دانلود کتاب The Game of Chess (Algebraic Edition)

This book seems to have acquired quite a reputation through the years. Indeed the cover boldly proclaims "Lessons in Classical Chess From The Greatest Teacher Of All Time" The back cover says that many regarded this as the best book ever written on the game Such impressive blurb ensured that this was one of the very first books I never read when I started my (self taught) quest to become a better player.

To put it briefly, this book does contain some useful insights. Tarrasch begins with a chapter on the endgame and the beginner will gain some knowledge of the most basic endgame positions

The next chapter is on The Middlegame, and a wide array of tactics are discussed. As well as the essential tactics of the pin, discovered attacks etc, there are more obscure things like "two bishops against a castled position" "the imprisonment of a bishop" and "the point b6 as a target for attack"

The next is on the opening and the opening, and as some have noted this section is is often quite dated. No Pirc, Kings Indian, Nimzo Indian, or other more modern openings. But it quite comprehensive of the more classical openings, and I have to admit I did find some interesting ideas for my opening repertoire.

Lastly comes the chapter of Illustrative Games, and, well it does exactly what it says on the tin really.

So he covers the Opening, Middlegame and Endgame as well as Illustrative games! So what's the problem, why only 3 stars? Well, he doesn't actually explain *how* to play chess. He explains various tactics very well, but this book never taught me how to find a logical, objective plan during middlegames. The furthest he goes with this is to say that "we can never do what we wish we must only so what we are forced to do".But his discussions on stratgy are very vague, he says things like "we must advanced a backward pawn, we must play a badly posted piece of a better position"

So I can recommend this book for it's gentle (but not exhaustive) introduction to endgames, the chapter of middlegame tactics ( I certainly picked up some valuable insights here and there)and an excellent essay on the strategy of the opening, where heexplains the three subjects of space, force and time. But I deduct 1 star for the fact that planning is not well explained, and another 1 for the somewhat dated openings section. This book has some useful insights to be sure, but this is not the best or most useful book on chess I have read. From personal experience I found Yuri Averbakhs Chess Endings Essential Knowledge a better basic introduction to endgames, and How To Reassess Your Chess by Jeremy Silman a good explanation of strategic planning.