Long out-of-print and known only to collectors and connoiseurs, this legendary work by Reuben Fine returns in a completely revised and corrected edition in modern algebraic notation. After explaining the basic elements of combinations and attacks against the King, Fine discusses how to evaluate a position; how to handle superior, equal, and inferior positions; the significance of pawn structure and space; the transition from opening to middlegame and middlegame to endgame; and much more. With hundreds of diagrams and examples from actual play, The Middlegame in Chess is one of the modern classics of the game.
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Long out-of-print and known only to collectors and connoiseurs, this legendary work by Reuben Fine returns in a completely revised and corrected edition in modern algebraic notation. After explaining the basic elements of combinations and attacks against the King, Fine discusses how to evaluate a position; how to handle superior, equal, and inferior positions; the significance of pawn structure and space; the transition from opening to middlegame and middlegame to endgame; and much more. With hundreds of diagrams and examples from actual play, The Middlegame in Chess is one of the modern classics of the game.
About the Author
INTERNATIONAL GRANDMASTER REUBEN FINE (1914-1993) was one of the world's greatest players from the 1930s to the 1950s. World War II prevented him from participating in world championship events in Europe, and in 1951 he retired from active play and devoted himself to writing great chess books and to the practice of psychotherapy. BURT HOCHBERG is a former editor in chief of Chess Life magazine. He has written and edited a variety of chess books.
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31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Absolutely horrible,
By Makaveli96 (Torrance, Ca United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Middlegame in Chess (Paperback)
Obviously I am giving this book 1 star because of Burt Hochburg, not Reuben Fine. This revised edition is a complete insult to chess and chess literature. Almost every page has a typo, incorrect move, or incorrect diagram (many times several errors per page). If you are a beginner do not get this book. Get the original. And if you're someone who isn't that familiar with chess notation then do NOT get it. You will be confused over and over at all the stupid mistakes. I bought this book at a book store and after becoming more and more fed up I have decided I'm going to return it. This is a disgusting book and an insult to Reuben Fine. Mr. Fine must be rolling over in his grave right now. The cover of this book says that it's revised. So basically typos, move errors, incorrect diagrams, the removal of a game from the original book, and the removal of the unnecessary (Hochberg's words) player index and opening index make this book revised? He lists six revisions at the beginning of the book. First, the notation has been changed from descriptive to algebraic. This is the only good thing about the book (although personally, I'd rather read a chess book in descriptive without errors than in albebraic with a googol plex errors). Second, he says that in some places the text has been updated to conform to modern style. What the hell does that mean? Could he be any less clear? Sounds like BS to me. Third, he says all the diagrams are new and several have been added. Excuse me? That makes no sense. If all the diagrams are new how can more be added? Why would you even say that? More BS. Fourth, he says in the new page layouts the diagrams are properly integrated with the game moves. Since when does combining incorrect moves with incorrect diagrams make something properly integrated? Two negatives make a positive? I don't think so. More BS. Lots of these diagrams have pieces on the wrong squares and extra pieces that aren't supposed to be there. Fifth, he says the game Flohr-Ragozin, an uneventful and unenlightening draw, has been deleted. HAHAHA! Wow what a brilliant revisionist you are Mr. Hochberg. It must take a lot of skill to remove a game from a chess book. I'm sure your opinion on that game is much more respectable than the ORIGINAL author's opinion. Thank you so much for taking it out. It would have been too much to skip it if I had the original version. A true revision, if I ever did see one. Sixth, he says the unnecessary index of players and the index of openings and variations, half a century out of date, have both been omitted. What kind of idiot thinks that the player and opening index is unnecessary? Are you out of your mind Mr. Hochberg? Those two things are extremely necessary for referencing. What if a reader is trying to look up a particular player or opening? Is he just supposed to quickly skim through the 400 pages? You didn't even give a reason for omitting the player index. The only reason you gave was why you took out the opening index. And if the opening variations are out of date, then why don't you make them up to date? That's obviously the most logical thing to do. But no, to you revision means subtraction. You have added nothing to The Miggle Game in Chess, except your own countless errors. And another thing, I laughed my @$$ off when I read how he changed the original title, which was "The Middle Game in Chess" to "The Middlegame in Chess." Wow, that was brilliant. Thanks for telling us all. So let's recap: you changed correct moves to incorrect ones, you added incorrect diagrams, you took out a game, you took out the player index, you took out the opening index, and you invented a new word that doesn't exist by changing Reuben Fine's original title. Bravo. Great revisions. My recommendation? Don't buy this book. If you did, return it immediately (if you aren't able to return it then it might come in handy if you're in the bathroom and run out of toilet paper). Please, get the original if you can find it.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Full of typos,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Middlegame in Chess (Paperback)
This is a revised edition of Reuben Fine's 1952 classic. However, this edition has an average of two or three typos per page! It is disgusting what they have done to an otherwise interesting book.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Insane Typos!,
By John Blanco (Denver, CO United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Middlegame in Chess (Paperback)
This is an excellent book, but the reviser needed only a chess amateur or two to clear up 99% of the errors in this book. It's truly insane and hilarious how obvious they are. at one point you see 20. Rxf8 Rxf1 21. Rxf8# and they're supposed to be talking about f1!!!!!! hahaha...There's even a diagram with three rooks (and a pawn hadn't promoted). There's another diagram with pawns on f2, g2, h2, and h4! Seriously ugly.I wish the publisher would fix the errors and offer a recall on the existing books as an apology instead of just settling for rushing it out the door. It's ludicrous.
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