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Translated by Harry Golombek. Superb guide to neglected area of chess. Two formidable grandmasters cover attacking the king, defense, importance of pawn structure, analysis, much more. Authoritative introduction by Harry Golombek. Belongs in the library of every serious chess enthusiast. Indexes of players and middle-game themes.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I read this book many years ago and feel it helped me significantly improve my understanding of how to handle middlegame positions. Whilst it is true that Keres analysis is superior to Kotov's, the quality of all the material is good and it should be remembered that Keres was a far stronger player than Kotov. That said, now that I have returned to chess after a break of many years, it is in particular the chapter by Kotov on how to attack in positions of opposite side castling that I remember most. I would be surprised if most club players could not take several nuggetts of wisdom from this book and use it to their advantage during their games. It should also be noted that Harry Golombek's introduction is of a high quality, as was all his work, I had the priviledge of meeting Golombek some years ago, I think his dedication to chess showed in all his works, most notably those on Capablanca and Reti.
20 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I'll not make this sound like an advertisement, but this book is really great value for the money (thanks again to Dover). The book has 5 chapters, one by Golombeck (the translator) which is worth reading, but not much more. The rest are 4 perls by Kotov and Keres. This 4 chapters handle the topics: how to attack the king (depending on the pawn srtuctures and on the castles), how to play whit typical pawn structures (blocked center...) [both by Kotov]; how to defend actively in inferior positions, and how to do analysis (both by Keres, which was a fanatic correspondece player).
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Very usefull, easy lessons and good exemples from Kotov. P. Keres and "How to Defend Difficult Positions" is very good, a litle bit full of variation and difficult to follow but, with pacience, we can win this step, defence is not easy to play and not easy to learn. Anyway, a very good book!!
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Great Value - You'll look forward to getting an inferior position
Excellent value for money especially Keres on defence of inferior positions will help you hang tough.Crouch's How to Defend in Chess has more on this topic.
Published on 26 July 2009 by Chess Fan
Notation Errors
The book is essencially good and does help in improvement of play as it is designed to do. However on page 36 and page 37 there appears to be errors in the print or original... Read more
Published on 19 Aug 2006 by Mr. D. J. M. England
Middlegame explained as it should be.
This is an interesting read which inspired many new lines of thought in my play. Kotov's chapters are concise and well illustrated with games, and I'd say essential knowledge for... Read more
Published on 22 Feb 2000
Good guideline
This is a good book. I think each chapter deserves a praise, especially Keres' two chapters about Defense and Analysis. Comparatively, Keres' chapters are better than Kotov's. Read more
Published on 13 May 1998
The Best of the middle game ones. yes, even as old as it is.
If you want a book on chess go somewhere else, but if you
want to learn what to play after that opening, you can read
this, Keres and Kotov are the best at the... Read more
want to learn what to play after that opening, you can read
this, Keres and Kotov are the best at the... Read more
Published on 4 Jun 1996
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