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Re: Annotated Games
Reply #5 - 08/28/21 at 20:12:39
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emary wrote on 08/28/21 at 11:33:05:


I suggest 

Richard Reti: Die Meister des Schachbretts 


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Loved this one. It is a great introduction into the history of chess understanding, by one of its pioneers. It is quite opinionated, but that made it even more interesting to me.
  

You tell the young people of today that...
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Reply #4 - 08/28/21 at 11:33:05
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In this thread there are already quite a few interesting suggestions. 
But I think most of them are too difficult for the target audience (1000-1400 and 1400-1800) 

I suggest 

Richard Reti: Die Meister des Schachbretts 

This is an annotated game collection in chronological order. 
But Reti's intention has been to write an educational book and 
he thought a game collection in historical order is the best way to do so (for details look at Reti's preface). 

There is a new English edition which looks very reasonable: 
https://www.amazon.de/Masters-Chessboard-Richard-Reti/dp/1936490218?asin=B006ZQI...;



It is important for Reti to begin the annotations in the opening and to 
teach the ideas of some chess-openings. 
Since the book is very dated the use of a database as a supplement seems adviceable. 
I think for instance the Master-Database of Lichess is enough at level 1000-1800. 

But caveat: 
A working knowledge of elementary tactics is indispensable 
before working through a game collection.


This working knowledge you  could get by working through the basic tactics at  Lichess + 
the dayli solution of tactical exercises at Lichess + 
doing puzzle-streak regularly at Lichess. 

Another possibility is to work through stapenmethod till step 2. 

And there are of course many other possibilities to learn elementary tactics.
  
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Re: Annotated Games
Reply #3 - 08/27/21 at 17:12:48
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The version of Zurich 53 by Najdorf is very good IMHO.
Keres's book on the 1948 World Championship is another very good one.

Individual collections: I think Fischer and Larsen (his first one) are indispensable; the autobiographical collections of Kasparov, Karpov and Anand too.

I declare an interest here, as I translated these from Spanish, but I like the interactive element of GM Zenón Franco's books in Everyman's "Move by Move" series - great games by great players, such as Rubinstein and Spassky, with analysis checked by modern engines, lots of verbal explanation, emphasis on a practical approach, repetition of important principles (a bit like Chernev's old book Logical Chess Move by Move), and a degree interactivity in the format, encouraging active learning.

I should dd that none of these are very suitable for novices. Maybe start with Franco's book on Morphy?




  
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Re: Annotated Games
Reply #2 - 08/26/21 at 12:17:01
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A very helpful link, thanks!
  
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Re: Annotated Games
Reply #1 - 08/26/21 at 10:43:03
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There are some good suggestions in this thread: https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1241801430
  
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Annotated Games
08/26/21 at 05:37:33
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I would like to know if there are any annotated games or books with annotated games for beginners(Fide 1000-1400) and intermediate (Fide 1400-1800) level players.It should be suitable both for learners and chess coaches alike.
  
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