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Summary: Morphy - No better player to learn from!
Review: Before we go any further, I want you to know I am a Chess Master and I teach chess for a living.All my students who have purchased this book have loved it. All the great teachers of the game (GM L. Evans, SM Ken Smith, IM Silman, GM Soltis, GM Alburt; etc.) say you must FIRST master tactics before you can do anything else. This is the MANDATORY first step in the game of chess. The best way to learn and master TACTICS is to study the OPEN GAMES. In my own opinion, there is no better way to do this than to study the games of Paul Morphy very carefully. (I personally believe Morphy was - easily - the greatest chess player who ever lived. See my web page on "The Greatest Chess Players" for more details.) The games in this book are well written and easily understood by any class of player. The author did a great job here, and this probably remains the best book - dollar for dollar - on Morphy. And in case you think these moves are easy to find, I once tested some of these moves on a GM ... who was approximately 18 months away from winning the U.S. Championship ... and he failed to find some of the moves that Morphy found quickly and easily! The story in here is good, the games are great. Paul Morphy's games are the best vehicle for mastering the basics of chess. They are also very beautiful. If you buy this book AND play through a few of the games - I personally guarantee you will not be disappointed with it. (And if you are, you can sell it on e-bay for almost what you paid for it.) Come on! What else do I have to say? I make all my students study Morphy. I promise you will get better. GET THIS BOOK!!
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Summary: Descriptive notation , impossible to read !!!
Review: Hi , the book is great but it is written in
descriptive notation and that makes the book itself
very awkward . Descriptive notation is no more used since
decades . Some one should rewrite the book in algebric notation.
Otherwise the book were great , I gave 4 stars
instead of 5 only for that reason.
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Summary: Another Great Low-Priced Classic From Dover
Review: The author assembled 300 of Morphy's games, more than enough for the reader to form a solid opinion on this extraordinary player. I can say without hesitation that if you are not charmed by his games, there is very little chance that you will ever be much of a chessplayer.
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Summary: better books around
Review: the main issue i take with this book is the poor annotation done. He'll make cryptic comments like "he cannot afford to do so and so move" at a critcal point in the game and not explain himself. What he means isn't self-explanitory either. As far as books annotating games go I'd recommend Alekhines best games of chess between the 1920's and 1940's (or whatever the title is). Much better book with better games too (in my humble opinion.
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Summary: better books around
Review: the main issue i take with this book is the poor annotation done. He'll make cryptic comments like "he cannot afford to do so and so move" at a critcal point in the game and not explain himself. What he means isn't self-explanitory either. As far as books annotating games go I'd recommend Alekhines best games of chess between the 1920's and 1940's (or whatever the title is). Much better book with better games too (in my humble opinion.
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Summary: better books around
Review: the main issue i take with this book is the poor annotation done. He'll make cryptic comments like "he cannot afford to do so and so move" at a critcal point in the game and not explain himself. What he means isn't self-explanitory either. As far as books annotating games go I'd recommend Alekhines best games of chess between the 1920's and 1940's (or whatever the title is). Much better book with better games too (in my humble opinion.
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