Chess: The Art of Logical Thinking : From the First Move to the Last

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Summary: tremendous move by move analysis!
Review: Following the tradition of Chernev's "Logical Chess", Mcdonald's "Art of Logical Thinking" is tremendous. Advanced beginners and intermediate players such as myself are starving for books like this that review the ideas behind each move in master chess games. The understanding of openings, strategies and endgames is all in one package for each game (30 total games organized by opening motif). The author's style of teaching and analysis can be appreciated for players at any level but I think players at beginning to intermediate levels (900 - 1600) will get the most out of this book. I hope more authors will write the "move by move" analysis style. Authors in this arena so far include Snyder, Chernev, Seirawan, Mcdonald, and Nunn.

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Summary: I love this book
Review: Studying Chernev's classics, especially "60 Most Instructive Games","Logical Chess", and "Golden Dozen" were key to boosting
my rating 150 points in six months.

This book, modeled after "Logical Chess" is every bit as good as
that one, maybe better.

To play through modern masterpieces by GMs like Michael Adams and
Kasparov, getting a good feel for the tactics and strategy without
being drowned in endless variations ( as John Nunn would have done) is a great feeling.
You feel like you are getting private lessons.

My only minor criticisms :
1) high price
2) McDonald didn't need to write mini-essays on why e4 or d4
were good moves ( a la Chernev)

I play at around 1700, and I'm learning a lot from this book.
Nice layout, lots of diagrams.