Tuesday, May 03, 2005
How Not to Play Chess
For anyone not familiar with Znosko Borovsky, he wrote a little book by the above title. It was first published (I believe) in 1959.
The overall style of the book is alot like The Amateur's Mind, which appears to draw from it here and there. It's kind of tough reading stylistically, and certainly not aimed at the beginner, but has some pearls of wisdom. I especially like how he acknowledges how difficult it is to avoid mistakes.
The Amateur's Mind is larger, more comprehensive, and slightly easier reading, but for anyone who collects chess books it might be worth looking for.
Finished circle 2 of book problems 204-218
The overall style of the book is alot like The Amateur's Mind, which appears to draw from it here and there. It's kind of tough reading stylistically, and certainly not aimed at the beginner, but has some pearls of wisdom. I especially like how he acknowledges how difficult it is to avoid mistakes.
The Amateur's Mind is larger, more comprehensive, and slightly easier reading, but for anyone who collects chess books it might be worth looking for.
-=-=-=-=-
TCT Circle 1
Result step 1: Average score 97 %
Result step 2: Average score 93 %
Result step 3: Average score 93 %
Result step 4: Average score 80 % 13-17 left
Result step 1: Average score 97 %
Result step 2: Average score 93 %
Result step 3: Average score 93 %
Result step 4: Average score 80 % 13-17 left
Finished circle 2 of book problems 204-218
