Chess Books - Strategy
Winning Chess Strategy for Kids
If you are a dad who wants to teach his child serious chess, here's your book. If you are a chess coach for an elementary or middle school, you've found a mine of information.
Coakley clearly explains the tactics, strategy, and terminology of chess in simple language graced by lots of illustrations and exercises. While concentrating on middlegame skills, he also covers essential endgame information as well as opening guidelines. This book assumes you already know how the pieces move (although an appendix explains the basics). It is designed to take a beginner to the intermediate level. By working through it, adults as well as kids will acquire the tools of winning chess.
Coakley has put a sophisticated survey of chess principles in a breezy format. But don't be fooled. If you master the information in this book, you will have become a formidable opponent. This is a valuable book.
Winning Chess Strategies
GM Yasser Seirawan never fails to provide his readers and fellow chess lovers with not only interesting historical background information and abstract ideas, but also important practical principles and how the actually relate to the average everyday game. Less a work book than "Winning Chess Tactics", and more a source for thorough study, a reader can learn everything from making the most of a material advantage to how to prevent enemy counterplay.
The author builds his system of strategy on the first principles of chess ie,time,space, material and pawn structure. He adds a fifth element which is king safety. Mastery of these principles goes a long way in making a chess master. He has a chapter on preventing enemy counter play, how to use pawns, and a very good chapter on how to attack the king, which is essential in strategy. The information in this book is priceless and in addition will not become outdated. An excellent book and an excellent buy.
The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy
This book is truly a gem of chess literature. The book as you may already know, is a collection of master games wich demonstrate how a small advantage is exploited in the hands of masters. You will find the games very instructive, and will have no problems understanding the motives behind the moves. This because Chernev does an exceptional job in his antations. I have found no mistakes in his notes or the games theselves. Chernev worked real hard on this book and his love for the game of chess radiates from the pages. A warning to those who expect wild attacking games. This is a collection of games from the late 19th century to the 1950's, when positional and strategic style of play was more popular. These selected games show how an opening, middle game, and endgame should be treated. "The best way to learn endinds as well as openings," says Capablanca in Chess Fundamentals, "is from the games of the masters."
