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Complete Book of Chess Strategy: Grandmaster Techniques from A to Z

Jeremy Silman

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Mar 04, 2012 Steve Toyne rated it liked it

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I recommend this for beginners after they have a couple of hundred games under their belt. I don't see club players and above learning a great deal from this book but a complete beginner would be lost.

The section that deals with the openings is far too sparse. It offers very little as to the ideas behind each open, instead it offers two or three routes that games usually go, only going about five moves deep. A beginner shouldn't be memorising lines until they know the ideas behind the opening so ...more

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May 24, 2023 Devadeep Gupta rated it it was amazing

While it is practically impossible to write a "complete" book on chess strategy given the infinite ways to play the game, I think this book comes the closest I have seen so far. It is good for beginner level players (those who have at least played a few months or so) right up to advanced levels, though it is unlikely to be needed for IM or GM levels. The best part about the book was that most other chess books delve very deep into just openings or just endgames or just dry puzzles, but here we h ...more

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Aug 05, 2023 Devadeep Gupta rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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This is a book worth re-reading several times. While I am sure there are more openings and strategies, this is as complete a book on chess as I have ever found so far. I suspect it will take years to digest this knowledge for anyone below 1500 level.

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