Comprehensive Chess Course, Vol. 1: Learn Chess in 12 Lessons
by Lev Alburt, Roman Pelts
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Author: Lev Alburt, Roman PeltsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1996-10-17
ISBN: 1889323004
Number of pages: 124
Publisher: Chess Information & Research Institute
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Book Review: The best beginner's book I have read.
Summary: 5 Stars
I have known the rules for about 20 years, and started tournament playing in Feb 2001. I thought I knew the basics and didn't need this. I read the introduction, and could not answer some very basic questions. While it took only a few weeks to run through the book, instead of the months recommened in the book, I definately learned what I was missing for the level I am at, which at the time is an 886 USCF rating.The lessons are just that, lessons. They have objectives, they have homework, they have themes in each lesson, and you review the the beginning of each lesson. While this sounds so very simple, why is the the only book I have seen laid out like this? Imagine, a book to teach chess that lays out a course in a manner that you would use to teach anything from math to history in a school. That is what sets this book above anything else.
The oldest person to ever achieve a master rating was 53, I believe. That does give me hope. While this book is very basic, it relaid a very firm foundation for me: reinforcing basics, and showing the holes in my knowledge, then filling those holes.
Highly recommended, even if you have read other beginner's books. Then move on to Volume 2.
Summary of Comprehensive Chess Course, Vol. 1: Learn Chess in 12 Lessons
A complete, easy-to-use program for teaching and self-study of chess, in this series of books co-written by Roman Pelts and Lev Alburt, Grandmaster of Chess and three-time U.S. Chess Champion.
Amateur chess players have a new weapon in the battle to improve their game. Based on the famous, formerly secret "From Beginner to Master" course of study developed over decades in the Soviet Union, the Comprehensive Chess Course provides students with all the essential information they need to learn chess and then to improve their skills steadily and efficiently. The contents of this book and its companion volume 2 (sold separately) include every diagram and every problem, and leave little to chance. The Course is filled with what has worked well in practice in Russian classrooms and teaches all the rules of chess, all the fundamentals, and how to visualize the board and pieces?the prerequisite for success in chess. Chess diagrams throughoutChess Books
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