Rating: Summary: Classifies combinations by themes. Descriptive notation. Review: Attempts to break down tactical patterns according to theme so the reader may recognize these patterns in his or her own games. Lots of text to go along with positions and variations (given in descriptive notation). Slightly more advanced than Reinfeld/Chernev's Winning Chess. Probably best used as an adjunct to one of those books filled with thousands of tactical problems. Like all Dover paperbacks, exceptional quality.
Rating: Summary: Znosko-Borovsky: Man or Myth Review: One of my favourite Chess authors, International Master Jeremy Silman, once gained 400 rating points after reading this book while a junior player. There is no better review of this classic than that, in my humble opinion. Tactics and combinations on the board make up close to 90% of weaker Chess games so it makes sense for one at that level to closely study them: Eugene ZB introduces the pupil to them in a nice, unhurried manner using language, albeit, that is quite ponderous from time to time and might take a re-reading to understand fully. All the better because the subject matter is key to your success at the Royal Game. Pick this book up and don't read another Chess book until you finish and understand it. Good luck!
Rating: Summary: Znosko-Borovsky: Man or Myth Review: One of my favourite Chess authors, International Master Jeremy Silman, once gained 400 rating points after reading this book while a junior player. There is no better review of this classic than that, in my humble opinion. Tactics and combinations on the board make up close to 90% of weaker Chess games so it makes sense for one at that level to closely study them: Eugene ZB introduces the pupil to them in a nice, unhurried manner using language, albeit, that is quite ponderous from time to time and might take a re-reading to understand fully. All the better because the subject matter is key to your success at the Royal Game. Pick this book up and don't read another Chess book until you finish and understand it. Good luck!
Rating: Summary: This is just a fantastic book Review: The art of calculation and execution of chess combinations is explained lucidly in this book. I enjoyed seeing that almost all flashy combinations can be grouped and categorized by geometrical patterns that repeat themselves over and over again. This book is a masterpiece from a good writer and a pedagogue. Rarely do we find both qualities in chess writers.
Rating: Summary: This is just a fantastic book Review: The art of calculation and execution of chess combinations is explained lucidly in this book. I enjoyed seeing that almost all flashy combinations can be grouped and categorized by geometrical patterns that repeat themselves over and over again. This book is a masterpiece from a good writer and a pedagogue. Rarely do we find both qualities in chess writers.
Rating: Summary: It will not be exaggeration to say it is the best chess book Review: The book is the great boon for the chess lovers for it immediately teaches us the way of winning the chess games with the help of chess combination.
Rating: Summary: excellent book Review: The most importaint combinations are explained - forks, pins, overworked piece, discoveries, and attacking the king's position. Knowing the different kinds of combinations are really importaint, since a combination can destroy your opponents game. The best way to learn from this book is to set up the positons on a board, and to try to go through the combinations without touching the pieces. I found that this has really improved my tournament games. All of Z.B.'s chess books are good to learn with.
Rating: Summary: combinations by type Review: this and "the art of the checkmate" by renaud and kahn, are two of the best tactical instruction books, not just positions to solve, available. especially useful to those rated b and below by the uscf, uschess.org, this, the book cited above and "bobby fischer teaches chess" would be the three first books id give a young player to learn...it will enthrall him. i am a uscf postal master
Rating: Summary: combinations by type Review: this and "the art of the checkmate" by renaud and kahn, are two of the best tactical instruction books, not just positions to solve, available. especially useful to those rated b and below by the uscf, uschess.org, this, the book cited above and "bobby fischer teaches chess" would be the three first books id give a young player to learn...it will enthrall him. i am a uscf postal master
Rating: Summary: Old book Review: This author's best book is How to Play Chess Endings from 1940. Art of Combination is in descriptive notation (not algebraic). Much better is Lev Alburt's book on Tactics for the Tournament Player from 1996.
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