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Development Of A Chess Master

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is the topic of this book. It sounds cool, however the details were not provided. The author gave a single line where he should have made or hope for, but in moment of excitement he played an incorrect move and his opponent outplayed him in different single-line variation. Some lost games were due to his lack of experience or preparation, he confessed. The analysis was single-minded. As other reviewers wrote: errors, typos, and faulty analysis are many. With word processor and chess program available, the book is not up to standard. 5-6 USD for a used book is a better investment if you want a collection of chess mistakes.

Eric Schiller provides examples from 55 of his games - each one trying to illustrate an important lesson. However, the lessons are not particularly useful, the games are poor quality, and the analysis is faulty. As an example of one of his lessons ... "Don't play unsound openings in a serious game".

To further reduce the enjoyment of this book, it is full of typos - one piece of analysis states that a piece can't go to the square c9! Many words are miss-spelled. This lack of basic editorial care is a flaw this book shares with others authored by Schilller and published by Cardoza, such as Standard Chess Openings.