Catalog of Chess Mistakes

by Andrew Soltis

For the benefit of the improving player, Andrew Soltis - New York Post chess columnist and author of Pawn Structure Chess and other books - reviews the major types of chess errors. Using typical game situations drawn from Master play, the book concentrates on teaching recognition patterns for the major mistakes - and how to avoid those mistakes.

Genres: Chess, Reference, Nonfiction

Paperback

First published January 1, 1979

Reviews

[Liquidlasagna · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great book, though you wish it was much larger, and way more detailed...

a complex work, where the more time you spend at a chess computer for analysis and set up a board or two, the more you'll get out of this book

The last time i looked at the subject of chess mistakes i got Gligoric/Alexander's book on the Fischer-Spassky match, and wrote down how often in the 23 games how many ? and ?? appeared

and how tabulation of such and in what phase of the games, were illuminating....

Where you got the idea that Fischer did one third as many calculation/nervous/strategic errors as Spassky!

[Steven jb · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book demonstrates categories of chess errors. The errors were explained, which was the focus of the book, but the denouement was given without explanation. Providing more explanation of the finish would have enhanced the understanding of the original errors. Also, as with most chess books, there ought to be more diagrams to follow the game as I am guessing the average reader can follow only five or so moves in his head before needing to resort to a chessboard.