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Summary: THE book for the improving beginner!
Review: This book is great for the beginning player. I hear from many beginner's the frustration of reading a chess book and not improving their chess. This book helps other books make more sense and will improve any beginner's chess. It is a great positional primer to another of Chernev's books, "The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played". If you are a beginner looking to improve, what are you waiting for? buy this book and realise what many people who have read this book have... you too can play LOGICAL CHESS.
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Summary: Logical Chess: Move by Move
Review: I've read over a dozen chess "how-to" books. By far, this is the best book on the market for the serious beginner. The master explains virtually every move in this way: "Why did I make this move?" "Why didn't I make that move?" "Why did my opponent make that move?" etc. The key word in all of this is "WHY." For me, other books tell you WHAT moves to make. This book explains WHY you make the moves. If I had to part with all of my chess books, but one. This is the book I would keep.
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Summary: Great Beginner's Book
Review: Ever wonder why chessmasters invariably play Nf3 or Nc3 in the opening? Why are most games opened with either e4 or d4? Chernev annotates several complete games move by move in detail. After reading this book, my vision of the board improved and I began to be able to reason my way through problems.
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Summary: Logical Chess: Move by Move
Review: Finest chess book ever written, great for players at all levels of the game.
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Summary: An old recommendation by IM Dario Alzate
Review: I heard about this book when I was 16 years old on a visit with IM Dario Alzate from Colombia. When I asked him what books should I study to improve my chess he mentioned Logical Chess Move by Move by Chernev and the elusive but excellent chess tomes by Roberto Grau from Argentina (very popular in Latin America). Neither were available or out of print. I finally found Chernev's book and it is more than what I would have expected. Forget for a moment that the opening systems are outdated and that the games are old and instead think about the intent of the book: How to think logically. After reading this book I started seeing more clearly variations that eluded me and were there for me to use. I have been able to develop a more aggressive chess and to enjoy it even more. I am sure that I am hopeless and that no book is going to make me a GM but still, as a chess addict, I cherish the opportunity to read good chess books and to apply what I have learned on the board. As for people like my neighbor that bought this book just to be able to beat me once, I am sorry... It just aint gonna happen :-)
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Summary: Great book
Review: Every move notated, what more could you want? Good annotation? Chernev has it, he presents clearly what the player is doing and why it is a good/bad move and what plan he's trying to execute. The book starts out by showing how to conduct a king side attack, and then follows it up with a study of the queen pawn openings leading to the king side attack previously covered. Finally he finishes off with some great games that pull alot of ideas together. This book improved my rating by 200-400 points by the concepts it presented to me. A must read for any intermediate chess player.
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Summary: 2001 Edition is available - and in print
Review: Simply the best book for beginner chess players, tried and tested by thousands of chess players since 1965. As of July 2002, Amazon listed this book as 'out-of-print'; however, it HAS been reprinted by Batsford Chess Books in 2000, 2001 - I'll bet you can track down a copy from your local bookstore or from this website (soon).
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Summary: Logical Chess: Move by Move
Review: If you could buy just one book on the subject of chess, this is the one. Irving Chernev explains every aspect of every move and details from start to finish 33 complete games. A must have if you can locate a copy.
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Summary: If you are under 1600 or a beginner, read this!
Review: This book is excellent and timeless. One thing that many modern chess books fail to do is explain the "simple" moves. They go for 5-10 moves without comment or with some analysis with no commentary. For beginning and intermediate players, who do not understand why these moves are important or why they are good moves, this type of analysis is not as helpful. In this book, Chernev goes over every move, sometimes repeating over and over the principles of these moves over several games. However, after going through it, you will understand how to play logically and have a plan and purpose for each move. The games are old, and so sometimes the openings are outdated, but for the beginner, this is not as much a factor, because they lose for other reasons. Chernev's writing is entertaining as well, and he also puts in some analysis in more complicated situations to illustrate. I've reread several games, and sometimes been able to follow along without using a board, as this edition has ample diagrams. Overall, highly recommended to anyone who is not an expert!
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Summary: Logical Chess Move by Move
Review: I am enjoying this book very much. I'm only a novice and not a chess expert so I can only offer a novice point of view. It is very helpful to me to see the moves and then have someone point out why they chose to move this piece. It's a study book of course and not light reading. Like most chess books, it's easiest read in front of a fire with a cup of coffee and a chess board already set up. The best chess study book I have read thus far.
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