Chess Strategy for Club Players - Book review

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@joeperry1188 2 года назад

Andras has something that most chess coaches don't have in that he's an excellent TEACHER. Quite aside from his credentials as a player, it's super important, probably even more important than being a master level player. The best players don't always make the best coaches - which is a truism echoed in every competitive endeavour I've ever come across. Andras' previous book recommendations have seen me jump about 300 rating points immediately, and I think that it's his background in teaching that makes his resource recommendations so strong.

@jamesfisher529 2 года назад

It was me who recommended Chess Strategy for Club Players. I appreciate you picking it up and reviewing it. Since you liked it you might as well pick up his next book on attacking play: Attacking Chess for Club Players. I'm sure you will enjoy that as well, just as excellent.

@godfryopa339 2 года назад

Glad you actually went and read it you mad lad!

@ralphottenburg9153 2 года назад

Yes I agree, a book I really like. And after watching your video, I decided to again go over the material, remembering the saying that there are three ways of learning: repeat, repeat and repeat. For me, the follow up to deepen my understanding of positional chess was not Hellsten*s book. After having a look at the sample pages I decided to go with "The Complete Manual of Positional Chess" and was quite happy doing so.

@abu0010ify 2 года назад

this video exemplifies everything i love about you! keep it up!

@Swishead 2 года назад

Nice video, I've been looking for a book at my level for a while and this looks like what I need

@chessloversonly Год назад

Great review!! I've been going through Chess Strategy for Club Players on Chessable! Good to see that it is an awesome book!

@garya418 2 года назад

Great video. Nice examples, and a couple of new words. Grooten's Attacking book is also excellent, but this one is best.

@christmackey Год назад

Great video Coach. Been getting some Boomshki's myself from recent improvements

@carlos202068 2 года назад

Excellent review!

@chessfan8673 2 года назад

I really love this book. To learn positional concepts i started with reassess your chess. But to be honest i find it often oversimplified in regards of tactics. Grootens book is much more realistic in that regard. More work for sure but still a good read.

@davidrabor5250 2 года назад

Simple chess is a good strategy primer for lower rated players. I haven't read this one but would definitely give it a try!

@ethan073 Год назад

First time seeing your channel after searching for info on this book. Subbed!

@tonywilsdon224 2 года назад

Great book. I am four chapters into it. Thanks coach Andros for all your great videos.

@Shellback13202 2 года назад

This has been on my chessable wishlist for some time, glad it has your stamp of approval. Definitely a big shortcoming of mine. I'm going to start with Yasser's Winning Chess Strategies which I hope is a good starting point.

@ChessCoachAndras 2 года назад

Good choice!

@henrysuryanaga5924 2 года назад

Great review. Many insights, definitely will study it. It maybe interesting to get feedback on older author such as lev alburt who wrote Strategy for Club Players

@RealityCheck1 6 месяцев назад

"Win at Chess" by Ron Curry seems to be the pre-Grooten book that beginners can easily digest.

@gambitguides 2 года назад

50 thumbs up! Been considering whether to get this book for a while now. Also since we are on the subject of positional play, I would like to give a "weird" suggestion for a book review of my own: "Test Your Positional Play" by Robert Bellin and Pietro Ponzetto - Macmillan Library of Chess, 1985. For some reason, it is not so well-known. Some of the analysis doesn't hold up anymore to modern engines, but the exercises are still great. EDIT: looks like there is also an updated 2013 version.

@raynoren9185 2 года назад

Thank coach for your work!

@ChessCoachAndras 2 года назад

My Pleasure, Ray!

@tfewald01 2 года назад

The blue corner with "ChessCafe Book of the Year" is on the second edition, which I have. I've tried to get into this book multiple times, but at your recommendation, I'll try again. Thanks for this.

@JJMEI 2 года назад

This is exactly the book I'm reading since one month 😀

@ybowman7592 2 года назад

Beautiful expose on this book

@alpulley4894 2 года назад

Really nice examples. Thanks for the review!

@ChessCoachAndras 2 года назад

Glad it was helpful!

@Robertl-xz6yl 2 года назад

I’m on chapter 7 atm. Finding it very helpful as a 1550 FIDE/2100 lichess player

@thomasthomas8049 2 года назад

1:22 In Australia, they read English from right to left.

@swaroop2518 2 года назад

Great video sir. These book reviews are absolutely Breathtaking.

@ChessCoachAndras 2 года назад

Thank you kindly!

@markhathaway9456 2 года назад

When I was young there was Ludek Pachman's Modern Chess Strategy or Edward Lasker's Modern Chess Strategy (same names). Both were good for the times and easy for me to read. Theory has changed a bit since the 1950s, though I would still recommend those to anyone. Pachman also had another book (which I had) on tactics (if memory serves). It was good too.

@Grandcapi Год назад

Actually, Pachman's book in the English translation is an abridged version of the 3 volumes in German, and yes, he wrote another one about tactics. Here, in Brazil, almost every player studied Pachman's strategy book as a beginner book. But this was at a time when there were no other books to buy...

@b.1565 2 года назад

Great stuff! Andreas,have you ever thought about making a video to this book which could complete this course on chessable?

@hass89 2 года назад

Great review!

@ChessCoachAndras 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@TheBigGuppy 2 года назад

My first book on Strategy was Ludek Pachman's Modern Chess Strategy. There wasn't as many choices then. I would like to have something in Algebraic Notation. I might check this out. Thanks.

@changoviejo9575 2 года назад

Did you finish it? How much did you learn? Do you recommend it?

@TheBigGuppy 2 года назад

I finished it about 40 years ago. It was great at the time. It’s in descriptive notation and not algebraic notation. I’m not sure if it has been reprinted in modern notation or not. I learned a lot. You can probably get the book really cheap. I see some used copies of the abridged version on Amazon for less than $5 US. I’m almost 60 years old and I think the book was written before I was born. There are probably newer books that are better. The book Andras reviewed sounds really good. But if you can get the Pachman book cheap it may be worth your time just for the chapter on Minority Attack.

@reubenr1143 2 года назад

Coach Andras your reviews are some serious knowledge. What do you think about the Kiriev book Fighting Against the London? You would be the man to review that book. I really like the b6 approach against the London that he prefers

@chesst4033 Год назад

Wow.. I am ordering this book right away!... the Hellsten book is difficult to understand right now..

@greyduck818 2 года назад

Thanks for the review ! Any thoughts on How to reassess your chess ?

@juanricardogarciagarcia8106 2 года назад

Fabulosa recomendación,con la mayoría de conceptos estratégicos planteados y práctico felicitaciones coach gracias de Cd Juárez Chihuahua México

@ChessCoachAndras 2 года назад

Bienvenido, Senor!:)

@sayan64 2 года назад

Do more book reviews

@KeepChessSimple 2 года назад

Are you also going to do his book after this: 'Attacking Chess for Club Players'?

@dreamingofchessmastery2018 2 года назад

Coach Andras, you sir are a legend! Love your enthusiasm, clarity and insights. Now for a question: if you wanted to develop from, say, 1800 to 2100. One path might be to study Grooten the Hellsten. How would this compare to studying the green and blue Yusupov books instead?

@ChessCoachAndras 2 года назад

I would probably favour the Yusupov ones but both are solid.

@dreamingofchessmastery2018 2 года назад

@@ChessCoachAndras thanks for the quick and to the point reply. No doubt about it, you are a diamond! Keep on doing what you are doing. Also, loved you commentary recently. This really is a wonderful form of entertainment whilst learning as well.

@benjaminbrink1759 2 года назад

Dear Coach, thank you for the great recommendation and review. It is also great to know some sequence of books to study and not getting lost in the choices. Talking about sequence, after your three courses on chessable, which i am doing right now, would you recommend to do Seirawan´s Winning Chess Strategy before going to this one? I am at 1500 Lichess so still a long way to go.

@ChessCoachAndras 2 года назад

Thanks man, and no, you can start straight with this one!

@srxanmlikzad5825 Год назад

@@ChessCoachAndrasso it can be our first positional chess book

@mostafaeldosoky6986 Год назад

Thanks you may give a look at " chess training for post beginners "

@pasadenapsych44 2 года назад

Perhaps there's a Coach Andras book at some point? I've often thought it would be good one.

@RedGaming23 2 года назад

He has Chessable courses. No book yet I don’t think.

@sayan64 2 года назад

I am 1700 fide. I want to improve my "analytical skills" of different kind of positions, mainly in dynamic positions. What book will you recommend for this ?

@davidheath5429 2 года назад

This is the second edition. The third edition is available - is it worth getting instead of the second?

@sephiroth6956 2 года назад

I was about to buy Hellstein book on chessable, but as I am nowhere near 2000FIDE it looks like this book is better for me. It is also available on chessable. Do you think it is worth to get the chessable version?

@KeepChessSimple 2 года назад

I did begin in it once but the first chapters were a bit chaotic and like 'look how good my students play' that I did put it away. Does it become better later?

@ChessCoachAndras 2 года назад

Yes. Had the same impression, had to dig deeper!

@KeepChessSimple 2 года назад

@@ChessCoachAndras Good to know. The chapter about thinking process and kaprov elements were also very vague to me. I expected some kind of summary. Remarkable that Aagard his three questions (aimed for a much higher level) are more helpful than that chapter. But I will give it a second chance!

@pedrodaffunchio675 2 года назад

Hi Andras! Big fan of your content. I would love if you could review the book "Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide" of Mauricio Flores Ríos, or I don't know if there is another book of that topic. Thanks for the amazing videos!

@ChessCoachAndras 2 года назад

Great suggestion!

@balint7901 2 года назад

Most láttam, hogy Hikaru bepromózott. Grat. Egyébként tervezel vagy esetleg van magyar tartalom is?

@ChessCoachAndras 2 года назад

Sajnos nem:( angolul is alig van ra nezo:(

@balint7901 2 года назад

@@ChessCoachAndras nem baj, majd most jönni fognak az emberek. 😀

@ybowman7592 2 года назад

Is this book available on chessable?

@ChessCoachAndras 2 года назад

I am not sure, go and and have a look!

@juliankarpiuk320 2 года назад

I just finished playing in my first classical tournament. I feel that the biggest weakness of club players is exactly strategy. I got winning positions in almost every game (played in u2000 section) because my opponents were moving pieces quite aimlessly. However Im a 27 year old dude who isn't that great at tactics and calculation as these kids so I messed up some of the games when positions became chaotic. But I think they have good potential becauset they have the tactical foundation which I dont have. I wish I could switch my skills around because Im a bit worried it will be an uphill battle for me to significantly improve at calculation at my age.

@KeepChessSimple 2 года назад

27 is still young!!

@juliankarpiuk320 2 года назад

@@KeepChessSimple I guess there is still hope :D

@gambitguides 2 года назад

Sounds like you know what to improve now :)