This is a great instructional technique as the student sees firsthand with positions they've gained familiarity with earlier that any given chess position will have multiple themes in it. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. The Soviet Chess Primer is a modern English translation of Maizelis's witty introduction to the royal game. However, readers who already have some familiarity with the game will benefit a lot from its discussions of ideas which are fairly simple to understand but often difficult to apply in real games. Só ressalto um detalhe: apesar de ser fácil acompanhar os primeiros capítulos, logo o livro fica bem difícil!

There are certainly better primers in print today, but few books are more interesting than is The Soviet Chess Primer.Though this book does begin with the basic rules of chess--and even teaches the reader how to read the book because it takes the time to explain algebraic chess notation right at the start--it quickly moves on to more advanced tactical and strategic ideas. Take, for instance, this ‘ancient puzzle’ (72) used to illustrate the restriction of piece mobility. Such high regard may be surprising for an American audience, for whom Ilya Maizelis is something of a mystery.

This entry was posted in Instructional, problems, Studies and tagged Ilya Maizelis, Quality Chess, The Soviet Chess Primer on June 4, 2015 by fullcityplus. Really excellent book, found it useful after coming back to chess after a break, interspersed with key ideas and principles for all parts of your game. Well illustrated and explained games to showcase the essential principles (tactics, strategy, combinations, positional play) to apply to every chess game.The translation by John Sugden reads well, and – as one expects from Quality Chess – the production values are high. Garry Kasparov and Anatoli Karpov (former legendary world champions) have both praised it having learned from it when they were schoolboys. The breakneck pace of the book and the complex examples preclude me from thinking it appropriate for the beginner.

This new edition of a timeless classic includes the original foreword from the 2nd World Champion, Emanuel Lasker, as well as an introduction from the most celebrated chess trainer of modern times, Mark Dvoretsky. If you are new to the game, check out /r/chessbeginners and before posting here please read our rules: https://www. Please remember it can take some time for your bank or credit card company to process and post the refund too.I wish I'd read it sooner as then it would have been my introduction to many of the concepts it contains.

For example, simple tactics like pins and forks are easy enough for even absolute beginners to understand. If his name is recognized at all, it is as a co-author of the classic Pawn Endings with Yuri Averbakh, although in truth Maizelis was its primary author. Each chapter concludes with a whimsical set of “Entertainment Pages,” where miniatures and ‘fun exercises’ appear, and some of the original drawings are brought over from the Russian.Approximately 60% of the Russian text appears in The Soviet Chess Primer; although I cannot read the Cyrillic lettering, it appears that some detailed opening analysis and sections on the history of chess were excised. Yes, Black is in zugzwang, but surely there are much clearer and Elo-appropriate ways to illustrate the point than this? The author presents the material in an engaging and concise manner and includes practical examples after the theory, and exams at the end of each chapter.