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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 794 EAN: 9781901983418 ISBN: 1901983412 Label: Gambit Publications Manufacturer: Gambit Publications Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 239 Publication Date: February 14, 2001 Publisher: Gambit Publications Studio: Gambit Publications Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: John Nunn is one of the most highly regarded chess writers in the world. He has carefully selected thirty modern games to help the reader understand the most important aspects of chess and to illustrate modern chess principles in action. Virtually every move is explained using words that everyone can understand. Jargon is avoided as far as possible. Almost all the examples are taken from the 1990s and show how key ideas are handled by the grandmasters of today. The emphasis is on general principles that readers will be able to use in their own games, and detailed analysis is only given where it is necessary. Each game contains many lessons, but to guide the reader through the most important ideas in each phase of the game, the thirty games are grouped thematically into those highlighting opening, middlegame and endgame themes. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - FantasticNunn does everything right in this book. First off, the games that he selected are very interesting, and they directly illustrate the themes he discusses. Second, he is one of the finest game annotators going on the planet because he can combine a deep understanding of a position with user friendly annotations. Fantastic stuff, and kudos to the brainy Nunn. Rating: - i have been using this book for eight yearsThis is a really great book. I have at least one hundred chess books. I have even read many of them! I have read, studied, and used this book more than any ohter. It is a good to great collection of games. The annotations are the critical part of the book and they are great. When I study a game, I write the date in the margin. I have been through some of the games as many as ten times. Why? Well, first, I can and do learn new things each time. Sometimes I learn things that I was not ready for the ... Read More Rating:  - Whoa there! This book is NOT for most of us...If you look at the book description (above), you get the idea that this book is focused on teaching fundamentals to non-experts. Wrong. The title's obvious parallel to Chernev's [excellent] work (Logical Chess Move by Move) only reinforces this misleading perception. Each chapter does begin with a few paragraphs on a fundamental principle of chess. And the first moves are described as if to total novices. But as soon as Nunn gets beyond those first few moves, you'd better be able ... Read More Rating: - ChessMy word; I took up this magnificent game only a very short while ago, and now, three months later, I'm hooked. To learn, I saw at once the need for expert guidance, and I can confirm that there is plenty of guidance to be had, and most of it turned upon pure vanity. I tried CD's and numerous online instructions, and purchased various unreadable books, and until I came across 'Understanding Chess' by John Nunn, through Amazon. Com, I was at my wits end trying to understand the most simple game plans, ... Read More Rating:  - Instructive, but too complex for novice. This is a very popular and famous book, and John Nunn is a well-known chess writer. Almost every move is explained deeply in this book. But there is one problem with this book: For whom did Nunn write this book? I'm confused because, in a specific game the first move "1.e4" is explained as if the reader is beginner or a novice. But later in the same game, Nunn includes a lot of long and complex variants in several analyses after a specific move, analyses that are only useful for a strong chess player. ... Read More 
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