An amazing look at kids who play chess and how to help them and their parents. It features overcoming beginning hurdles and why newcomers often play BAD moves. This book list 11 real rules for improvement.
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The author, Dan Heisman is an engineer from Philadelphia. He spends his free time teaching and coaching chess teams. He holds a national master's title. He understands that many newcomers to chess can't play good moves because they do not see them! In this book he explains the virtures of time management, patience, and perserverance.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
It Really Is A 2nd Chess Book,
By Centerra "centerra" (NH USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Everyone's Second Chess Book (Paperback)
I am an adult beginner player. After reading a few beginner's books I felt I was ready for more serious work. I had no idea there were so many chess books from which to choose. I was lost. I came across some of Heisman's articles on chesscafe.com and was struck by his clear writing. I immediately went out and purchased Everyone's 2nd Chess Book and read it cover to cover.The book assumes you have basic knowledge of how to play, and that you wish to improve. It provides the basic principles you need to master in your play before you truly improve. I particularly liked that each principle was clearly explained. The ideas for developing a sound thinking process for choosing a move and "board vision" have helped me immensely. Heisman also explains well the transitions from lower level play (Hope Chess) to higher level play (Real chess). After reading this book, any beginner is ready to start playing Real Chess. My play has already improved and I'm keeping up with players who used to eat me alive. In short, this book will fill in any cracks in your foundational knowledge AND help you to make full use of what you already know. It is accessible to younger readers, too (ages 8 and up), and written in a very caring tone. Heisman wants you to win, but also to have fun. I'll be buying this book for my niece (as soon as she remembers how to move her knights). A worthwhile purchase if you are ready to improve but don't know exactly how to begin.
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
You Really Will Get Stronger With This Book,
By A Customer
This review is from: Everyone's Second Chess Book (Paperback)
This book is for the chess player who knows how the knight moves (but keeps getting forked), gains a piece (but cant win the game), and thinks en passantis a cheap attempt to steal a pawn. Heisman teaches practical skills youll need to progress beyond a novice level: instant pattern recognition; making a material advantage count, and other stuff more advanced books take for granted and therefore never explain. One of the most practical (and immediately effective) skills the author teaches is developing board vision - the ability to see tactical opportunities quickly. If youre having trouble, for example, instantly seeing squares a knight can reach, youre going to wander into knight forks and lose games. Practice with a lone knight and empty board, visualize moves, add some pieces and then practice knight forks, the same way a basketball player practices freethrows. Ive done it with every piece: drilling myself on pins, skewers, and double attacks. It really works, and its not just for beginners either! Another skill the author teaches is the art of making material superiority payoff. Since most beginners frequently lose pieces without compensation and yet dont resign as they know their opponent will probably return the favor, youll need to know how to finish that SOB off once youre a bishop ahead! Youll enjoy chess more fully (and win more games) once youve studied these basic fundamentals. Youll also be able to benefit from the really hard stuff in more advanced books because youre proficient in the easy stuff.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Outstanding - but it really is just the beginning.,
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This review is from: Everyone's Second Chess Book (Paperback)
It's the bridge that tells you how to start getting better at chess - going from yucking it up over over leaving your pieces unguarded to beginning to study tactics and really getting good at chess.
I'd also recommend his articles at Chess Cafe titled Novice Nook and doing everything he says. That's what I'll ne doing. See you at the tournaments.
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