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3.84 AVERAGE
3.84 AVERAGE
Good for beginners. The chess problems in this book were mainly concerned with a diverse range of backrank mates. And variations of the same. But I guess for beginners this is a good place to start.
It’s very well written for even the very beginners with no experience with playing chess can understand the rule and the elements of checkmate. Some diagrams are not clearly printed and there are some mistakes on the explanations which the name of the pieces indicated are not correct but you can easily understand what it meant. It doesn’t show any openings so you can’t apply what’s written and what you learned from it immediately when you playing the game next time, but it’s very easy to read and understand. In addition to this, the way it was written which makes you think hard before checking the answer so I felt I’m more actively thinking. The most importantly I really enjoyed. The upside down pages system works really well!!
A good introductory primer on chess tactics. It is basic, but at that level it works. The format is to present a chess position and ask the reader to decide how to achieve a checkmate or some other gain in a couple of moves; each problem is presented on one page with the answer on the next page, on the right-hand side of the book - once you've gone through it, you turn it over, as it continues back through the book on the other pages in the same way. The problems slowly get progressively more technical, though as mentioned it stays pretty basic all the way.
When I read this as a teenager who was just starting to play chess seriously, this was what I needed, with a good balance of explanation and practical application and not over my head. I'm planning to give my grandchildren a copy in another year or two when they're ready.
When I read this as a teenager who was just starting to play chess seriously, this was what I needed, with a good balance of explanation and practical application and not over my head. I'm planning to give my grandchildren a copy in another year or two when they're ready.
challenging
fast-paced
I read this many years ago but recall how dismayed I was at the low quality of problems. It’s pretty much one back rank mate after another. I suppose it’s ok for a person at the very beginning of learning chess (never hurts to work chess problems) but there are piles of better books. His famous 60 game collection is as different as Goodnight Moon is from War and Peace.
A classic chess book that is targeted primarily toward beginners. No opening theory or midgame strategies are covered here, but Fischer discusses a bunch of endgame ideas, especially a number of back-rank mating patterns. A good primer for anyone that wants to get better acquainted with chess.
After not playing for quite some time I was able to see a few end gane helpers. not much hear for openers or mid, but overall was a good teacher with easy to read boards.
Introduces readers to the basics of chess as well as endgame strategies in a graded approach. Recommended for beginners and/or casual players who want to improve their game.
every time haley saw me reading this she shook her head