How to Choose a Chess Move

by Andrew Soltis

International Grandmaster Andrew Soltis brings you a foolproof guide to choosing your best next chess move, every time.

There are more than 20 moves you can choose from an average position, yet Chess Masters regularly manage to select the best moves – and they do it faster, more confidently and with less calculation than other players.

This practical guide, in a fully revised and updated edition of a Batsford chess classic, explains the tricks, techniques and shortcuts Masters employ to find the best way forward, at every stage of a game. Drawing on the wisdom of some of the greatest chess players of all time, with analysis from over 180 games, it

• Employing specific cues to identify good moves.

• Streamlining analysis of the consequences of moves.

• Using both objective and highly subjective criteria to find the right move – from any position.

This invaluable book provides a fascinating insight into the way Chess Masters think, and is a must for all players who want to hone their decision-making skills and cultivate a killer chess instinct.

Genres: Chess

473 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 28, 2005

Reviews

[Mavaddat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very fun and instructive examples to outline multiple methods and ideas for gathering candidate moves and deciding from among them.

[Steven · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good for learning how to process move options and also where to start, and stop, evaluating candidate moves.

[Ken Jensen · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent chess book that deals with the art of choosing a chess move, preferably a good one. The book is full of examples from recent games. A treasure trove for any chess aficionado. Highly recommended.

[Paul Doody · Rating 5 out of 5]

A superb book explaining how to choose your next move.

[Andrew · Rating 3 out of 5]

Chess is hard. At first, it may not seem like it: 64 squares, 32 pieces, how hard can it be? As a beginner, the moves make sense pretty quickly and the goal is rather apparent. But the moment you start to study, really study it starts to overwhelm with its complexity and its depth. Having played casually for many years, I naively assumed that I understood the game, more or less. After six months of serious study, I realize I was very, very much on the less side of that equation. While I couldn't come close to replicating everything in this book, Soltis is helping me appreciate my ignorance, which is an important and humbling step in my chess journey.

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[JHB · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great stuff! A lot of helpful pieces of advice that also pointed the way to a couple other chess books I want to read. Good example games too