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Book Review, © Copyright 2003, Jim Loy
This is one of the classic chess books of all time. And it is fascinating and fun. The idea of the book is to teach you to analyze variations, accurately and efficiently. Whether you are a near beginner or a Master, this book will improve your game.
For checkers players (and other game players): I recommend this book for checkers players, as the basic ideas should work for any thinking game. A small part of the book requires no chess knowledge at all. About half of the book requires enough chess knowledge to make the moves, and recognize simple wins and losses, and know a little bit of chess terminology. And the other half of the book (chapter 2 - Positional Judgement, and chapter 4 - The Ending, and a little of the other chapters) require more chess skill. If you find these parts too difficult, just skip them or skim them just to get some idea what is going on. Read and reread chapter 1, and I think that you will be greatly rewarded.
To order this book, click Amazon.com (goes directly to this book). Or order from the U.S. Chess Federation.