General Chess Discussion - Books related to Positional & Stratic Play#7 I didn't check your rating and suggested books on fundamentals. For more ideas: Gelfer'd dover book is good for any level for what it presents plus it also hits endgame themes. Sokolov has several boo… | swimmerBill |
General Chess Discussion - Books related to Positional & Stratic Play#4 Let's see, ..... Simple Chess, Best Lessons..., Silman, Grooten are great! Pachman's Modern chess strategy is where many of us learned basics of positional chess pre-Silman. Weapons of chess, Pandolfi… | swimmerBill |
General Chess Discussion - Responding to the Sicilian defense as White.#3 2. Nf3 then I try to beat it like a rented mule. | swimmerBill |
General Chess Discussion - Nicknames you give to your favorite GMs.#10 Carlsen: Squirrel-Burger Nepo: Pork-chop Anand: Megatron etc | swimmerBill |
General Chess Discussion - Did Puzzles actually improve your chess#18 When I was a beginner, learning standard mating patterns and about pins forks, x-rays, double attacks, the greek gift,... definitely had a huge impact on my playing. Later, it is hard to estimate how … | swimmerBill |
General Chess Discussion - It is a terrible format to run the Women FIDE candidates & the FIDE candidates at the same time.#11 I think it's a great idea as both events get more coverage as a result. | swimmerBill |
General Chess Discussion - Weapon Against The London#11 If the London player plays passively, you have time for a minority attack on the queenside. So just play for that and pressure white for a long time. | swimmerBill |
Off-Topic Discussion - My book is available on Amazon.#2 Congratulations! The steps between 'I think it is perfect' and ''It's in print!' take forever. Finishing is a huge relief and great pleasure! I just finished a book too but it is surely less interesti… | swimmerBill |
General Chess Discussion - Chess books for 1900+ (OTB) players#8 Easy (at least IMO): 1 thin book on theoretical endings. [Thin because these are boring and you more likely keep going if the book isnt as thick as War and Peace-- later get Dvoretsky] 1 book on strat… | swimmerBill |
General Chess Discussion - Changing openings for extremely long term improvement.#10 @Chambaru said in #1: > Im 16 years old with rating of lichess rapid 2000/blitz 1900 and cfc 1200. > > My current repertoire is QG/e4e5/QGD, and Im actually thinking of switching to something that exp… | swimmerBill |
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