- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: Times Books; large type edition edition (1 Dec 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0812922654
- ISBN-13: 978-0812922653
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.7 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 524,327 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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An innovative book on game-winning strategy for players at the intermediate level--from a master chess coach. Every truth about chess must be coached in context, and the book's interactive teacher-student dialogue does just that. Weeramantry teaches how to think during a chess game. 300 diagrams.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Feels like sitting in on a topnotch series of chess lectures,
By the great amphibian "Ruthenphelphs" (Hampshire, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Best Lessons of a Chess Coach (McKay Chess Library) (Paperback)
Best Lessons of a Chess Coach is probably the best written chess book that I have, and it is certainly the one that I studied the fastest. The pragmatism of Weeramantry rubbed off on me so that my attitude in approaching the game improved a great deal, with a few maxims that simply improved my approach, such as "looks for ideas first, then moves". That is such a great maxim; I studied a book on tactics a few months ago and am currently studying some strategy as well as continuing to work on tactics, and I had been unable to tenably link these two aspects together into a better game - 'if I study tactics, I play lousy positionally, and if I study strategy/positional chess I miss out on some superficial tactics'. But the rule that I previously quoted was a breakthrough to me, and would probably be considered too obvious by most master chess authors to mention. The pragmatism of the author does not make the book dryer or less enthusiastic.. it simply means that the goals that you are aiming for in a game are more likely to be pulled off, and hence it is a source of happiness when rules to keep in mind are given for chess pragmatism. Lots of general rules are given, many of which for the first time for the reader. I'll quote a few examples: "Two pawns on the fourth can act as a screen to move pieces around.", "Do not look at what you are trading; look at what is left on the board after the trade.", "A rook lift is generally preferred over a pawn storm if both players are castled on the same side of the board". There are a great number of such hints, and these are gems for a player moving from not-great to intermediate. I'd recommend this book to anyone who hasn't studied strategy already to some depth. I had already read quite a lot of a strategy book, and despite that book being quite comprehensive, Weeramantry's book brought up things that weren't mentioned, or weren't explained as clearly in the other book. This book is so readable that I studied through all ten chapters with my magnetic chess set in 4 days. I think the breakdown was two lessons on the first day, one on the second, three on the third, and four on the fourth. The book still looks like it could be fresh from the shelf at the bookstore, though I have made underlinings throughout it as you will probably do. At the end of each chapter, (or "lesson"), there is a review section, bulletpointing the themes touched upon in that lesson, and a list of 'Guidelines' and 'Advice' of things mentioned during the lesson, and also several supplementary games with themes similar to those in the lesson are given to be studied independently, though they are annotated at the parts most relevant to the things learnt during the particular lesson. These review sections at the end are a major plus. I felt throughout that it was a pleasure to have access to these chess lessons, and that the price of a book is extremely cheap for ten lessons that feel like one-to-one chess tuition. This book cannot be highly enough recommended for a chess player who is a begginer and wants to improve, or who may consider themselves intermediate already but will likely benefit from the consistency and comprehensiveness of these lessons.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Simply the Best,
This review is from: Best Lessons of a Chess Coach (McKay Chess Library) (Paperback)
This book is a must for the post beginner or intermediate player. The layout is concise, and each of the ten lessons contains gems of chess wisdom with clear explanations on why moves are made. It feels more like a one on one chess tutorial rather than reading a book - Weeramantry understands the misunderstandings that mre morals go through, where many books take a high degree of knowledge for granted. The recap at the end of each chapter serves as useful revision of the key points and the extra games to play through re-inforce these one more time. This book is excellent value for money and it really does deserve 5 stars.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Instruction!,
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This review is from: Best Lessons of a Chess Coach (McKay Chess Library) (Paperback)
This book uses many different methods to help you learn chess. The game commentary and socratic method is very useful. Also, the book gives supplementary games for you to review on your own. Finally, there are lists of guidelines and advice learned from the games. This game helped me think more and improve.
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