Comprehensive Chess Course Volume II: From Beginner to Tournament Player in 12 Lessons

Comprehensive Chess Course #2

by Lev Alburt

Welcome to Volume II, the second level, of our Comprehensive Chess Course. It is aimed at those students who have completed and mastered the lessons in Volume I. In addition to numerous corrections and alterations to this, the third edition, a new chapter has been added, ?Moving On to Expert and Master.? It addresses the concerns of many readers who want a guide for consolidating the progress made during the study of volumes I and II and concrete suggestions for advancing toward expert and master.

Genres: Chess, Reference

896 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 1986

Reviews

[Abdullah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Oh I wish I took it with me while traveling...it's a masterpiece for those who understand chess .

[Mark Galassi · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is excellent, and would get five stars if it were not for the poor typesetting which makes it hard to navigate.

This is the book I use to coach grown-up chess students. I have them work through it in sequence, and the sequence is very well designed to challenge, teach well, and leave no aspect of training untouched.

I think that Lev Alburt's comprehensive course is excellent, and the books are exactly what the titles promise they will be.

The problem is that the typesetting is a bit weird: sections are not marked clearly form each other, so you cannot navigate and look for parts of the book. I would not change the order or organization at all, just the page/heading layout.

It is a pity that they have not reissued this book with the kind of layout that characterizes Lev Alburt's other books, like his book on the pirc Pirc Alert!: A Complete Defense Against 1. e4

Still, it is easy to get over the typesetting "problem" by just going through the book in order and reading the material and working through the problems.

[Mike · Rating 5 out of 5]

so far i have found this a great book. It has certainly advanced my chess game, having gone to consistently loosing to a friend to consistently beating him. I am only 1/4 through the book. It is very dense, full of examples, and has a good approach for teaching each lesson. I highly recommend it for anyone reading their 1st or second chess book.

[Taru Luojola · Rating 4 out of 5]

Vuosien tauon jälkeen innostuin taas pelaamaan shakkia, mutta eihän siitä tullut yhtään mitään. Niinpä luin kertaukseksi tämän jo entuudestaan tutun oppikirjan, ja eikös vain pelin taso parantunut heti, kuten on aiemminkin käynyt.

[Alex Geddie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Alburt is a hero. You can almost use this book in place of a human coach if you can find stronger players to review your slow games.