- Paperback: 92 pages
- Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.; illustrated edition edition (May 1985)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0486247570
- ISBN-13: 978-0486247571
- Product Dimensions: 21 x 14 x 1.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,791,041 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Format:Paperback
I confess to being a chess book addict. I enjoy reading chess books more than I enjoy playing chess. That goes for all types of chess book, whether about tactics, strategy, the endgame, theoretical surveys, studies, best game collections, curiosities, you name it.
This is a perfectly adequate little book with some simple annotations of some good games by one of the more under-rated players of the early twentieth century. I'm collecting anthologies of players' best games, so I bought this.
I rather doubt that I should have done so otherwise.
Don't get me wrong: the book is just fine.
It's just that unless--like me--you've got *thousands* of chess books already, this one might not be high on your
list.
This is a perfectly adequate little book with some simple annotations of some good games by one of the more under-rated players of the early twentieth century. I'm collecting anthologies of players' best games, so I bought this.
I rather doubt that I should have done so otherwise.
Don't get me wrong: the book is just fine.
It's just that unless--like me--you've got *thousands* of chess books already, this one might not be high on your
list.
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Interesting games from Begian GM of 1920s & 30s
21 Oct 2001
Format:Paperback
Edgard Colle was perhaps the best chess player from Belgium before his death in 1932. He perfected and advocated a form of the Queen's Pawn Game that became known as the Colle System. This opening is known for its relative ease-of-understanding by beginning players and its solid attacking chances. This collection of Colle's games was written and annotated by Fred Reinfeld BEFORE Reinfeld became known as something of a hack chess publishing institution, cranking out works like "Chess Mastery Overnight" and "How to Win in Two Moves" and many others that bore significant resemblance to works he'd already written. "Colle's Chess Masterpieces" contains detailed analysis of 51 of Colle's games against opponents like Grunfeld, Reti, Euwe, and Rubinstein. It provides some insight into the relatively grinding work of a "tournament circuit" player in the days before FIDE and guaranteed prize money. I only wish that Reinfeld could have included a bit more information on Colle himself, but unfortunately very little is (was) known about him.
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