Winning Chess Strategies (Winning Chess)

Rating:
Summary: excellent strategy book
Review: This book has some amazing examples. Different stratefies are very well classified, and actual games between gradmasters are shown and analyzed. Reading this book really improved my game and the way I think about chess now.

Rating:
Summary: Overated book
Review: This book provides you with the basics of strategies of chess. However the ideas are very basic and the author doesnt elaborate as much as he should. I would suggest getting the "amateur's mind" by Geremy Silman which has the same ideas and is a more robust book.

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Summary: A very useful chess book.
Review: Yes - very useful. As all the reviews agree, this is a fine book for exploring and improving the strategic elements of your game.

The book is well structured, covering:
- King safety
- Pawn structure
- Piece mobility
- Speed
- Force
...and, in finer detail:
- Piece placement
- Strategic exchanges
- Great chess strategists

I am relatively new to chess, and have been playing seriously for only a couple of months. However, my game has been permanently improved with the insights provided in this text.

Highly recommended.