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IM John Donaldson praises Yusupov
A great review from IM John Donaldson:
"Several years ago I bought a book entitled Chess Lessons by former World Championship Candidate Artur Yusupov and was greatly impressed. There wasn't a huge amount of prose but the example were extremely well chosen and the solutions clearly presented. That book was geared
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IM John Donaldson on the Attacking Manual 1
IM John Donaldson recently reviewed three books about attacking chess. Excerpts of his views on the Attacking Manual 1 are below:
"The first in a two volume on the subject by the Danish-Scots GM Jacob Aagaard. Several years ago Aagaard produced two CDs for ChessBase which are well worth hunting down
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Chessville likes True Lies in Chess
True Lies in Chess received a great review from Rick Kennedy of Chessville. Mr Kennedy is very keen on the book but is not sure about the name. A few highlights:
"I really like Grandmaster Comas Fabregó’s book – his verve, his attitude, his skepticism, his hard work – I just trip over
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GM Sune Berg Hansen on Aagaard and Vigorito
GM Sune Berg Hansen writes reviews for the Danish newspaper Politiken. He recently reviewed Play the Semi-Slav and the Attacking Manual 1. Translated into English, he said:
"It is often difficult to be impressed by opening books. Typically there are two or three critical variations you need to get answered, and
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Two Rave Reviews for Avni
Chess Tips for the Improving Player by Amatzia Avni is impressing the critics.
David Surratt at Chessville concluded:
"BUY THIS BOOK! It will be money well spent, and I can't think of another title of recent vintage that will provide more immediate benefits for the class player who seriously wants to play
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GM Hedinn Steingrimsson on The Attacking Manual 1
Icelandic grandmaster Hedinn Steingrimsson awards 5 stars to Jacob Aagaard's The Attacking Manual 1.
A sample quote:
"It took him 5 years to write it and it was time well spent. Like many of the best books, I think that it is pretty personal in that the work behind it was probably
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5 Star Reviews for Vigorito and Marin at ChessCafe
Carsten Hansen at ChessCafe had fine words for both Play the Semi-Slav and the 2nd edition of Beating the Open Games. On Vigorito's Play the Semi-Slav he said:
"This book also provides many original ideas – more than most other opening books in fact. For players who employ these lines
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Peter Heine Nielsen on True Lies in Chess
GM Peter Heine Nielsen is in the Top 100 and is the second to Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen. The following is a translated excerpt from his review of True Lies in Chess:
“True Lies in Chess has interesting examples and forces the reader to think. The material is complex, not
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Jeremy Silman on the Attacking Manual 1
American IM Jeremy Silman's conclusion about the Attacking Manual 1:
"If you like dynamic, attacking chess, and if you appreciate an author that goes out of his way to explain the how’s and why's of this exciting topic, then you'll be happy to own this book."
So, a favourable opinion, but
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Swedish praise for the Attacking Manual 1
The Attacking Manual 1 received high praise from Svenska Schackbutiken. The conclusion, translated from the original Swedish, reads:
"As regards the lucidity of the analysis, as always when it comes to Aagaard, it is of exceptionally high quality. A very good book that will help all players from 1700-2500 to become
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German approval of the Attacking Manual 1
If you read German, then check out a new review of the The Attacking Manual 1. It's favourable as the conclusion translates as: 'This book will take you a big step forward in attacking like all the great players! Evaluation: 5 out of 5 points.'
Read the full review at either
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BCM reviews Play the Semi-Slav
James Vigus had high praise for Vigorito's Play the Semi-Slav in the latest issue of BCM.
"Vigorito’s fine repertoire work is packed with up-to-date references and analysis built into 50 annotated games. Happily he also supplies enough explanatory prose to guide readers through this labyrinth, so the book incidentally serves as
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Marmite
Two new reviews arrived for Chess Tips for the Improving Player, but what does that have to do with the British food spread called Marmite? Well, their advertising claim is that you will either "Love it or hate it". For Amatzia Avni's new book it was one for and one against.
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German edition of Legends "a real classic"
'Von den Legenden lernen', the German edition of Learn from the Legends, is receiving high praise. A quick German-English translation of the review's conclusion gives:
'The first edition in English has been appreciated as the ChessCafe.com book of the year 2005. But this revised German edition makes this book a real classic which should be a part
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Two great reviews for Play the Semi-Slav
GM Paul Motwani in The Scotsman newspaper and Phil Adams of the English Chess Federation were effusive in their praise of David Vigorito's new book.
“A brilliant brand-new Quality Chess book, Play the Semi-Slav by American International Master David Vigorito. I love his book, probably even more so because I, too,
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John Donaldson review of Play the Semi-Slav
Review of Play the Semi-Slav by John Donaldson
Some people worry about global warming or who will be the next President of the US. I'm sure that IM David Vigorito ponders these worldly problems as well but he also has a special concern. What is the optimal move order
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Rave reviews for Marin by Carsten Hansen in ChessCafe
Carsten Hansen gives Beating the Open Games and A Spanish Repertoire for Black a perfect five stars on the ChessCafe rating system.
On Beating the Open Games, Hansen says:
"I am deeply impressed by the quality of the material presented in this book. Marin expertly guides the reader through intricacies that
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Great Reviews for True Lies in Chess
British Chess Magazine gave two fine reviews of True Lies in Chess in
successive months. Steve Giddins said: "A thought-provoking book...first
impressions are of a highly interesting and non-standard effort." A more
detailed review from James Vigus included the opinions: "True Lies
is a delight to read... a treasure-trove of highlights."
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Dutch anyone?
There are two reviews to be found on the dutch website of http://debestezet.nl/ on True Lies and San Luis 2005. Look under Recencie's. Their final comments are:
‘True Lies’ is een geïnspireerd geschreven boek. Als beginnend schaker kun je er beter niet aan beginnen, want het zal hoogstens verwarring zaaien. Maar
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Rowson on Nimzowitsch
In the recent New In Chess Magazine, 2007 #5, grandmaster Jonathan Rowson takes a look at the new translation of My System. Though the publisher has managed to put the wrong cover in the magazine (they used the 21st century edition from 1992), it is maybe still worth checking out
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Good review for the Benko Gambit
Chessbug has published a positive review of Jan Pinski's The Benko Gambit.
We cannot really understand why this book should not be good for lower rated players and what is wrong with the English in the sentences given, but we are very happy for this review and want to congratulate
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"Absolutely outstanding."
In a review on the respected Chesscafe.com Eugene Manchester praises Marin's Learn from the Legends with the following conclusion: "This book, his first for Quality Chess Europe, is not “very good.” It is absolutely outstanding."
Read the full review at: chesscafe.com
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The praise for Legends reaches new proportions
Book of the Year 2004 winning writer IM Jeremy Silman has the following to say about Mihail Marin's Learn from the Legends: "I can’t recall having seen a better book in the last two decades, and if the voting for “Book of the Year” were held now, it would be
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