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Original Title:	Winning Chess Strategies
ISBN:	1857443322 (ISBN13: 9781857443325)
Edition Language:	English

Winning Chess Strategies Paperback | Pages: 272 pages

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Title	:	Winning Chess Strategies
Author	:	Yasser Seirawan
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 272 pages
Published	:	June 1st 2003 by Everyman Chess (first published 1994)
Categories	:	Games. Chess. Nonfiction. Sports and Games. Reference

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This was an interesting publication, as it is Microsoft Press; meaning that it was first put together on Word. Let me first say that there is an error on page 246 (there's a funny joke about publishers who thought they published an error-less book - they got the title wrong). Some manuals do not "give a King's point count as 3 1/2". Some manuals give a Knight's point count as 3 1/2.

This was the first serious chess book I have read through, and let me tell you, I got my analysis board good and broken-in. The other neophytic chess books I've read have been no where near 257 pages.

As a chess and chess literature newbie, I really learned a lot. I learned of pawn structures; I learned to read the position and know whether to prefer knights or bishops for the endgame; I learned of territory, and of targets.

Seirawan, towards the end, becomes a bit more conversational in his writing; and I like that. He even references a "prose-like" chess work, which I have now forgotten. I wish I had taken notes with a voice recorder, or used a highlighter at least, so that I could look up the books he mentioned. It will take a while to go back through. There was just so much good information; and yet, after every couple of paragraphs, you are given theory to work through on your analysis board.

The diagrams given half-way through notations were really helpful. Many times, I found I had erred. Wishing to glean as much knowledge as I could, I would start over from the beginning anyway.

Seirawan and Silman proved to me with this book that I really enjoy the nightly ritual of chess reading. My 5" magnetic sheesham wood set and I look forward to more.

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This was an interesting publication, as it is Microsoft Press; meaning that it was first put together on Word. Let me first say that there is an error on page 246 (there's a funny joke about publishers who thought they published an error-less book - they got the title wrong). Some manuals do not "give a King's point count as 3 1/2". Some manuals give a Knight's point count as 3 1/2.This was the first serious chess book I have read through, and let me tell you, I got my analysis board good and

I found this volume of the series to drag quite a bit. Not sure that reading this helped my game in any respect.

Humorously enough, I finished reading this book shortly after playing my first face-to-face chess game in a few years, which I lost (alas) in a tough endgame after a largely closed position on the board.  I suppose like many people I can read about chess [1] better than playing it.  As this is the third book by the authors I have read, I have to say that this is the first of those books that I felt spoke to where I am at as a chess player.  The first book I read from them was a bit too



A good overview of chess strategy.

This was an interesting publication, as it is Microsoft Press; meaning that it was first put together on Word. Let me first say that there is an error on page 246 (there's a funny joke about publishers who thought they published an error-less book - they got the title wrong). Some manuals do not "give a King's point count as 3 1/2". Some manuals give a Knight's point count as 3 1/2.This was the first serious chess book I have read through, and let me tell you, I got my analysis board good and

Aight. I didn't find it as informative as his other books.