- Paperback
- Publisher: Microsoft Pr (Oct 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0735609217
- ISBN-13: 978-0735609211
- Product Dimensions: 23.3 x 18.7 x 5.7 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,614,674 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Greatest series for new players
20 Feb 2001
OK, so you know how the pieces move, have learned the four-move-checkmate, and like to attack. But, you are being hammered by better players who side-step your cheap attacks on f2 and f7, so what do you do? I recommend these books to all of my students because they methodically (and entertainingly) guide the reader through all the fundamentals of chess. These were some of the first books I read and I have gone back to them again and again to get material for teaching new players. These are the core of my chess book collection. Yasser, you are a great writer! How about an autobiography sometime soon?
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Best Series of Chess Books you can buy
22 Mar 2003
If you are a beginner or rated slightly higher, this is the best one series of books you can study. There are actually six in this series and you would be wise to study them all. My rating jumped 200 points after I read only three books in the series! I still have three books left to study! Yasser Seirawan has demonstrated through this series and his other books how well he writes as well as plays chess. There are only about thirty or forty GREAT chess instructional books in print, this is a great place to start quality chess study.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
A Great Value
28 July 2001
I actually bought all these books seperatly! Seeing them available as a set for a lot cheaper is Great! I wish I knew it was sold that way. This set is full of usefull information for a serious chess beginner. The first book, Play Winning Chess, goes over the basic rules and covers most chess terminology. Kind of basic, but Yasser's four principles of chess are outstanding. The second, Winning Chess Tactics, is where it starts getting good, I am not even through it all the way, and I already noticed a real improvement on my games. I play on-line, and I was getting butchered, I spotted a nice Combination the way I learned in the book, and checkmate shortly followed. The third book is called Winning chess Stratagies, i havent even opened it yet, but i can't wait. If you are a serious beginner who is tired of hearing, "Check Mate!", and never saying it, this set is for you. If you are a "real" chess player you should read something a little more advanced. They are still full of valuable information, well worth a read.
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