tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57726894266049739.post481995851096083698..comments2024-03-28T11:37:38.689-07:00Comments on Chess Skills: Elementary PositionsJames Stripeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437334325501974461noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57726894266049739.post-65076813526457247122008-12-04T06:40:00.000-08:002008-12-04T06:40:00.000-08:00Polgar put out three of these door stopper size bo...Polgar put out three of these door stopper size books. I found the first--<I>Chess Training in 5334 Positions</I>--on a sale table about 1998, bought it, and started working through problems. At one point in about 2000 or 2001, I was spending 20-30 minutes every morning, before reading the newspaper, solving problems in this book. I stopped at about #1600 to take a break.<BR/><BR/>It was during that time that I bought <I>Chess Endgames</I>. Back then, the US Chess Federation offered for sale all three books, and I thought I might buy the middlegame text, too. Before I did, however, it went out of print. The original <I>Chess Training</I> text still regularly appears on the shelves of my local bookstores, but the others are less well known.James Stripeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13437334325501974461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57726894266049739.post-70185538496342636122008-12-01T14:58:00.000-08:002008-12-01T14:58:00.000-08:00I think i have that book (aswell as the middlegame...I think i have that book (aswell as the middlegame book) but it's somewhere in my closet where i dont come often so it's probably hidden under dust.<BR/><BR/>After reading what you wrote i probably going to read a little in the book but first i have to make an asigment for my chess trainer about the french opening. So before next week i will not have time to dive in that book.From the patzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04499383398575774704noreply@blogger.com