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Chernov explains 33 games in detail. The explanations make the moves of the master easy to follow and show the reader where to place his pieces to make powerful, telling combinations.

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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Batsford; First Algebraic edition (June 30, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0713484640
  • ISBN-13: 978-0713484649
  • Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (80 customer reviews)
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250 of 257 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars EVERY MOVE ANALYZED ===== Complete Games Made into chess lessons for the advanced Novice, September 30, 2006
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This review is from: Logical Chess: Move By Move: Every Move Explained New Algebraic Edition (Paperback)
"LOGICAL CHESS, MOVE BY MOVE" by Erving Chernev is was the first book (to my knowledge) that uses complete games with every move analyzed. It has remained a well read and one of the top selling chess books for good reasons:

#1. The explainations are undersandable for the advanced novice.
#2. This way of teaching covers all important parts of the game, with the opening always being covered (of coarse!), almost always the middlegame and on occassion an endgame.

Other than the openings needing of updating, perhaps some more modern games being included and the book can get tedious when repeating itself to excess, these minor complaints are not too significant. In most cases the advanced novice is not going to be overly concerned about the openings being out of date, though a little more coverage and updating would improve the book a little. [...]
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203 of 208 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars The Classic Comment on Every Move that started it all, May 16, 2005
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This review is from: Logical Chess: Move By Move: Every Move Explained New Algebraic Edition (Paperback)
What a wonderful concept! Every move is commented on. And, Chernev started it all with Dr. Nunn writing, "Understanding Chess" for the advance player and the Chess for Jrs. Series writing "Unbeatable and More Unbeatable Chess For Jrs." for the Advanced Beginner and Intermediate Player.
My only two complaints are that this book is outdated and it gets rather boring when in each game there must be a comment for the same previously played opening move - both which the other books have taken care of.
Over all a very good book with a couple small flaws.
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213 of 221 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Move by Move Analysis - Great way to learn chess!!, September 11, 2006
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"Logical Chess" is a logical way to teach chess. Games taken from play by strong players are used to provide neat lessons. To make sure everything that is important is covered one or more comments (and sometimes other move suggestions and comments) is made on all of the moves. [...] But that doesn't change the fact that "Logical Chess" is a classic and very good book to consider once beyond the beginner stage.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent chess primer.
If you need a book that can teach you more about chess, look no further than this one by Chernev. Going through the games in this book, each move explained, has proven to be... Read more
Published 18 days ago by R. Petersen

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply the best for the beginning player
Irving Chernev's "Logical Chess, Move by Move" is THE book novice chess players should study. Many reviewers here lament about the lack of contemporary chess openings, the... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Jim Rickman

4.0 out of 5 stars Practice Understanding Chess Games
This book works great for a beginner, or at least it is for me. I use it mainly to practice reading and understanding games. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Christopher Ammons

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow, I need this one to move forward!
This is an excellent practicaL guide for beginning and intermdiate chess players, and a good one for more advanced learners who want to brush up on their strategies. Read more
Published 9 months ago by D. T. Monzon

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential Reading for Beginners
I have read more than +200 chess books in my life and this little beginner book by Chernev is the one which i cherish the most. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Patliy

5.0 out of 5 stars My best Chess Book!!
I started playing chess less than a year ago and I bought couple of chess books. But none of them taught me this much!! Read more
Published on April 23, 2008 by RTN

5.0 out of 5 stars Logical Chess: Still the Gold Standard for the Beginner
My 9 y.o. niece recently developed an interest in chess, and she was quick to learn the figurine notation--from Chess Informant, no less. Read more
Published on February 18, 2008 by Thomas Morris

1.0 out of 5 stars Unfortunately, not Recommended
Why "unfortunately"? Because Chernev put a lot of hard work into this book. He DOES explain every move--even if he has to go back to obscure 1820s books to say something new about... Read more
Published on August 30, 2007 by Avital Pilpel

5.0 out of 5 stars A Chess Classic
I recently worked through my copy of this book. I must say it was very enjoyable to play through the games and read Chernev's explanations of the moves and the reasons behind... Read more
Published on May 31, 2007 by Gerard J. Snitselaar

3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but not the best book of its type
The idea of explaining the idea behind every move is a good. I wish that more books would do this for the Beginning and Intermediate level chessplayer. Read more
Published on April 7, 2007

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