Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #163954 in Books
• Published on: 1998-12-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Customer Reviews

This Book I Definitely Needed!!!
A book I have not once regretted buying, written as a second chess book, it is very nicely laid out and contains 33 games with the explanations of each move with variations, the 33 games progressively advance in skill, taking you through step by step.
Irving Chernev writes in a very pleasing and entertaining manner, and you can actually feel you're becoming better, it's great!!!
He teaches the opening moves of games such as: Queens Gambit, Kings Gambit, English Opening, French Defense, Stonewall attack, Ruy Lopez and much more!

The learning potential reminds me of what a great book this is, as you move through each game he reviews what happened in the last game, so it really sticks in your memory.

If you're searching for your first book on chess, I personally recommend that you take a look at "THE RIGHT WAY TO PLAY CHESS", [...] this book really gives you a great insight into what can be achieved with chess, the moves, games, strength of the combinations of pieces, your middle game, your end game and much more!
Best of luck and Enjoy!

The best chess book I own.
I have about 15 chess books and most have their good points. But of all the books I own, I think this is the one I'd miss more than any other. There are several books with annotated games (those from Alekhine and Fischer for example), but generally the annotations are from one of the players, who usually overrate their own performance.

This book is quite different. The number of annotated games is only 33, which is not much over half those from Bobby Fischer's famous "My 60 memorable games". But because the number of annotated games is smaller, just about every move is annotated in great detail. Even the first move of the match, say e4 is annotated in every game its played in. Of course there is some repetition in this case, but it drums into one's head why e4 is a good move.

It really is a very good book indeed.

Quite simply the most instructive chess book ever written.
So you know the rules, you've played a bit, you've read some books on chess and become bored. Where to go from here? Buy and Read This Book!

Learn some simple basics that will improve your game 100%, learn the art of combination and winning attacks, learn the rules of powerful defence.

The book is a joy to read, the games a delight to follow, you won't want to put it down. I felt the book had been written just for me, for my weaknesses and the gaps in my play.

I cannot recommend this book too highly - five stars is not nearly enough!