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There are more than 30 moves you can choose from a typical chess position. Yet masters regularly manage to select the best moves - and they do it faster, more confidently and with less calculation than other players. The reason is that masters supply shortcuts that enable them to think more efficiently. This book explains these techniques, including how to use specific cues to identify good moves, how to streamline the analysis of the consequences of these moves, and how to use both objective and highly subjective criteria to find the right move - from any position.
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International Master Andrew Soltis is a professional journalist and popular chess writer. He is the author of Bobby Fischer Rediscovered (0713488468) and Rethinking the Chess Pieces (0713489049), also published by B T Batsford. He lives in New York.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is a well written and easy to follow. The ideas are well explained and Soltis selects examples that clearly demonstrate the point he is making.
Various thinking methods are discussed including Kotov's famous tree of analysis, Soltis reviews each and gives pros and cons. He explains when to calculate and when not, cues to select candidate moves, how to save time and when to use intuition.
I like this book a lot as Soltis doesn't preach too much, but explains the tools to help you select moves and thinking techniques.
There are plenty of diagrams at key points and the lines of analysis are long enough to make his point, but not ridiculously deep, as to lose most readers.
Various thinking methods are discussed including Kotov's famous tree of analysis, Soltis reviews each and gives pros and cons. He explains when to calculate and when not, cues to select candidate moves, how to save time and when to use intuition.
I like this book a lot as Soltis doesn't preach too much, but explains the tools to help you select moves and thinking techniques.
There are plenty of diagrams at key points and the lines of analysis are long enough to make his point, but not ridiculously deep, as to lose most readers.
27 of 29 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
One of the biggest problems I've faced when playing chess is knowing what to play. There have been times when I've sat staring at the board, just wondering what on earth I should be doing. Well - those days are gone!! It is a well-known fact that, the better a player is, the less time he has to spend thinking about his moves, and Andrew Soltis's excellent book shows why. He covers topics such as how much calculation is needed in a given position. To an amateur, it may seem strange to say that a player doesn't need to calculate, yet many top players, not least ex-World Champion Karpov, have had great results with this method. Another excellent tip is how to select potential moves - what are called candidate moves. Candidate cues are triggers that suggest moves; he also explains how to narrow the situation down to just a few such candidates. He explains how some players, such as former World Champion Petrosian, confused their opponents by giving them too many moves to choose from. He suggests ways to choose a move, such as to attack an opponent's undefended piece, or to improve the position of your own worst-placed piece.
This book is a good example of the modern trend in chess books to have plenty of text: not too long ago, chess books had no text at all, but plenty of dense analysis with symbols to show the state of the game. This approach was to allow non-English speakers to follow the books, but these books were hardly reader-friendly. More recently, however, text has made a welcome return, which allows the writer to explain clearly and precisely what the aims of the moves are.
Soltis is clear but never simplistic, and his book contains a wealth of information which can only help the interested amateur to improve his play.
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92 of 98 people found the following review helpful
Well written book on the "thought process" in choosing your best continuation
18 Sep 2006
Format:Paperback
This is a lot move than just how to choose "A" move, but would be better titled, How to choose the best "continuation". How to calculate and what goes into a logical plan with the thought process is a good discription of what Andrew Soltis's book is all about. Certainly this book is no substitute for having to study books on tactical situations, opening traps and positional play, but a nice supliment which will actually help you study better in addition to analyzing during play.
24 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Great Book If You Struggle With Chess Thought Process
5 Dec 2005
Format:Paperback
One of the most difficult aspects of chess learning I have faced in my chess studies is to get a handle on an effective and efficient thought process. This is especially true when playing against the clock in rated tournament games. How much time should you spend looking for tactics in a chess position? What should you look at next if you don't find any winning (or game-saving) tactics? Exactly how do chess grandmasters think during a chess game? Soltis does an excellent job of explaining these and many other points of consideration to make the chess move decision process more efficient. I'm just about halfway through the book, and I've already seen my play (and rating) improve.
I would classify the material as moderately advanced and state that the reader would get the most benefit from Soltis' examples if s/he already has a strong understanding of tactics and the basics of position play. So, I would recommend for USCF 1500 - 2000 rated players.
I would classify the material as moderately advanced and state that the reader would get the most benefit from Soltis' examples if s/he already has a strong understanding of tactics and the basics of position play. So, I would recommend for USCF 1500 - 2000 rated players.
28 of 34 people found the following review helpful
GM Thinking Insights
22 Nov 2005
Format:Paperback
This book is, in a way, Part II of Soltis's book on calculation. It's very practical and gives some insights on how GMs choose moves at the board using Kotov's method, process of elimination, and "intuition". A good book with some good examples, but nothing revolutionary here.
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