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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Difficult Book: Are You Prepared? Motivated?,
By A Customer
This review is from: Test Your Chess (Paperback)
This book is divided into two parts: the first contains problems covering the opening (11 positions), middlegame (12 positions), and endgame (18 positions) and the second consists of 16 self-test games (similar to How Good is Your Chess or Solitaire Chess from Chess Life).The problems are very difficult, maybe too difficult for most players. For comparison, I have an over-the-board USCF rating thats varied between 1750-1850 (which is at least 80th percentile) and I found most of the problems frustrating. However, Pedersens solutions and annotations are convincing: his effort shows and I did feel I learned something. The How Good Is Your Chess? section with its sixteen games is slightly easier going but not to be rushed through. If youve sped through Chess Lifes Solitaire Chess with good results, youll be surprised at how difficult these games are. The games deserve close to tournament length amounts of time to solve, so much so that I almost felt that I had been the player. If youre sure youre a strong player or highly motivated, than this book might be for you. If youre relatively lower-rated, or looking for more casual combination books, I think youd be disappointed here. |
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Test Your Chess by Steffen Pedersen (Paperback - December 1, 2000)
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