Friday, May 14, 2010

Modern Chess Strategy: "Chess for the Rest of Us" by Luděk Pachman

Yes, another book from Dover Publications.

This is the one to get if you already know how to play chess (this book assumes you know how the pieces move) but are still rated below 2000.

Ludek Pachman is not the "household name" Bobby Fischer is, but Pachman did beat him-twice!

This is an excellent book, worth playing through every now and then, it seems there's always something new.

Pachman does not hesitate to criticize his own moves, and he has an interesting discussion on chess playing computers, that may seem a little dated (and he can be certainly be forgiven for that) but is well worth reading and contemplating nonetheless!