chess study ?

Question

i have four books on chess they are the most instructive games of chess ever played chernev 107 great chess battles alekhine the art of sacrifice in chess spielmann and nigel short world chess challenger is this enough to study ?

Answer 1

In my opnion you should study well all you have in your hands, so give other step.
If you love play chess, never stop to study, slow or fast, aways study

Answer 2

I am a USCF rated Expert (approximately 2050). You will derive benefit from studying openings or middlegame tactics or middlegame positional concepts or endgames. The key is, since you have a limited amount of time, what will you derive the most benefit from studying? Your friend is half-right in that studying tactics will yield great benefit to your game in both the short term and long term of your chess career. In fact, it is almost impossible to overstudy tactics. And since he is studying opening lines, at first he may actually improve a little faster than you because opening study has a fair amount of short term benefit. However, your study of endgames will yield much more long term benefit to your improving as a chessplayer. Your friend is mistaken when he says that one can become a strong player without endgame knowledge. I suppose that one could argue that because tournament time controls have become progressively faster over the past decade, the *amount* of endgame knowledge that is absolutely essential probably has decreased somewhat. For example, there are whole books devoted to nothing but Rook endgames (probably the most common endgame), but the fact of the matter is that if you throughly understand the ten pages in Tarrasch's book which discusses Rook endgames, it isn't until you become a pretty strong player that learning more about Rook endgames would have significant benefit to you. Since you have decided to study Tarrach's book, I would like to make the following suggestions about the endgame section. You do not need to know K+B+N vs K or K+R+B vs K+R or K+R+N vs K+R. Despite his comments to the contrary, none of these happen sufficiently frequently to justify the time spent learning them. The other endgame sections are all important. Alternatively, if you're willing to consider other sources, I'm a big fan of the book "Improve Your Endgame" bu GM Glenn Flear. Although Tarrasch generally gives very useful examples in his book, you have to remember that it was written almost 100 years ago and is translated from another language, so the wording can sometimes be a bit awkward. Flear's analysis and tips are clearly written and easy to understand. No doubt, there are other fine endgame books as well, I just happen to own that one and recommend it highly. Once you have completed Tarrasch's chapters on endgame and middlegame play, put the book away and do not read the chapter about openings. Instead, purchase a book like Irving Chernev's "Logical Chess: Move by Move" which is a clearly annotated collection of classic Grandmaster games. By playing over the games in this book, you'll learn a lot more about ideas in the middlegame and endgame and you'll also pick up much about opening principles. You shouldn't start studying (=memorizing) opening lines until you have a solid background in the principles. Good luck in your endeavors!

Answer 3

I would think that is plenty, if you like "by-the-book" moves. For less formal study and possibly a bit more practical approach I would highly recommend Susan Polgar's book, Chess Tactics For Champions. ($17 at Barnes & Noble). I have tons of chess books, but this one improved my game the most....and after I only read the first 15 or so pages!!! It's a very fun book. Susan is a genius! You may want to visit her site at : http://www.susanpolgar.com/indexone.html

Answer 4

the best chess book i have ever seen is the bobby fischer one that is a puzzle book check this one out i think you will like. i do not remember the name and gave my copy to a friend but it was white and you had puzzles on one page then get to the end and go the other way all of the answers are in the back

Answer 5

These are excellent titles to feed your enthusiasm for the game, but for the purpose of study, with a serious aim to improve, it will be essential to acquire a book about endgames.
Only in this stage of the game is the full scope of the pieces revealed, and the knowledge gained will automatically influence for the better your choice of moves in the earlier stages of the game.
The favourable pawn structures to aim for, and later advantagous ways of activating the king as a fighting piece, will alter your thinking throughout the game. As more and more pieces are exchanged, in many cases standard types of position will begin to emerge, and endgame study will help you deal with these.
It is very tempting to head straight for opening study, but does the athlete who usually stumbles at the end of a race, practice only how quickly he can leave the starting blocks?

Answer 6

Try this site as well: http://starturl.com/chess
It has helped me a lot to improve my chess strategies.

Answer 7

Do google search "matrix chess" and "bernard parham"

Answer 8

Yes. For now.:) You'll know when you need more.