Schackspelarens bibel: från grundtekniker till klassiska mästardrag

by James Eade, Al Lawrence, Mats Eriksson (Translator)

Vill du bli en schackmästare och behärska konungarnas urgamla spel? Här får du lära dig schackspelets nyckeltekniker och mästarnas klassiska drag, kombinationer, offer och bondestrukturer. Boken passar både nybörjare och mer avancerade spelare. I fler än 300 exempel visar författarna strategier för angrepp och försvar i spelöppningen, mittspelet och slutspelet.

• Testa dina kunskaper och finslipa dina förmågor i Mästarnas utmaningar i slutet av varje kapitel.

• Använd snabbguiden ”Hur man vinner ett schackparti” och börja vinna genast!

• Lär av schackspelets största mästare, såväl historiska som nutida, i avsnittet med partianalyser – ett urval av banbrytande partier som du kan spela igenom gång på gång.

Genres: Chess, Nonfiction, Reference, Games

288 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

James Eade (1957) is an American chess master, chess administrator, chess tournament organizer, and chess book publisher. He holds the title of FIDE Master. He is best known for the books Chess for Dummies (1996) and The Chess Player's Bible (2004), both of which have been through several editions and been translated into 8 languages.
He lives in Menlo Park, California, where he continues to teach and write about chess.

Reviews

[Bryan Whitehead · Rating 4 out of 5]

The look and feel of this work are deceptive. The notebook-bound book is copiously illustrated with pictures of chess games in progress, and that tends to give the impression that the text is for novices or at the very least that the discussion will be easy to follow. Not so. My hope when I started reading was that the pictures were being used to carefully demonstrate concepts on a move-by-move basis. Instead, more often than not the only steps illustrated are the beginning and/or the end. The middle moves (frequently crucial to the point being demonstrated) are conveyed via the usual algebraic notation, useful if you’ve got a good understanding of the game and/or a board in front of you. But not for beginners. Likewise, many of the lessons author James Eade teaches are well beyond entry level, focusing on specific openings and some of the more obscure aspects of the end game. Though I followed the argument throughout, I was hoping for something more clear-cut. If nothing else, the book should have been a good deal more comprehensive before they stuck the word “bible” in the title.

[Coruxa · Rating 4 out of 5]

My father taught me to play chess when I was eight years old. I was part of a chess club from my school, but somehow stopped playing. It's a male dominated field even nowadays and that's tiring for an individual with uterus to be exposed to such nonsense that is misogyny in this game to be honest, but that doesn't mean a woman can't play and be way better at it than all her male friends right? This book is the way to go when you're starting again. Btw, they lost to scholars mate in about 30 seconds, so maybe men aren't better than women at this game, as this nonsensical world wants us to believe. I encourage every woman out there to play this game, we are better players. We are also better pianists. Period.

[L. Scott · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nice illustrations and solid info, but lacking in explanations. The font choices are wrong: first by just using too many different fonts, but that's just a style preference. The real problem is in the font face used for the notation lines: the 'c' and 'e' are much too similar, and moving the c pawn is very different than moving the e pawn. That's a tiny issue compared to the lack of explanations/analysis, but it's a good reminder that details matter too.

[Bart Schuijt · Rating 2 out of 5]

Okay chess book for beginners, although the book tries to accomplish too much. Opening, middle game, and end game theoretical concepts are explained insufficiently or too high level. The Dutch version ("De Schaakwijzer") contains many inaccuracies.

[Jon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Probably the easiest book on chess strategy that I've read. Very visual and extremely easy to follow. Helped me beat the pc a few times.

[Peter Mueller · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this book. I am a complete beginner and this grabbed me right at the start. It will be a stalwart on my shelf.

[Simão Cortês · Rating 3 out of 5]

I decided to give chess a new try. I am finally sure that it is not for me. I had the strange feeling while reading this book that I simply was not processing the information. There is something in my brain that simply doesn't like logical games even if I enjoy reading philosophy or building arguments. It was an utterly frustrating experience. I am not saying the book is not great, I don't know, because it seems to be beyond my abilities.

[Daniel Underhill · Rating 1 out of 5]

Going over this book is a headache, and a half when you actually look at the notation of moves listed, and realize that the notation in many examples has the wrong moves noted. There's actually more than one mistake in move notations on page 107, which is an answers page explaining the correct series of moves to mate your opponent in 1 to 3 moves. There really isn't any good excuse for there to be mistakes in a book like this.... I'm really disappointed with it.

[kurp · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bardzo dobre kompendium podstawowych pojęć i koncepcji szachowych. Chyba niezły materiał na drugi krok, po zrozumieniu zasad poruszania pionów i figur (choć i ten krok pierwszy książka pokrywa), pozwalający zrozumieć debiuty, końcówki, motywy matowe, podstawowe taktyki i kombinacje. Wybitnie nie pasuje mi natomiast sposób wizualizacji szachownic - trójwymiar ciężko się czyta i jest to ewidentne przedobrzenie.

[Bill Lindsay · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have played a lot of chess but no formal education on the openings, closing, offenses, or defenses. This book educated me on this or at least an introduction to the lingo. I need more experience before I have confidence in demonstrating any of these aspects. It will take much rehashing to retain the strategies and setups for me.

[Paul · Rating 4 out of 5]

Finished this the other day. I highly recommend for anyone who is just starting or, in my case, jumping back in because of the queens gambit. A lot of fantastic openings and defenses, middle game progression and a smidge of end game tactics.

[Heino Viik · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hard to compete with Youtube :).

[Harri · Rating 2 out of 5]

Provides shallow dip in to the knowledge pool of chess. Might be an easy way to get started with chess but isn't that useful for long.

[David Blessing · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easy to follow, lots of diagrams.

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very cool

[Jesus Longoria · Rating 4 out of 5]

Buenisimo para quien quiera aprender a jugar

[Scientia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good for kids and beginners. Old school illustrations, not too much explanation.

[Kristopher López · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a must read for begginers. It's a great introduction to the game

[Silviu-Augustin · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's just a great chess, beginner book, maybe even intermediate, for its simple but good explanations, for its examples, for basic and advanced theory. I wish there would've been more information, especially in the openings of a chess game, but I at least found the Bird Opening quite interesting and I read about all the openings and possible endgames and so on. I recommend it to any beginner or intermediate player looking to improve at least a bit of their game.

[Caron · Rating 2 out of 5]

Complicated but useful