John Nunn Chess Course edition by John Nunn Humor Entertainment eBooks
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Grandmaster John Nunn provides a complete chess education, covering decision-making methods and psychological factors in addition to the most important strategic and tactical methods.
Following on from his successful books Understanding Chess Endgames and Understanding Chess Middlegames, John Nunn fleshes out the theory by showing how World Champion Emanuel Lasker handled a wide variety of practical situations. We see how Lasker’s play, which his opponents found so unfathomable, was based on logic, extreme pragmatism and a deep understanding of how chess-players think.
· Covers topics not usually considered, such as queenless middlegames and manoeuvring
· Dissects strategic issues including piece activity, pawn-structure and bishop vs knight
· Looks at psychological aspects of chess, such as choosing lines which are most uncomfortable for the opponent
· Discusses how to handle inferior positions
· Explanations focus on general ideas rather than detailed analysis
· Features more than 100 of the most instructive examples from Lasker’s career
· Concludes with a selection of exercises, with full commentary and explanation
Emanuel Lasker from Germany – chess player, mathematician and philosopher – held the world title for 27 years, longer than any other champion. His victories against many of the all-time greats were based on an ahead-of-his-time understanding and had a subtle but profound influence on modern chess thinking.
Dr John Nunn is one of the best-respected figures in world chess. He was among the world’s leading grandmasters for nearly twenty years, winning four gold medals in chess Olympiads. He is a much-acclaimed writer, whose works have won ‘Book of the Year’ awards in several countries. In 2004, 2007 and 2010, Nunn was crowned World Chess Solving Champion, ahead of many former champions.
John Nunn Chess Course edition by John Nunn Humor Entertainment eBooks
I am using the Kindle edition, in which the size of diagrams and the page formatting are just about perfect -- enough so that even an amateur can study most of the main lines without a board.In a rather daring move, Nunn has based his general chess course on the games of Emanuel Lasker. His reasons for doing so are listed at the outset of the book, and make perfect sense. My reasons for agreeing are these:
-- Lasker's games, being played against a wider range of openings and wider range of playing strengths than, say, the games of Anand, prove to be a rich source for training material suitable to the club player. We, too, tend to play outside the current main lines and see strategic as well as tactical errors, just as Lasker did before the information explosion and diffusion of chess knowledge.
-- These games do not turn on opening analysis or knowing how to win the 2 pawns v 1 pawn on adjacent file ending. The games are "out of book" by move 7 or 8, and are chosen to illustrate how to play chess, not how to play openings. Likewise, the endings are complex, with a couple minor pieces and rook and several pawns, and are chosen to illustrate good endgame play.
-- Lasker was not a perfectionist; he was a competitor. While he did not, as some have alleged, play inferior moves in order to mesmerize and deceive his opponents, he did play moves that were not objectively the best, because they gave him complex positions in which he trusted himself to find the right path better than his opponent. Modern equivalents of this approach are Korchnoi and (as Nunn points out) Carlsen.
-- The games themselves are just plain fun.
Nunn groups the games into chapters devoted to a single theme, such as attacking play. Within this, he presents a broad selection of games that illustrate how a strong player approaches this theme. I am impressed with the diversity of position types that appear in these games, and how nicely each illustrates various nuances within its chosen theme. It turns out that the games of Lasker alone are a pretty stable base on which to write such a book.
And finally, Lasker gets somewhat ignored these days. His approach to chess is something that most players will benefit from studying.
The book is suitable for novices up to about expert level, although stronger players are likely to benefit both from the enjoyment of the games, and Nunn's thorough if brief review of important ideas in the middlegame and beyond.
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John Nunn Chess Course edition by John Nunn Humor Entertainment eBooks Reviews
I'm a huge Lasker fan, and this is one of the best books I have on Lasker.
I am an enthusiastic, but not particularly good, chess player. To improve my game, I will devote 2015 to studying this book. Why? I enjoy playing through games of masters, and this book is a *course* on chess based on the games of Emanuel Lasker (1869-1941) who was a world chess champion for 27 years. It takes me a long time to play through a game. I record each game in a notebook; I write out the entire game without comments; I play through the game a few times, making my own notes as I go; then I read Nunn's commentary and compare it with my notes; finally, in my notebook, I write out a complete set of notes next to the game using Nunn's comments and my observations. Aided by www, I make notes about the life of each of Lasker's opponents, and learn a bit about chess history en route to becoming some sort of master. For each game, all this takes a few hours; one game/day is my limit. An inexpensive, enjoyable, way to spend a year.
Nunn is one of the best chess authors and here he gives critical take on earlier analysis. Excellent!
Great book that I give to my chess students! All of Nunn's books are good and can teach a player a lot.
One of the best chess books I have read. I add my voice to those who say he is the smartest person never to become the World Chess Champion. You can also check out his "Nunn's Chess Endings volume 1" and "Nunn's Chess Endings volume 2" both excellent.
John Nunn's Chess Course is very well presented based on Lasker. Easy to read and following the chess diagrams. Even though Lasker was world champion for 27 years, he made the game difficult for his opponents and took them into unknown territory so to speak. Lasker does matter and he was a genius. Playing through his games does teach you a lot. John Nunn has done this well and rightly so for picking Lasker. You will not be disappointed.
Great games... great analysis. Another high quality book from John Nunn. Nunn chooses instructive games of Emmanuel Lasker and adds his usual fresh and high quality analysis. When necessary, Nunn doesn't avoid the messy details of concrete lines to support his position evaluations. The book shows Lasker's deep understanding and competitive skill as well as the occasional weak move..particularly when that move was previously mis-evaluated by other authors, I think the book would prove valuable to all but the very beginner.
I am using the edition, in which the size of diagrams and the page formatting are just about perfect -- enough so that even an amateur can study most of the main lines without a board.
In a rather daring move, Nunn has based his general chess course on the games of Emanuel Lasker. His reasons for doing so are listed at the outset of the book, and make perfect sense. My reasons for agreeing are these
-- Lasker's games, being played against a wider range of openings and wider range of playing strengths than, say, the games of Anand, prove to be a rich source for training material suitable to the club player. We, too, tend to play outside the current main lines and see strategic as well as tactical errors, just as Lasker did before the information explosion and diffusion of chess knowledge.
-- These games do not turn on opening analysis or knowing how to win the 2 pawns v 1 pawn on adjacent file ending. The games are "out of book" by move 7 or 8, and are chosen to illustrate how to play chess, not how to play openings. Likewise, the endings are complex, with a couple minor pieces and rook and several pawns, and are chosen to illustrate good endgame play.
-- Lasker was not a perfectionist; he was a competitor. While he did not, as some have alleged, play inferior moves in order to mesmerize and deceive his opponents, he did play moves that were not objectively the best, because they gave him complex positions in which he trusted himself to find the right path better than his opponent. Modern equivalents of this approach are Korchnoi and (as Nunn points out) Carlsen.
-- The games themselves are just plain fun.
Nunn groups the games into chapters devoted to a single theme, such as attacking play. Within this, he presents a broad selection of games that illustrate how a strong player approaches this theme. I am impressed with the diversity of position types that appear in these games, and how nicely each illustrates various nuances within its chosen theme. It turns out that the games of Lasker alone are a pretty stable base on which to write such a book.
And finally, Lasker gets somewhat ignored these days. His approach to chess is something that most players will benefit from studying.
The book is suitable for novices up to about expert level, although stronger players are likely to benefit both from the enjoyment of the games, and Nunn's thorough if brief review of important ideas in the middlegame and beyond.
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