17 May '07 18:58>
With most chess books, you need a chess set (or computer) to follow the moves on, if you want to get any real value out of them. But a few of them can be followed without a chess set, because they have so many diagrams. I find this very helpful, as I only find time to read on the train or in bed, neither of which are great places to push pieces around a board.
Can anybody recommend books which meet this criterion? My own pick would be Andrew Soltis' "How to Choose a Chess Move". You can read this without a set, because it focuses on specific positions, rather than whole games, and therefore the initial diagram is usually enough. And where the lines do get deep, he adds a new diagram.
Can anybody recommend books which meet this criterion? My own pick would be Andrew Soltis' "How to Choose a Chess Move". You can read this without a set, because it focuses on specific positions, rather than whole games, and therefore the initial diagram is usually enough. And where the lines do get deep, he adds a new diagram.