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Simple Chess

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Courier Dover Publications, 2003 - Games - 160 pages
Written by a Grand Master, this guide isolates basic elements and illustrates them through Master and Grand Master games, breaking down the mystique of strategy into easy-to-understand ideas. More than a lesson in fundamentals, it illustrates the value of acquiring small, permanent advantages and saving the attack for later.
  

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Review: Simple Chess: New Algebraic Edition

User Review  - Felix - Goodreads

This is an outstanding introduction to positional chess, emphasizing the simplicity of strategic thinking as opposed to highly tactical chess. I highly recommend this book to anybody without a solid understanding of positional chess, and even to anybody below 2000. Read full review

Review: Simple Chess: New Algebraic Edition

User Review  - Don Sears - Goodreads

I have never read a better chess book. Read full review

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Contents

Introduction
1
Outposts
17
Weak pawns
39
Open files
66
Halfopen files the minority attack
82
Black squares and white squares
103
Space
132
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Confessions of a chess novice: When and why to study positional chess?
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About the author (2003)

Wilson is among the finest Chess Teacher and author in the Chess world.

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