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If anyone else was wondering what the other chess book is, it is Rook Endings By Grigory Levenfish and Vassily Smyslov.
by notaddicted 15y ago
If anyone else was wondering what the other chess book is, it is Rook Endings By Grigory Levenfish and Vassily Smyslov.
- nandemo 15y agoDid he really read only those 2 books? I'm not a chess player, but still I find that incredible. Surely he didn't learn all his openings only by playing and reading one collection of games?
- Stwerner 15y agoI'm not really surprised, I went through Josh Waitzkin's chessmaster tutorials, and one thing that stuck out was him talking about how his coach had him focus on the mid- an end-game, and hardly any on openings. The idea I think is that by not knowing openings very well, you end up quickly getting out of the opening book, neutralizing your opponent's advantage and into where you're strongest.