tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57726894266049739.post7480598211514780305..comments2024-03-28T11:37:38.689-07:00Comments on Chess Skills: Digging Through My LibraryJames Stripeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437334325501974461noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57726894266049739.post-67352425187933462272012-08-26T09:01:33.583-07:002012-08-26T09:01:33.583-07:00This is a GREAT idea. I have a placemat that I'...This is a GREAT idea. I have a placemat that I'm going to use right away!<br />Book on Chesshttp://www.chessbookreader.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57726894266049739.post-61697347275299578992012-06-27T07:15:10.896-07:002012-06-27T07:15:10.896-07:00Thanks for the support.
I have spent many hours w...Thanks for the support.<br /><br />I have spent many hours with a book and set. These days it is easy to log into <i>Chess Tempo</i> and start slogging through tactical positions, or to open a database and start churning through games. But, book study provided the foundation of my skill, and book study is a central element in what will be lifting me to Expert (soon, I hope) and beyond. Sometimes I tend to forget what books actually sit on my shelf. Hence this post.James Stripeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13437334325501974461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57726894266049739.post-68023161081888927012012-06-26T11:09:42.003-07:002012-06-26T11:09:42.003-07:00Here's an example of what I'm talking abou...Here's an example of what I'm talking about. I skimmed that book you have listed on the right side of this page "Imagination in Chess" a few times. I didn't buy it because too much was already on my plate (this was a few years ago). Now I see that that book is about $50. <br /><br />I agree with the one reviewer that that book leaves little to the imagination. It struck me as mostly solving like 15 move deep endgame problems. It's a "work your butt off to reach GM" type of book, not fun/frilly type of book. I have the Encylopedia of middlegames to go through before I can think of how I want to kill myself studying endgames! ;-)LinuxGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15764940044950170053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57726894266049739.post-52867015561978976992012-06-26T11:03:37.135-07:002012-06-26T11:03:37.135-07:00I like this post. Books are a critical topic to c...I like this post. Books are a critical topic to chess-study, it's just tough to know where to start.<br /><br />I am currently loathe to buy more chess books, even though they are cheap and affordable on Amazon, and a buddy of mine wants to look through Silman's Endgame manual. I said I would buy this so we can look at it, but I really don't want to because for example I already have Batsford's Endgame Encyclopedia, and one endgame book by Karpov, and then there is Smyslov's best games, which often lead to non-theoretical yet real-life endgames.<br /><br />I want to go through my player biographies because next stop is openings, and I have been putting off openings studies for years now.<br /><br />It makes me sick to think that I have too much other good stuff, and plenty of it, before I can get to what I really want to study.<br /><br />Well, only 4 bios remaining. Zhiatdinov, Keres, Kasparov and Smyslov. Smyslov's is the only one I haven't studied any games from yet.LinuxGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15764940044950170053noreply@blogger.com