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Summary: Very logical
Review: Chernev certainly knew how to instruct club-level players and his love for the game was infectious. The reasons for every single move are explained clearly. The only drawback with this is that there are only so many ways to annotate 1 P-K4 (in the old descriptive notation of the book I had as a pre-teen)!A number of very important principles are illustrated, and most club players need to know what rules apply in the majority of case. The games are also good to play through. The games are usually one-sided, and show what can happen when one player makes strategic mistakes. As more advanced books such as Watson's "Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy" note, such games with unified grand plans really happen between evenly matched strong players, and he emphasises rule independence. But Chernev's approach is appropriate for his intended audience. I think that the reason many players BECOME strong is that they know the sort of plans he illustrates, so they know what to avoid getting caught up in! And Chernev is not so naive as to think that rules have no exceptions. He points out that the best way to meet a rule-violating move is often with another rule-violating move.
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Summary: changed the way I see the game
Review: I am currently on game 30 out of 33 in this book, and am rated around 1300 USCF. This is the now my favorite chess book of all time. The book has really taught me that every move in a game is important. Now when I make a move I am thinking to myself "what is the purpose of this move" and asking what my opponents moves accomplish. Previously I was not a big fan of chess books, and preferred using software or videos. But this book presents the material in a really exciting way. The author shows no arrogance and does not use examples from his own games (even Yasser Seriwan can't resist a "watch how I saw this 30 move combination and used it to defeat silly Karpov!") that are more about ego gratification than teaching. Additionally the book is well edited, and I only found one small mistake. Some people might not like the style of how ideas are repeated over and over, like explaining the first moves the Queens Gambit again and again. At first I did not either, but now I realize after reading 90% of the book that it really helped the ideas to sink in, and now I can use these ideas in my play. ... Some people might be able to read the book without setting up pieces, but I was not able to do this and fully understand all of the variations and ideas. There are quite a lot of diagrams though.
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Summary: A great book for those just beyond beginner level
Review: Getting back into chess after many years' absence, and having never gone very far, I looked for a few books that would help me. This book, because of its originality, stood out. Chernev, as the description above says, analyzes a number of games, move by move. While this type of presentation is not for everyone, if you have an analytical mind, and are itching to know why every move in certain games are played, this is for you.
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Summary: One of three good books like this
Review: I own three chess books that have every move explained.
They are this one (Logical Chess), Understanding Chess Move by Move by Nunn and Unbeatable Chess Lessons for Juniors by Snyder.
I have a chess rating around 1100 and consider my self an Intermediate Scholastic Player.
I consider Logical Chess to be good, but it needs a face lift. The Openings are outdated, the book tends to repeat itself a lot, and it goes off on a tangent sometimes. But it does cover some basic stuff well.
I consider Nunn's book to be better in that it is more up to date and is much deeper. His coverage of basic ideas is not as good though. However, Nunn's book was a bit over my head - his analysis is too deep for an Intermediate player like myself and he easily loses the reader.
The best book of the 3 is Unbeatable Chess Lessons For Juniors (don't be fooled by the title is is good for adults too). It has the right balance of covering basic ideas and goes into depth where it is needed. I liked the games the best in it too. It is also very up to date and consider it perfect for me.
So, Logical Chess is good, but not the best book of its type.
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Summary: Easy Learning
Review: Abundant diagrams in this book allow the reader to follow the games without setting up a chessboard. Most, if not all, other chess books have maybe 2 diagrams per game, and the author evidently expects the reader to be able to follow the game and all of its complicated variations by just reading the notation. For players below master strength, this expectation is unrealistic. Logical Chess, Move by Move, is an enduring classic because it is not over the head of the C player, and the author intends it to teach beginners, not impress other masters. For a gift to any young chess enthusiast, this is an excellent choice.
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Summary: A really fun fun book
Review: I don't really know what i get out of it. i mean i read it, digest it and it influences how i play given positions. as far as learning through reviewing games goes this is probably as good as it gets. but you know what though-it's just damn funny. he's got some pretty hilarious/melodramatic commentary on capablanca and a number of other games. and maybe it's just me but it seems to be a book mostly with queen's gambit declined openings and other classical stuff. not a whole lot of modern stuffs here. i'm a 1000-1100 player and i found it quite entertaining. i'd recommend something like this to be read along side a deeper strategy book like Seirawin's Winning Chess series.
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Summary: Logical Chess Explained
Review: This is a very good book for beginners.I enjoyed going through it while taking the bus to work and back home. Only thing to remark is that sometimes when you are between two board pictures (4-6 moves)then the author will go about a really long alternative combination which is tough to follow if you dont have the updated board.Otherwise this book is very good and will help you play better.
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Summary: 5 star for beginner
Review: you BETTER buy this book if you're a beginner, you can't go far if you don't know the basic moves . WARNING, pls don't buy intermediate and advanced's book if u're a beginner ,ok ? if you buy them ,you will save in your library : )
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Summary: Difficult for a kid
Review: I like having every moved analyzed. But, sometimes this book makes it hard to understand for a kid. I also got UNBEATABLE CHESS LESSON FOR JUNIORS, which solved that problem - I liked it a lot more because it made things more simple.
I don't care about the openinigs or endgames as much as just understanding what the book is saying. The problems is that the book sometimes goes off on things that as an intermediate player for age 10 I feel are not needed.
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Summary: Very old - needs updating
Review: This book contains some good ideas. However, is it way, way out of date and needs updating in the openings. This is where this book needs serioius improvement. Otherwise - four stars.
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