chess tactics " by Martin Weteschnick.  if after all of these and plenty of training tactics , you pick up Neishtadt's book   going through his puzzles I think then  you will be able to  solve and digest 90% of the material .

Meanwhile I would like to explain my impressions with some of other items  that I hope will be usefull for someone .
For example  "improving annotator " is a good work by Dan Heisman , but not as fascinating as his other basic works.

in return "Lasker's manuall of chess " new algebric 21st century edition  in fact  was a surprize for me. a very high quality book with plenty of deep materials still fresh after 80 years !

another surprize for me was Tisdall's "  imrove your chess now " . What a lovely book is this little pink book ?! and again to my surprize it's not a simple book absolutly !  and full of new ideas for improvement which you can't find similar elsewhere ! when I took this book in my hands and reviewing it for first time Just one name came to my mind : Irving Chernev !

"Elements of chess strategy" is a new book which reminds me of a very similar book " chess strategy for tournement players" ! I think that  Author probably wanted to write  an UPDATE for that ! Vast majority of this book proceeds to the " story of bishops in variouse middle games " .

"Chess duels " by Seiravan  and "Diary of a chess queen"  by Alexandra Kosteniuk are probably the best outobiography &outo game collections  in the year 2010 , though Seiravan's book is apparently  higher both in quality and annotations and his attractive story-type writting method.

"Revolutionize your chess" by Victor Moskalenko raised a big question mark in my mind ! why such a modern high instructive and well-organised book  has  been mentioned very fewly in chess sites and forums ?! strange !

True lies in chess 
chess blueprints
Attacking manual 1,2
Dynamic chess strategy (new expanded edition)
modern chess move by move
a guide to chess improvement
chess tips for young players
your best move 
sorcerer's Apprentice
how to calculate chess tactics
simple chess (michael stean)
.....
are my recent purchases.
Please dont hesitate to ask any question about any of them or giving your valuable opinions and expriences.

Aidin
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Reply #3 - 05/05/11 at 13:44:34
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Aidin, have you received Neishtadt's book on tactics? I am going to order it and I hope it is not too hard for a 1450 player. Is it?

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Reply #2 - 04/16/11 at 05:39:04
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A very thorough review based seemingly only on reviews from the publisher!?!? When you get it take a good look and then let us know if your glowing summation holds up.
  
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Reply #1 - 04/15/11 at 19:02:39
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chessmonkey ,
I have ordered this book and it's on the way ! from what I can see on it's PDF it  seems like a complete and practical course in chess tactics .Based on basic materials  initially designed for young soviet players  you can expect a solid and fascinating chess tactic book that goes to a far advance chess level. The author each time presents a specific tactic theme  , well described and then  some clear examples from real games .The main advantage of this book vs plenty other tactic books is the very wide rang of tactic themes  which the author produces and induces ,  covering all aspects and angles of tactics .in fact it's a tome with near 400 pages !
I will have a complete review of it in a weak or so .
Pros :
1/based on the old soviet chess school.
2/wide range of tactic themes has been described
3/extracted from real soviet chess tournements
4/ carefully selected for instructural value
5/presenting the tests in a random manner ( so reader can't easily guess the theme !). a cleverness by the author that doubles the examination valu. 
6/throughly tested variants by computers
7/solutions also have some good descriptions.

cons :

1/ Bad fonts ! ( by NIC)
2/lack of explanation in some parts ; diving quickly in subtle variasions ; not suitable for moderate or novice players.
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04/13/11 at 12:50:03
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Does anyone have this book from New in Chess?  I haven't seen any reviews yet (and it's not like I really need another chess book Grin), but maybe it has something to offer.
  
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