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u/mpo7 · 170 pointsr/iamverysmart

I play chess. My USCF rating is currently 2123... And I thought the sphere chess looked absolutely retarded at first too.

>Nah, I feel you should start from openings.

You shouldn't. Opening theory is quite dense and heavily influenced by computer analysis. You benefit more from trying to understand what you are trying to achieve, rather than trying to simply memorize some openings.

Logical Chess: Move by Move is a great book for anyone that has mastered the basics but is looking to learn more. You will pick up some opening knowledge along the way, learn how openings give rise to specific kinds of middle-games. And you will come across some endgames (although endgame basics are absent).

If you wish to seriously improve there are 3 parts:

  • Understanding the reasons behind moves in the opening of a game - decisions regarding pawn structure are especially significant as these will determine the nature of the battle to come in the middle-game. For this - annotates games (like those in Logical Chess) are beneficial. Specific opening books are also useful but only after you've got a feel for what kind of middle-games you like (because then you know what kinds of openings to pick!). Other game collections (there are tons of great ones): Botvinnik: One Hundred Selected Games and for the more advanced Zurich 1953
  • Tactics. Chess, like other things, has a large component of pattern recognition. Solving tactical problems from workbooks (there are hundreds of these, so I will recommend 2: Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations and Games and 1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations
  • Endgames. Endgames are the most math-like in terms of study. You learn basic endgames (K+P vs lone K, K+R+P vs K+R, etc...). Once you have the basics, you can 'solve' more complicated positions by trading down (reducing them) to basic endings. Know nothing about endings? Here is one place to start: Pandolfini's Endgame Course. Dvoretsky's endgame books are also excellent.


    There is quite a lot of chess literature. If you enjoy chess and wish to study and improve there are plenty of ways to do that. If competing in tournaments interests you check out the United States Chess Federation if you are in the states. If you are abroad, check out FIDE. And of course there are online options such as chess.com, the Internet Chess Club, etc...

    Sorry... bit of an enthusiast :)
u/edderiofer · 13 pointsr/chess

Your best bets, as a beginner, is to improve your tactical skills and make sure that you don't freely give away pieces. Read this and then use this. I assume you already know the relative values of the pieces (if not, just use the standard valuations). Make sure that after each move, no piece can be taken by a piece with a lesser value (unless you would gain more value in return by use of a different tactic).

If you want a chess book, then I would recommend Irving Chernev's Logical Chess, Move By Move.

Finally, learn your basic endgames (under Basic Checkmates) and opening principles. The former will partly train your visualization skills, and partly give you an edge in the endgame. The latter allows you to ignore the memorization of openings and to continue with an edge when your opponent plays a questionable move.

Doing all this will get you up to at least a 1400 rating (with 800 being an average beginner, and 1600 being a club player).

u/fischerandchips · 11 pointsr/chess

i highly recommend this book for beginners: [Logical Chess Move By Move by Irving Chernev] (https://www.amazon.com/Logical-Chess-Every-Explained-Algebraic/dp/0713484640)

Here's an excerpt after the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3:

At this point you will note that black must defend his e-pawn before going about his business.
There are several ways to protect the pawn. He must evaluate and choose from these possibilities:

f6, Qf6, Qe7, Bd6, d6, and Nc6

How does black decide on the right move? Must he analyze countless combinations and try to visualize every sort of attack and defense for the next 10 or 15 moves? Let me hasten to assure you that a master does not waste valuable time on futile speculation. Instead, he makes use of a potent secret weapon - positional judgement. Applying it enables him to eliminate from consideration inferior moves, to which the average player devotes much thought. He hardly glances at moves that are obviously violations of principle!

Here is what might go through his mind as he selects the right move:

2. ... f6: Terrible! My f-pawn occupies a square that should be reserved for the knight and it also blocks the queen's path along the diagonal. And I've moved a pawn when I should be developing pieces.<br /> <br /> 2. ... Qf6: Bad, since my knight belongs at f6, not the queen. Also, I'm wasting the power of my strongest piece to defend a pawn.

2. ... Qe7: This shuts the f8 bishop in, while my queen is doing the job which a lesser piece could handle.<br /> <br /> 2. ... Bd6: I've developed a piece, but the d-pawn is obstructed, and my c8 bishop may be buried alive

2. ... d6: Not bad, since it gives the c8 bishop an outlet. But wait - it limits the range of the f8 bishop, and again i've moved a pawn when I should be putting pieces to work.<br /> <br /> 2. ... Nc6: Eureka! this must be best, as I have developed a piece to its most suitable square and protected the e pawn at the same time

u/FredNorman · 7 pointsr/chess

Logical Chess Move by Move is a great one. I recommend buying a premium membership on chesstempo for custom problem sets and to find where you're tactically weak. Not blundering pieces at your level should be your biggest concern and chesstempo is great for that.

u/DragonVariation · 7 pointsr/chess

The general consensus for novice chess players is to do a few things:

  • Play as much as possible (the slower the time control, the better) and analyze those games.
  • Study tactics (Hammer single motif tactics into your brain first. Over &amp; over &amp; over... Then you can move on to combinations.).
  • Develop your pieces using opening guidelines, rather than in-depth study/memorization-without-knowledge of openings.

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    So let's look at each of those items quickly.

    Playing as much as possible.

    If you can't play OTB, you still have a billion options. Here are some online options:

  • chess.com
  • lichess.org
  • chess24.com

    Don't have wifi and still need a game? There are plenty of apps for your phone/tablet:

  • Play Magnus
  • DroidFish
  • Mobiala
  • SCID on the Go
  • Shredder

    Analyzing your games.

    This is crucial. When you are done with your games, go over them and analyze the moves yourself. Where did you/your opponent go wrong? What did you do right? Did you miss tactics or mates? Did your opponent play an opening you were unfamiliar with? Did you reach an uncomfortable endgame and not know how to proceed? If your opponent played the same moves again in a different game, what would you do differently? Answering questions like these on your own will help you in future games.

    After your initial analysis, you can then show it to a stronger player (you can submit your games to this subreddit to get criticisms, if you provide your initial analysis along with the PGN) and/or using a program to run a deeper analysis for you. Lichess provides free computer analysis on their site and I also made a quickie SCID/Stockfish tutorial a while back if you want more control over the depth of analysis.

    Studying tactics.

    "Tactics is almost undoubtedly the most productive single area that beginners and intermediates can study to improve their game - the more practice, the better." -- Dan Heisman (PDF)

    There are a ton of places to study tactics online and you should make use of them.

    Chess Tempo seems to be the gold standard when it comes to online tactics training. I would start with their standard set (Which means that time isn't a factor. You can stare at a board forever until you find the tactic, and the time won't affect your rating.) at first, but eventually play the other sets as well. I do a mix of each of them every day. Don't make it homework though, or you'll burn out, and chess will feel like a chore.

    Don't forget to make use of their endgame trainer. After the first 20, you can only do 2 per day, and I recommend making it a top priority. Studying endgames, even for just a few minutes per day, will be very beneficial to your play.

    Chess.com also has a tactics trainer, and for free users you get 5 tactics per day. At the very least, do the 5 chess.com tactics and the Chess Tempo endgames. You can find time for this every day, I assure you.

    As a side note, this isn't really tactics but lots of people like this Lichess Coordinates Trainer for learning the names of the squares. If you do this once a day, for both black &amp; white, it will take you about 1 minute. Easy.

    Developing your pieces in the opening.

    Read Dan Heisman's Beginner Guidelines, which I copied into this thread. At this stage, you don't need to study opening lines. However, whenever you read a point in the opening that you are unfamiliar with, you should look it up in an opening book, database, or online to find the common moves in that position. This will help you spot errors in your play and will set you up for success when you play that line in the future.

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    There are a ton of other resources that you should look into.

    For videos, I would recommend these channels:

  • Kingscrusher
  • ChessNetwork
  • St. Louis Chess Club (Their beginner level lectures should be on your must watch list.)
  • ChessExplained
  • Greg Shahade

    As for books, the ones that seem to be promoted for you level the most are:

  • Logical Chess: Move By Move - Irving Chernev
  • Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess
  • The Complete Idiot's Guide to Chess - Patrick Wolff
  • Everyone's Second Chess Book - Dan Heisman

    There are a bunch of great chess columns out there, but I suggest starting with ChessCafe.com, and specifically Dan Heisman's Novice Nook.

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    Well fuck. I thought I was just typing out something quick, but I turned it into a novel. Sorry about that.

    Time to eat some pumpkin bread and watch Sunday Night Football!
u/potifar · 6 pointsr/chess

&gt; watching high rated games does nothing just like watching olympics doesn't make you faster runner or better at javelin

I disagree, depending on what "watching" means in this context. I believe actively working through well annotated master games can be very instructive. See for example the oft recommended Logical Chess: Move By Move: Every Move Explained.

The key difference between chess and athletics here is that you can watch actively, constantly coming up with your own candidate moves and calculations while "watching". Passively watching chess like you would watch running won't do much for you.

u/TheMarshmallow · 5 pointsr/chess

If you're a beginner My System probably isn't the book you should be reading. Its aimed at much more advanced players (the r/chess faq puts it in the 1800-2000 rating bracket). Thats not to say you wouldn't learn anything, but there are almost certainly much more fundamental errors in your chess play and a lot of things Nimzowitsch will presume you are already familiar with will go over your head.


As for a good book to help, I'd recommend checking out Logical Chess: Move by Move by Irving Chernev.


Endgame study is good, but I've seen a lot of beginners argue that being good at the endgame doesn't matter so much if the game is practically lost before you get there. Because of that I suggest you start with learning opening principles (control the centre, develop pieces, castling, don't move one piece too many times etc). There's plenty of stuff out there on this; if you really enjoy JBs videos then he talks about common opening mistakes a fair bit in his early "Climbing the Ratings Ladder" series, notably the under 1000 and 1000-1200 videos.

Note I don't recommend studying openings too much at this point, just the opening principles / ideas. Once you're familiar with those, move on to becoming comfortable with some standard endgames ( King+Queen vs King, King + Rook vs King, King + Pawn vs King)

As for watching John's game videos, I argue that if you're enjoying them then it doesn't matter too much if it's not the most efficient use of your time. Chess is about having fun, there's not much point to playing if you don't enjoy it.

Make sure you're focusing on his thought process and reasoning behind making the move rather than what the move actually is. Take time to pause the video in critical situations and think about what move you would make (similar to what Mato Jelic does in his videos) and then resume and see if you're right, or if he plays a different move again focus on his though process and reasoning behind it (i.e. why did you decide not to play that move whilst he did).

The most important thing when you're a beginner is to play lots and analyse your games. Once you know the opening principles and basic endgames, you should be spending most of your time playing and analysing your games (WITHOUT a computer).

u/MyMindIsWhereILive · 5 pointsr/chess

When people first learn chess, they only learn the basic rules of the game. There is little positional or tactical understanding... (As it should be) There are many ways to get better at chess but all of them require work.

Some great players like Capablanca, insisted on learning the fundamental endings first. The problem is that, even if you know how to win with an extra pawn, you might not have the positional/tactical understanding to get to that pawn-up ending. So, I have found that you have to do a little bit of everything. I learned some endings, I learned some tactics and combinations, I learned some openings and so on.


I suggest that you study whatever is giving you the MOST problems first. Once you have taken steps to minimize and/or eliminate that problem, other problems will come up. Do the same and invest some time trying to get better in that area. Repeat until you get better. it is a simple concept but hard to do in practice.

Chess has a rich history. It is wonderful that we have access to the games of the past and all of its analysis. I recommend that you do not re-invent the wheel and that you read some books. The following should be helpful:

u/bakedCake · 4 pointsr/chess

I'm also a beginner, and this book has been absolutely perfect so far. It's not bogged down with advanced detail and theory, and it does a great job of getting across the fundamental ideas from historical GM games.

http://www.amazon.com/Logical-Chess-Every-Explained-Algebraic/dp/0713484640

Tell him to bring out a chess board, or open up an analysis board, and play each move along with the author. It really helps the lessons sink in easier.

u/n3utrino · 4 pointsr/chess

The exact book you want is this one: Logical Chess: Move by Move. I can't recommend it enough for someone your level.

To get your ranking, just play a few online games. The online ranking you get will (roughly) match your USCF ranking... Regardless of your ranking, that book will be perfect for you.

u/Spiritchaser84 · 4 pointsr/chess

When I was first learning, Logical Chess Move by Move was a huge eye opener for me. It explains every single move in the game in detail while going through full games. You get introduced to opening ideas, middle game planning, and endgame technique. The book is a very effective primer on a lot of key chess principles and it really teaches the beginner the importance of a single move since you get to read all of the ideas that go into every move.

When I was a low intermediate level player (I'd guess around 1300-1400), I read Silman's How to Reassess Your Chess and that had a huge impact on my playing level once I start to assimilate the knowledge. His coverage of the thought processes for middle game planning, move selection, and looking at material imbalances really opened my eyes to how I should be thinking about positions.

I've read probably 15-30 books in part or entirely over the years. Those two stand out the most to me. Beyond those instructional books, I think books of games collections are good to go through. My favorite were How Karpov Wins by Edmar Mednis (I am a Karpov fan) and Bronstein's Zurich 1953 book (one of the most highly regarded books of all time). Alekhine's Best Games was also a fun read, but it used old style notation I believe, which was a chore for me to learn and go through at the time.

Other special nods from me:

  • Pawn Power in Chess is a good book to learn about pawn structures. I only skimmed the chapters on openings I was playing at the time, but I liked the content.

  • Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy is a more modern book on chess strategy. Not as impactful to me as Silman's book, but it's more advanced and I remember it helping me go from 1800ish level to 2000+
u/bjh13 · 4 pointsr/chess

&gt;Is FICS still the best place to play?

For free places, definitely. If you don't mind paying, either ICC or Playchess will give you more/better opponents with better behavior, but I still play on FICS quite a bit even with an ICC account. Other free ones, such as Chesscube, I have found really annoying flash heavy interfaces that cause browser problems and very rude players that would rather let the 20 minutes on the clock expire hoping you will accept a draw than resign gracefully.

&gt;Is Babas Chess the best interface?

Definitely.

&gt;What's a good chess engine to analyze games? I have old version of Fritz, Fritz 8 I believe and I think Chessmaster 10.

The best two free engines are Houdini 1.5 (Houdini 2 is not free, but only like a 50 ELO gain so for your purposes no different) and Komodo. Komodo is almost as strong yet only single core right now, and I have found the analysis more useful personally as often Houdini will suggest lines I would never even consider playing.

&gt;Anything else you think would be helpful?

I'd recommend playing slow games to start with, at least 30 30. I would also recommend a book like Logical Chess Move by Move. You can play through the games pretty quickly, don't bother analyzing things. Should help you get back into the feel for the game, I know doing something like that after not playing for a while helps me.

u/theino · 3 pointsr/chess

Openings: The Scandanavian will be fine for the rest of your chess career. Learn c5 if you feel like it, not because you think its 'better'.

Midgame: Tactics will be the first thing to help you improve your chess. I think its a good idea to add a little positional study in there, but focus on the tactics.

Endgame: This is a helpful thing to study. However, I don't have any good book recommendations for you on this one. Hopefully it is something someone else can help you with.

Christmas recommendations:

Gold membership on Chess Tempo for tactics.

Also the book Logical Chess Move by Move for some positional study.

u/PepperJohn · 3 pointsr/chess

I gave you some advice for each book at each level. Of course all of these books can be switched around and if you want to read Dvoretsky (A very advanced author) at your level you're welcome to. Although a 1300 rating on lichess.org is still at a beginner level so I suggest you start from that section.

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Beginner:

Play Winning Chess By: Yasser Seirawan

Logical Chess Move by Move By: Irving Chernev

How to Reasses Your Chess By: Jeremy Silman

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Intermediate:

Practical Chess Exercises By: Ray cheng


The Art of Defense in Chess By: Andrew Soltis

Pawn Structure Chess By: Andrew Soltis

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Master:



Fundamental Chess Endings By: Karsten-Müller and Frank Lamprecht.

Art of Attack in Chess By: Vladimir Vukovic

Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual By: Mark Dvoretsky

u/Ibrey · 3 pointsr/chess

Lichess has a coordinates trainer where you're just given a square on the board in algebraic notation, and you find it as quickly as you can. The notation is easier to grasp once you're not taking a few seconds carefully counting through the files and then counting through the ranks to hunt for each square. Other than that, it's just practice. The more you see it, the easier it will be to read. Lichess also has some basic tactics training. Their puzzles are good too because after you've found the solution, it's easy to study the problem further on an analysis board and see why your first guess was wrong by playing it and seeing what the computer would do next.

On YouTube, IM John Bartholomew's videos are very helpful, especially the "Chess Fundamentals" series and "Climbing the Rating Ladder." ChessNetwork has a good series for beginners also.

A good book for beginners is Logical Chess: Move By Move by Irving Chernev. Chernev annotates 33 games to explain what the purpose of each move was. Chernev wrote before masters were able to double check all their analysis with computers, so there is the occasional questionable judgement, and some people think he puts too much emphasis on general rules you should follow without enough on nuances and exceptions to those rules. However, it is probably still the best book of this kind that is truly aimed at beginners, and it will be helpful if it at least drives home the idea that every move ought to serve a purpose.

u/ralph-moeritz · 3 pointsr/chess

FWIW I've been there and know exactly how feel. Unless you do suffer from dyslexia or are mentally retarded (and based on your writing style I doubt that!) by playing and doing regular tactics training you will eventually begin to see improvement in your game. That being said, here are some things to consider:

You say you've read a chess book; which one? Esp. for beginner/intermediate players it's important to read the right books. e.g. a book covering a specific opening wouldn't be helpful. I learnt this the hard way: my bookshelf is full of books that are far too advanced/specific for me! (I'm still a class C player but I've gone from 1100 to 1500 in the last two years). I found the following books helped me to understand how to evaluate and plan, which also helped me to figure what my opponents are up to:

  • Logical Chess Move by Move by Irving Chernev
  • Chess Strategy by Edward Lasker

    There's also a great video series by IM Lawrence Trent on Chess24 called Planning Unveiled.

    Getting destroyed over and over is just a normal part of improving and you should come to terms with it. Analyse your games afterwards. First without an engine and then turn the engine on since it will help you find more accurate moves and expose flaws in your own analysis. Using the engine to find tactics you and/or your opponent missed is especially instructive and I do it all the time.

    Just my 2c.
u/tobiasvl · 2 pointsr/chess

Not the book you're after, but I think Chess: The Art of Logical Thinking: From the First Move to the Last is a good book for you. It goes through 30 games (grouped by opening) by annotating every move, so you don't have to read through long sequences of moves without help.

Logical Chess: Move By Move: Every Move Explained is similar and probably good too (Chernev is cool) but I haven't read it.

u/thechuff · 2 pointsr/chessbeginners

I know you asked for videos but there is a classic book called Logical Chess Move by Move that touts its 'every single move explained' approach. Might be up your alley if you are interested in a book.

u/ThoughtfullyReckless · 2 pointsr/chess

Have you read "Logical Chess: Move By Move" - Irving Chernev? It might help you! It deals a lot with the other aspect of the game, strategy (and openings etc)... Well worth a read!

http://www.amazon.com/Logical-Chess-Every-Explained-Batsford/dp/0713484640

u/callmeerdnase · 2 pointsr/casualiama

Yeah, sure.


It depends on a few things. How seriously do you want to take it, and what are your goals. If you want to just casually learn about the game and kind of play it from time to time, that's greatly different from someone that wants to try and get really good etc.


I guess, what does get into chess mean to you? ;)


I'll give a more detailed writeup after that, haha.



edit: Some starter info I guess!


  1. Just start playing! Make an account on Chess.com or Lichess.org - both are free.
  2. Read a beginner oriented book - they typically cover a wide variety of basics. This is often considered very good
  3. Familiarize yourself with basic Tactics themes If you want a book on it, this is ok and there are websites for practicing them - I think Lichess has them.
  4. Play slow games - Speed Chess is very popular online but relies on a lot of pattern recognition and intuition which you won't have built up yet
  5. Study common endgame technique - this often feels more like homework and can be very dry. This is where I guess you have to decide how "seriously" you want to take Chess.
  6. Just keep playing and have fun!



    There can be more details etc but that's basically it.
u/CarpeCapra · 2 pointsr/chess

Here are some things that many people do to improve:

  • Read books targeted to your level. For beginners, I'd recommend Irving Chernev's Logical Chess Move by Move and others like it.
  • Play lots of chess! Any time control is good, but the longer the game, the more you can think, and the better you'll play.
  • Analyze your games - especially your losses. See what kinds of mistakes you're making, and use that to identify where you need more work. Falling for an opening trap? Learn one or two openings as white and as black. Dropping pieces to simple tactics? Do some Puzzle Rush on chess.com.
  • Look at games by top players, especially those that follow openings you play. Try to find annotated games so you have a guide through the complications. This is really helpful for problems like "I don't know how to make a plan in this position"
  • Try to "guess the move" when playing through games of other people. If you don't guess correctly, try to see a) if your move is also good, b) if their move is better, and c) if there is a refutation to your idea.
  • And finally, for many players, it is psychologically difficult to play a worse position or against an opponent to whom you feel like an underdog. Many amateur players, once they've made a small mistake, collapse completely. One of the biggest differences between the good and the great is the tenacity to play any position as best as you can.

    I hope all this helps, and welcome to the chess world!
u/BichonUnited · 2 pointsr/chess

Probably Logical Chess

u/Nosher · 2 pointsr/chess

You're in for a lot of fun kbphoto, welcome to chess.

For an adult beginner I'd recommend two things to start off with:

  1. Get yourself a board and pieces and buy this book and play through the games. Every move in each game is explained and this is a great way to get up and running quickly even if some of the openings are a little old fashioned.

  2. Watch these "Chess Fundamentals videos (1 to 5) by International Master John Bartholomew - It's like having your own highly rated tutor guide you through your first steps in chess and has some great tips and practices to follow.

    Both these together will get you off to a flying start and then later on you can take a look at some more resources listed in the FAQ in the sidebar.

    Good luck!

u/drfoqui · 2 pointsr/chess

Besides everything that is being said, analyzing annotated games from the masters is usually very useful and entertaining. This book is great if you want to do that.

u/ttigue · 2 pointsr/chess

My favorite 2 books:

  • Simple Chess - great for explaining fundamental positional goals in a game especially what to do with your pawns.
  • Logical Chess Move by Move - goes over the reason behind every move in historical chess games.

    I think both of these books are really good at mastering the moves that you should be making to reach a good position. I don't consider them too advanced, but they assume you know things like reading algebraic notation, basic tactics and motifs.

    Also agree with others that a good tactics book will provide with serious improvement in your game. But if you want to understand how to get a position that will provide tactical opportunities, these two books are great.
u/DarthFrog · 2 pointsr/chess

Chess: The Art of Logical Thinking: From the First Move to the Last by Neil McDonald.

I liken it to Chernev's Logical Chess Move By Move: Every Move Explained but more up to date, covering games by Kasparov, Karpov, Kramnik, et al.

u/jsamm1023 · 1 pointr/barstoolsports

I started to take it seriously 2 years ago. I recommend the book Logical Chess .

Once you learn a few openers and basic strategy, you can take out a casual player pretty quickly. Practice on your computer too ICF/ Chess.com. I enjoy watching legendary chess matches on youtube too, especially with move by move narration . ie bobby fischer

u/KingWormKilroy · 1 pointr/CasualConversation

When I was a lad my dad never let me win against him at chess. He lent me this book, Logical Chess Move By Move. I set up a chessboard and played through all 40 of the historical games in this book. The book gives a short reason for each move. The results were incredible; suddenly I could hold my own.

u/[deleted] · 1 pointr/chess

Lol, the good old open section. Better wo/men than you have scored zero there. If you check your original post I did point out the dangers to you.

Re not turning up; fuck it nobody died. An easy mistake for a beginner to make.

Books; This one simply cannot be beaten for a player moving from friendly/casual net games to real competitive over the board

http://www.amazon.com/Logical-Chess-Explained-Algebraic-Edition/dp/0713484640

The above book covers the basics of the game. Once you have read it the difference between your play (you must study your losses) and that of your opponents in the tourney will become much clearer.

The second book that I would suggest to you is

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85123.Zurich_International_Chess_Tournament_1953

A deceptive book, one of the best players in history analyses every game of the '53 candidates in ordinary language rather than in variations. If you want a sense of how masters play against each other this is a step above the Cherniev book above.

My third suggestion would be Fischer's 60 memorable games

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_60_Memorable_Games

I promise you that if you spend a few hours a week going over first the Chernin book and then enter a tourney that you will have access to genuinely life enriching culture that most people have no idea exists. Chess player are really nice people, if you must allow your ego to be murdered every time you play then the ego becomes less important.

Anyway, I ramble horrible, that would be the drunkenness at 6 am here in Ireland, sorry for typos pissed drunk I am



u/kFrie5 · 1 pointr/chess

Logical Chess: Move By Move: Every Move Explained New Algebraic Edition https://www.amazon.com/dp/0713484640/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_edGRyb4EAXJBJ

u/botena · 1 pointr/chess

I thought that this book was very good.