My 16 year old daughter beats me almost every time now. I will: 1. Recommend your channel cause it's fab. 2. Buy a book. 3. Take the power back!! 4. Only then share the book .😮
Thank you for sharing your insights and counsel, Lula. I'm not a newbie. I believe myself to be an improver. I am a fan and supporter of you. I love to watch your videos and learn nuggets of chess truth and advice. I love your voice 😀. I always want the best for you. A fan across the pond in Seattle, Washington USA 🇺🇸. Have a great day and weekend 😃
The two biggest skills in chess are calculation/tactics and positional evaluation. There is a lot written about the former but the latter is more tricky. It's not just critical moments like you would see in a positional chess puzzle book, but actually how to play at every move as you emerge from the opening. There is a trainer out there (his name always eludes me) who came up with a system called "Strategic Balance" for precisely this purpose and I wish he'd write a book on it - he trained Caruana when he went on that insane 7-0 streak in St Louis. The closest I have seen to this is a chapter in the Quality Chess book "Chess Lessons" and then that old-school book (Which was also re-issued by Quality chess under a new name) called "Middlegame Planning" - it was green, if I recall.
Cover to cover... hmmm... around 35? Love the shoutout to puzzle books: they have become SO underrated in this day and age, but curated and well organized selections of tactics will, indeed, last a very long time
I would advocate playing through a collection of your favourite player's games. You can learn from this if you try to understand the variations and author's comments, and you can enjoy classic examples of chess beauty. Try playing through variations in your head instead of using a second board to develop your visualisation.
Although I enjoy purchasing chess books, I doubt I have the time to read them all. I have more than a hundred now, but I still want to get more. Right now, they serve more as display pieces on my shelf than as reading material, hehe. Having them simply makes me happy.
i am a self confessed chess book hoarder! 😶🌫 but the last time i actually read one cover to cover was so looooong ago, the notation used was not yet algebraic 😂 it was a book called "attack and counterattack in chess", and it is still probably the most influential chess book i've read in terms of its impact on my game. probably the only recent book that can compare to its impact on me is silman's reassess your chess...i mean i've only read the chapter on knights so far, but boy did it change the way i look and use my horsey! a book i've been eyeing for a while now is not a practical buy for me...its magnus most memorable games. i know im nowhere good enough yet to fully benefit from it, but i'm just a really big fan of his games!
I had the Lou Hayes edition when I was a young student looks like a dog chewed it and went to war and back. The Quality Chess Classic is a thing of beauty in hardback and translated better. This book is the foundation of what made Tigran Petrosian a rock solid positional player.
Yeah, I'm currently between quitting chess, and picking it back up. Lol So, this video came on my homepage at the right time. I'm very fascinated by the game, but may be content to just be a fan. Thanks anyway! We'll see what I'll do. :)
(Mine a few puzzle books! I've also read How To Win At Chess bye Levy Rozman/Gothamchess for free. Beeing 1200, I would say that it can be useful to people less rated than 800-900 that would prefer to learn chess with a book. If you are just curious, local librairies are the best!)
I bought one physical chess book years ago to learn more about Chess strategies, I don't think I finished it. I have a few eBooks on chess I bought like 2 years ago, I still haven't read them 😂😂... but I'm going to get two of your recommendations, "The Amateur's Mind" and "How to Reassess Your Chess" because you seem to understand what it's like at the beginner level and how flawed some of us are 😂😂... so if you think those books are good for a flawed beginner like me, I can trust that 👍
I’m from a wonderful time when the word “chess cheater” did not exist. So I’ll tell you my 2 beloved which I still have… 1. For improvement: Art of positional play, Reshevsky. 2. For pleasure: 100 chess gems, Wenman (this one’s 29 years old… ahhh the tobacco smells and coffee stains… so nostalgic : )
There's no evidence he said that and if you want to really become good at chess you can't avoid chess books.They are a great way to learn and progress faster, depends on the book tho
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She attac
But most importantly she set beginners and improvers on the right tracc
She fearless… no hold bacc… she win with queen sacc!!
very interresting and relaxing video !! keep up the good work
My 16 year old daughter beats me almost every time now. I will: 1. Recommend your channel cause it's fab. 2. Buy a book. 3. Take the power back!! 4. Only then share the book .😮
Thank you for sharing your insights and counsel, Lula.
I'm not a newbie. I believe myself to be an improver.
I am a fan and supporter of you. I love to watch your videos and learn nuggets of chess truth and advice. I love your voice 😀. I always want the best for you.
A fan across the pond in Seattle, Washington USA 🇺🇸.
Have a great day and weekend 😃
Reading 'logical chess move by move ' and am learning a lot♥️♥️
Logical Chess is the book I would suggest - its the book that first made chess make sense for me and took me from beginner to intermediate-ish.
@@makingsenseofchess That is the best first book. Followed by Amateur's mind.
Nice video. Can you do a video on the colle system ?
The two biggest skills in chess are calculation/tactics and positional evaluation. There is a lot written about the former but the latter is more tricky. It's not just critical moments like you would see in a positional chess puzzle book, but actually how to play at every move as you emerge from the opening. There is a trainer out there (his name always eludes me) who came up with a system called "Strategic Balance" for precisely this purpose and I wish he'd write a book on it - he trained Caruana when he went on that insane 7-0 streak in St Louis. The closest I have seen to this is a chapter in the Quality Chess book "Chess Lessons" and then that old-school book (Which was also re-issued by Quality chess under a new name) called "Middlegame Planning" - it was green, if I recall.
Cover to cover... hmmm... around 35?
Love the shoutout to puzzle books: they have become SO underrated in this day and age, but curated and well organized selections of tactics will, indeed, last a very long time
I would advocate playing through a collection of your favourite player's games. You can learn from this if you try to understand the variations and author's comments, and you can enjoy classic examples of chess beauty. Try playing through variations in your head instead of using a second board to develop your visualisation.
Although I enjoy purchasing chess books, I doubt I have the time to read them all. I have more than a hundred now, but I still want to get more. Right now, they serve more as display pieces on my shelf than as reading material, hehe. Having them simply makes me happy.
Great observation about better visualization in a book’s chess puzzles. (Lol- surprised I didn’t see glitter all thru the pages)
i am a self confessed chess book hoarder! 😶🌫
but the last time i actually read one cover to cover was so looooong ago, the notation used was not yet algebraic 😂 it was a book called "attack and counterattack in chess", and it is still probably the most influential chess book i've read in terms of its impact on my game. probably the only recent book that can compare to its impact on me is silman's reassess your chess...i mean i've only read the chapter on knights so far, but boy did it change the way i look and use my horsey!
a book i've been eyeing for a while now is not a practical buy for me...its magnus most memorable games. i know im nowhere good enough yet to fully benefit from it, but i'm just a really big fan of his games!
Surprise many don't like My System. A great book for learning the fundamentals.
Overrated but an oldie GM said the chapter on ‘Overprotection’ is gold so I studied that part : )
I have never checked it out because I hear such mixed things
Sometimes… one has to know the bad, to know the good :)
I had the Lou Hayes edition when I was a young student looks like a dog chewed it and went to war and back. The Quality Chess Classic is a thing of beauty in hardback and translated better. This book is the foundation of what made Tigran Petrosian a rock solid positional player.
Yeah, I'm currently between quitting chess, and picking it back up. Lol So, this video came on my homepage at the right time. I'm very fascinated by the game, but may be content to just be a fan. Thanks anyway! We'll see what I'll do. :)
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As an author, I just want to add a reminder: check what your local librairies have in chess book to read 🌟books for free 🌟
(Mine a few puzzle books! I've also read How To Win At Chess bye Levy Rozman/Gothamchess for free. Beeing 1200, I would say that it can be useful to people less rated than 800-900 that would prefer to learn chess with a book. If you are just curious, local librairies are the best!)
Too bad the Step series isn't digitized. It's the best out there. I have them.
I bought one physical chess book years ago to learn more about Chess strategies, I don't think I finished it. I have a few eBooks on chess I bought like 2 years ago, I still haven't read them 😂😂... but I'm going to get two of your recommendations, "The Amateur's Mind" and "How to Reassess Your Chess" because you seem to understand what it's like at the beginner level and how flawed some of us are 😂😂... so if you think those books are good for a flawed beginner like me, I can trust that 👍
Try the amateurs mind first before buying both!!
@@lularobs Okay, I get the Armature book first. 👍
@@lularobs Update: Just got my copy of the amateur's mind from amazon yesterday evening. I start reading it today!
Step 5 is "learn Dutch"
Lula has black hair here
Stap 6
If you click on the 'Translate to English' it changes to 'Step 6'! 🤯
I’m from a wonderful time when the word “chess cheater” did not exist. So I’ll tell you my 2 beloved which I still have…
1. For improvement: Art of positional play, Reshevsky.
2. For pleasure: 100 chess gems, Wenman (this one’s 29 years old… ahhh the tobacco smells and coffee stains… so nostalgic : )
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Nihal sarin laughed when someone asked him what chess books he’s read. Kind of an outdated way to learn
There's no evidence he said that and if you want to really become good at chess you can't avoid chess books.They are a great way to learn and progress faster, depends on the book tho
My my young lady, your look today is just breathtaking. The eyeshadow and … glitter? *Phwwwwwhht* (forgive my wolf whistle 😊 )
Books on chess... could anything be more boring?
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@ricardomejias156 they're useless, just play chess.