Max Euwe was World Chess Champion in the 1930s and he collaborated with International Master Kramer to write this great treatise on how to play chess middlegames. Book II of the series covers the dynamic features of the game of chess. This book also contain a fascinating section on the playing styles of the world's strongest players at the time of it's first publication, along with interesting insights on the psychological aspects of the game of chess. Thousands of satisfied customers have made this one of the most popular books on chess middlegames. Completely re-edited and translated to algebraic notation in this 1994 edition.
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Excellent Book,
This review is from: The Middlegame, Book 2: Dynamic & Subjective Features (Algebraic Edition) (Bk. 2) (Paperback)
I just finished both volumes and feel I know chess a lot better.
I am currently rated 1800 and it took me over 2 years of off again on again study to complete both books. Sometimes I would play over the games twice but the time is worth it if you want to improve at chess. There are other great books on chess like My System by Nimzovitch or Chess Strategy by Pachman, but both are turgid and boring going compared to this modern classic. It covers the entire sweep of chess history and discusses most middlegame concepts like the minority attack or asymetric pawn structures or development vrs material advantage or the art of defense. I can go on and on. I would say you cannot go wrong with these 2 books. Also if you have chessbase the Ossimitz chess site has a good download site where you can download this whole book in chessbase format. Stydying chess could not get any easier.
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A tremendous instructional book!,
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This review is from: The Middlegame, Book 2: Dynamic & Subjective Features (Algebraic Edition) (Bk. 2) (Paperback)
The last guy to review this book down below apparently meant to give it 5 stars, but instead gave it zero. Oops!This book, along with Book 1 on Static Features, was a very big reason why I made it up to a USCF Expert rating. Buy these two books. Study them. Watch your rating climb!
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Middlegame training by a World Champion,
By Mike B. Bligh "ChessBuddha" (Indianapolis) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Middlegame, Book 2: Dynamic & Subjective Features (Algebraic Edition) (Bk. 2) (Paperback)
I cannot find enough praise for this, the second of two books by Max Euwe on the middlegame. This, as well as the first, are MUST HAVE books for any serious student of the game. Training by a world champion, are you kidding me? Where else can you get lessons from a world champion for such a small price?? Like I said about the first book of this series, the ideas you will learn from this book are the marrow of chess. It will teach you proper chess thinking, thinking that will spill over into the other stages of the game. You will develop a much better understanding of the opening and what you are trying to accomplish, rather than just trying to play back long variations that you've toiled over but only slightly grasp. If I could only own five chess books for the rest of my life, this and it's complimentary title would have their rightful place.
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What do we really mean by the initiative in chess? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
liquidating combination, combinative play, sound extra pawn, tournament book, endgame technique, castled position, gambit pawn, protected passed pawn, pawn position, mate next move, minority attack, attacking chances, flight square, center pawns, smothered mate, pawn sacrifice, pawn formation, pawn structure, pawn majority, positional play, threatening mate, enemy pawns, doubled pawn, winning attack, drawing chances Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Black Resigned, White Resigned, Black King, New York, White King, Book One, Black Queen, Black Knight, Sultan Khan, White Queen, White Knight, Black's Queenside, Ruy Lopez, White Bishop, White Rook, White's King, Black's King, Die Moderne Schachpartie, San Sebastian, White's Queen, World Championship, Buenos Aires, Dreihundert Schachpartien, Monte Carlo, Rcl Bbl New!
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What do we really mean by the initiative in chess? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
liquidating combination, combinative play, sound extra pawn, tournament book, endgame technique, castled position, gambit pawn, protected passed pawn, pawn position, mate next move, minority attack, attacking chances, flight square, center pawns, smothered mate, pawn sacrifice, pawn formation, pawn structure, pawn majority, positional play, threatening mate, enemy pawns, doubled pawn, winning attack, drawing chances Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Black Resigned, White Resigned, Black King, New York, White King, Book One, Black Queen, Black Knight, Sultan Khan, White Queen, White Knight, Black's Queenside, Ruy Lopez, White Bishop, White Rook, White's King, Black's King, Die Moderne Schachpartie, San Sebastian, White's Queen, World Championship, Buenos Aires, Dreihundert Schachpartien, Monte Carlo, Rcl Bbl New!
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- Dreihundert Schachpartien by Siegbert Tarrasch on 4 pages
- Chess Praxis by Anon Nimozowitsch on page 116, page 138, and page 261
- My System: 21st Century Edition by Aron Nimzowitsch on page 138, and page 261
- The Game of Chess (Dover Chess) by Siegbert Tarrasch on page 274, and page 275
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