The authors of this book introduce their approach to chess, based on years of successful top-level practical experience. A training manual for anyone interested in improving their play, this book deals with all aspects of tournament preparation.
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6 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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For those who don't know, Dvoretsky is a very well-repected instructor and Yusupov is his star pupil. Their articles are supplemented by contributions from a number of other strong players from the Russian school. Add to this a chapter of advice from eight of the greatest players of all time (from Steinitz through to Kasparov), and you would expect to be about to receive the greatest chess lesson of you life. But a star-studded cast doesn't guarantee a great film, and here we lack the skills of a director to keep our authors on track.
Strangely, Dvoretsky uses this book as a vehicle for criticising Goldin's analysis of a game between Capablanca and Alekhine (I'm not quite sure how that is intended to improve my chess); and having been advised to determine my own strengths and weaknesses, do I really need to go through the analysis of a game by a young Russian hopeful as an example? The mojority of the book follows a similar pattern.
This said, one doesn't pick up a chess book in anticipation of it being a literary masterpiece, and it would be a shame to let the book's shortcomings detract from the excellent practical advice that it does contain. There are real gems in this book, but the reader has to dig for them. "It is very important to be able to identify in material being studied something general, something capable of enriching you game" - G. Kaidanov. Unfortunately, we have to wait until chapter 6 to get this very sound advice, when it should be in bold letters on page 1. Anyone who reads this book without such an approach is wasting a lot of time.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great book for all levels
9 Jun 2005
By Realreviewer
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Format:Paperback
This is a great book not only does it show you key ways to improve but also uses great examples.
The first element it describes is understanding the your weaknesses and eliminating or minimalising them. Are you too cautious, attack too much, lack positional or calculative powers?
The second element is games from the past, it explains why these can still be used, great masters of the past were able to better exploit and implement their plans (Defensive technique by the weaker player was not as developed as today) therefore you get to see the whole implementation of the plan. What are these plans? minority Attack, Attack on F2, Queen side pawn majority, isolated pawn the list goes on.
Also discussed is keeping a scrap book of key positions you come across as an aide memoir.
Finally the 3rd element is annotating your own games. By annoting your own games you see first hand where you went wrong this may indicate a weakness to work on and therefore work on your identified weakness will lead to improvement in practical playing strength.
The first element it describes is understanding the your weaknesses and eliminating or minimalising them. Are you too cautious, attack too much, lack positional or calculative powers?
The second element is games from the past, it explains why these can still be used, great masters of the past were able to better exploit and implement their plans (Defensive technique by the weaker player was not as developed as today) therefore you get to see the whole implementation of the plan. What are these plans? minority Attack, Attack on F2, Queen side pawn majority, isolated pawn the list goes on.
Also discussed is keeping a scrap book of key positions you come across as an aide memoir.
Finally the 3rd element is annotating your own games. By annoting your own games you see first hand where you went wrong this may indicate a weakness to work on and therefore work on your identified weakness will lead to improvement in practical playing strength.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good book with several useful chapters
22 Aug 2005
By Thomas F. Ewald
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Format:Paperback
VERY good book. Alexei Kosikov's article, "Assessing a Position and Choosing a Plan in the Middlegame", is itself worth the price of admission. If only he wrote entire books himself!
I have several of Dvoretsky's books (of course, having them is not the same as having read them), and have found this to be the best of those I have read. It is very readable, with several articles, which are inter-related, but do not require each other. That is, you can pick and choose which articles interest you.
I have several of Dvoretsky's books (of course, having them is not the same as having read them), and have found this to be the best of those I have read. It is very readable, with several articles, which are inter-related, but do not require each other. That is, you can pick and choose which articles interest you.
5 of 11 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
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13 Nov 2000
By A Customer
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Format:Paperback
The book is basically a manual on how to asess your own chess and begin to cover up weaknesses and promote strengths. Emphasising the need for unviversality of style (covering weaknesses) it advocates a method of analysing the individuals games to come up with ways of strengthening openings, psychology and analysis at the board.
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