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Summary: It's a must have book
Review: The book is excellent.
All chess players must have it.
The notation used can be learned and it's fun too.
The book is Cheap and Short plus can you improve a lot.
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Summary: Chapters by Keres outstanding
Review: The chapters by Kotov on attacking the king and pawn structures aren't bad. In particular, he covers attack in a way I've seen no other author do. The chapters by Keres on defending difficult positions and the art of analysis are phenomenally good. The chapter on analysis examines minutely half a dozen adjourned positions. I have to admit I have found errors here and there,in sub-lines, using Fritz. What is staggering is there are so few errors. The first adjourned position, against a player by the name of Szapiel, takes up twenty pages. Keres brings to light the subtleties and finesses involved in an ostensibly simple position. A salutory reminder to every chessplayer to look below the surface.Buy the book if you don't already have it. My gratitude to Dover for keeping the book in print.
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Summary: SO YOU WANT TO IMPROVE YOUR MIDDLEGAME?
Review: Then this is the book for you! Be prepared to do more than read this book. The ideas it plants in your chess brain are the seeds of future success. Keres, with Kotov, two great players of the past have put to paper chess lessons for the ages. Don't worry about the descriptive notation, if you can figure out 12 moves of some obscure King's Indian line then you can master an old way to record moves. Keres' section on defending difficult positions is worth the price of the book alone. Add in his section on the art of analysis and we have a true winner. Granted, adjoured games have gone the way of the wind in many cases but this is still good fertile ground for the correspondence player and for over the board tournament players because it goes into how to assess a position and the ramifications of your decision. Read the book and you will never look at one of your games the same way. Kotov's sections are good too but they are just a bonus for a book that doesn't cost much but is full of instruction and in how a great Grandmaster (Keres) thinks.
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Summary: Plan, Middle-Game, Attack on Wings, Analysis, Defence,etc .
Review: This book is certainly one of my best books in my chess library. It contains all of the information needed for you to succesfully survive the Middle Game. Before I read this book I was always lost in the Middle Game, I didn't know how to create a plan! I was rated about 1400 and today I have 2150 in ICC (Internet Chess CLub). I'm thankful to have this book because it really helped me since in my country, chess is very weak. want MIDDLE GAME? then BUY this!
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Summary: Covers many important topics well
Review: This book is great at illustrating attacks in a wide range of positions. There are a number of attractive and instructive games. It's also useful to have a chapter on defending difficult positions. Sure, as one reviewer suggested, it's best to avoid them in the first place, but what player lacking the initials GK can avoid these (and even GK gets them from time to time!)? The chapter on adjournment analysis is useful, but I'm sure I'm not the only reader here who's glad that adjournments are a thing of the past.
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Summary: Covers many important topics well
Review: This book is great at illustrating attacks in a wide range of positions. There are a number of attractive and instructive games. It's also useful to have a chapter on defending difficult positions. Sure, as one reviewer suggested, it's best to avoid them in the first place, but what player lacking the initials GK can avoid these (and even GK gets them from time to time!)? The chapter on adjournment analysis is useful, but I'm sure I'm not the only reader here who's glad that adjournments are a thing of the past.
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Summary: WARNING WARNING WARNING
Review: This book is in DESCRIPTIVE NOTATION, not algebraic notation. Do not buy this book.
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Summary: WARNING WARNING WARNING
Review: This book is in DESCRIPTIVE NOTATION, not algebraic notation. Do not buy this book.
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Summary: Great Buy, Great Book
Review: This book is not only a great buy but a great instructional book. Kotov does an excellent job on pawn storming the king and how to play in different pawn positions. Keres breaks down a position meticulously, explaining ideas that most annotators would just give mind numbing lines. The examples used are beautiful and instructive. Definately a must buy! By the way, I bet this book had a big influence on Jeremy Silman's Reassess Your Chess.
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Summary: Improved Ranking
Review: This book was instrumental in helping me move past 900 in the ICC rankings. I won't repeat the other reviews, but I will offer one note of caution, although it seems obvious from the title. This book reviews the middle game. You are advised to purchase and/or review a book on openings while studying the Middle Game. For me, this provided a continuity and a more thorough chance for analysis. I'm working towards breaking 1,000. I disagree that one must be an expert to learn from this book. One must study it; one must work through the book and analyze it. In so doing, one becomes an expert. Good luck.
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