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84 of 85 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Capablanca was a renowned chess logician who had a remarkable ability to simplify complicated chess positions to their basic elements. Chess Fundamentals is the product of Capablanca's logical chess simplification. A book ideal for beginners to intermediate players wanting to improve their game to a competitive club standard, the content focuses on the basic principals of the three stages of a chess game. Capablanca discusses the fundamentals of a position without long lists of variations found in other chess publications. Likewise the language he employs is clear and concise. The chapters on strategy and endgames will be a particular benefit to players struggling with the intricacies of positional play. The chapter on the middlegame is a fantastic introduction to tactical play outlining the principals of attack, sacrifices and defence without long streams of variations confusing the reader. In the final section of the book Capablanca thoroughly annotates his own games offering the student the opportunity to play over them using his comments as a guide. Capablanca only lost 36 games of the 567 he competitively played and never lost a game between 1916 and 1924 despite playing the best players at the time. For this reason Chess Fundamentals is an invaluable tool for the chess player striving to improve his or her game as it gives an insightful view into the mind of a chess genius and one of the greatest players to ever grace the game.
2 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Book arrived earlier than expected in excellent condition. The book is proving very helpful to my understanding and development in chess.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
An Intuitive Player's First Move
24 Jun 2000
Format:Paperback
This book is the best way to jumpstart a beginning to chess mastery. Capablanca gives a mild technical backdrop before presenting some of his own games. Capablanca synthesized positional ideas when the rest of the world was trying to figure out how to out calculate their opponent. This book gives an introduction to the system of thought that gave legends like Fischer, Karpov, and Kramnik their start. Warning:Opening theory has evolved to make the games most of the games in this book obsolete from the standpoint of theory. But if you want to know how an intuitive chessplayer thinks, read this book.
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
A classic
25 Feb 2006
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Only few words we know about Capablanca himself of his conception of the game. This book is an absolute classic. Like the books of Lasker and others of their time, they are best to get their view of the game than to learn how to play.
I have been investigating the thinking methods of the old champions and this little book introduce the concept of the calculation by visualizing future positions. Capa doesn't expose details about it, but his writing help us to get the concept: visualize the goal position in mind and then try to construct it at the board. That method was repeated in Lasker's Manual writing about positional and combinatory players. In our days this conception is regained by Silman and Beim as new concepts and without proper credits to the old guys.
As any classic, get this book!
I have been investigating the thinking methods of the old champions and this little book introduce the concept of the calculation by visualizing future positions. Capa doesn't expose details about it, but his writing help us to get the concept: visualize the goal position in mind and then try to construct it at the board. That method was repeated in Lasker's Manual writing about positional and combinatory players. In our days this conception is regained by Silman and Beim as new concepts and without proper credits to the old guys.
As any classic, get this book!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
A Great Book: But don't confuse it with a reference
4 Dec 2004
Format:Paperback
Chess Fundamentals is a book anyone can find space on their shelf for. However, before going further, I'd like to remind people this is a self-teaching book, not a reference. Many have complained that this book is sparse on explanations and that Capablanca left the student to find most variations. They seem to have lost the point that this book is meant to teach through hands-on experience, the best method, rather than by just telling everything.
Treatise aside, this book is superb. It has a great focus on endgames and explains the opening well. The only fault I could find was that the middlegame section focused too much on combinations and not enough on positional play--however, positional play could take 100 books to fully explain, so it doesn't really matter. After reading this book, my rating on playchess.com rose by over 300 points! I highly recomend it.
Treatise aside, this book is superb. It has a great focus on endgames and explains the opening well. The only fault I could find was that the middlegame section focused too much on combinations and not enough on positional play--however, positional play could take 100 books to fully explain, so it doesn't really matter. After reading this book, my rating on playchess.com rose by over 300 points! I highly recomend it.
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