10 Most Common Chess Mistakes...And How To Fix Them, 2nd Edition

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Summary: It worked for me!
Review: I like this book. Despite the other reviewers' negativity, I have found it helpful. I am relatively new to chess, I know the basic rules and enjoy playing, but I haven't played any tournaments or been rated. This book is helping me to think out the positions and analyze them more seriously than I did before. If you are (relatively) new to chess, this is a good book. If you are an advanced player, this is not the one for you.

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Summary: Superficial and inaccurate
Review: Larry Evans' standing as a chess author has gone down sharply over the years and this book helps show why. It is insubstantial and has many silly errors (name spellings, wrong moves etc.). Not that Evans is alone in such superficiality. One of the greatest mysteries of chess is why such a cerebral game has been the subject of so many potboilers. Cardoza, the publisher of this book, specialises in them, unfortunately.

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Summary: It worked for me!
Review: Three and a half stars would be more of an accurate appraisal. Not the best chess book I've read, but some good tactical themes. While studying this book for about month, I still couldn't figure out the best way to utilize the information other than take it for granted that when Larry Evans states "not to leave your King vulnerable"...not to leave your King vulnerable. The author's annotation is not very thorough, there was not enough detail explaining the why's behind the moves other than the simple good and bad moves. It is an ok book, but not a necessity to one's library. Why buy a book that's just ok when you have a choice of books that are much much better and at the same time, the same price?

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Summary: It's OK.
Review: Three and a half stars would be more of an accurate appraisal. Not the best chess book I've read, but some good tactical themes. While studying this book for about month, I still couldn't figure out the best way to utilize the information other than take it for granted that when Larry Evans states "not to leave your King vulnerable"...not to leave your King vulnerable. The author's annotation is not very thorough, there was not enough detail explaining the why's behind the moves other than the simple good and bad moves. It is an ok book, but not a necessity to one's library. Why buy a book that's just ok when you have a choice of books that are much much better and at the same time, the same price?