Weak players instinctively try and free up pawns, anxious against a pin, but it is better to leave the kingside pawns protective and close than get exposed after castling. Why endgames are so poignant - When material advantage, force a mutual destruction of pieces, endings with only pawns are easiest to win. Since the book was written decades before I was born, I wish I had seen it when I was 10. At least then I would not have had such an ego problem and there were no chess engines to argue with. I would have also had time to play over the games again and again. A great book for chess aficionados. The stated function of the book is to improve your chess skills if you are a beginner. However, it does more than that. It educates, as well as entertains, making you feel as if you are watching a nail-biting game live.

The novice who plays through Logical Chess can learn an ocean of basic chess wisdom." —Leonard Barden, English chess master and broadcaster Game 28 - leave the pawns and knights at home. Let’s do this in the old manner, your best fighter against mine, and again. So I have to admit that I am more than a little biased. Reviewing this book is a bit like reviewing your Grandmother. You love her to bits, and because of that you don't really want to mention the ... ahem ... beard. The rare game collection that also succeeds as a textbook. The games are extremely well chosen, and if the repetitive first move analysis becomes tiresome the rest if perfectly on target. Wish I had a hard copy. As its reputation suggests, a fine book with which to start a collection.I do like the format though, the way he goes through every single move. Sometimes, I wish he spoke a little more about alternatives - because in my mind, I could see alternative moves that I thought would work really well but it wasn't explained why they weren't played. unmoved pawns and knight at f3 a strong bulwark, but the knight gets too easily pulled away because of its degrees of freedom When describing a move similar to one previously described, most books do not repeat the analysis previously given. This book purposely repeats the analysis and rationale over and over (phrased slightly differently each time) to drill the concept into the reader’s mind. I found this helpful.

I have to reveal a secret tonight. As a kid, I loved pretending to be the general of the army of toys I used to lay on my bed. In my mind, I would simulate a war, making toy pieces fight with each other. My army would always win the war. Growing up I realized (especially after learning how to play chess) that in real life it's not possible to win every battle, but we must be prepared. This book is the first step towards your preparation. When I used to follow the games from this book, I used to feel the same adrenaline rush that I would feel like a kid general with his toy army.Bishop pins a pawn far far away, stunning it into not being able to move because that would expose the king, he takes a pawn out of the game from a distance, protected Bishop b7 the Fianchetto - commanding long diagonal while still maintaining pressure on strategic E4.

Is Logical Chess Move by Move secretly a good guide to openings? What other move by move chess books are available on the market? that you have any inquiry or need to eliminate any substance recorded here if it's not too much trouble, go It may not be everything you need - another book or two to cover tactics and endgames would also be helpful for a new player. This text focuses purely on strategy.

Mentioned: The Scandinavian Defense, Understanding Chess Move by Move by GM John Nunn, Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy by IM John Watson, Episode 41 with GM Judit Polgar

All in all, "Logical chess" is like Star Wars, episode 4, A New Hope. You have to make some allowances for its age. It doesn't have the whizzy graphics for the 3D touch screen high definition generation. But it's still a fabulous classic and you can't imagine a world in which it doesn't exist. I'm not sure why I read this book, but I bought it a few years ago for some reason (probably mentioned by some Youtuber) and so I finally finished reading it. Took a long time. Primarily because I have to play it out on an actual board (even though every couple of moves or so, Chernev includes a diagram), so there was decently high activation energy to read it. Look at squares to protect rather than pieces, then whenever you need to move a piece into strategic squares there’s already defense laid long ago. Decline the gambit and develop bishop, cutting across center diagonal, preventing further pawn development down the center, but most importantly casting a gaze on the castling weakness It has its own share of problems though. First, you can only truly understand what's written if you are actually recreating every move on a chessboard in front of your eyes. (If you are a superhuman by any chance who has a super eidetic memory and can follow every move in your mind's eye, this comment is not for you).unreservedly accessible pdf archives on the Internet. We don't have any document on our server. In the event F2/7 pawn particularly vulnerable because protected only by king, compare to d2/7 and e2/7 each defended by 3 pieces. A,B,C,G,H are also protected by 1 each, but they’re not Kings so more likely to defend and be exposed Instead of letting White dictate opening by responding E5, respond E6, inviting pressure with compact defense as long as you build up dynamism behind this compaction Developing knights because you know where they belong (C3,F3) compared to Bishops, certainty is your friend. Zwischenzug, in-between-move, where a ranging-piece is able to move fully across the board but stops somewhere in between.