How to Choose a Chess Move

by Andrew Soltis

There are more than 30 moves to choose from in a typical chess position. Yet masters regularly manage to select the best one--and they do it faster, more confidently, and with less calculation than other players. The reason: masters know shortcuts that enable them to think more efficiently. International Grandmaster Andrew Soltis explains these techniques, including how to use specific cues to find good moves, how to streamline the analysis of a move's consequences, and how to use both objective and highly subjective criteria to find the right move--from any position. An enlightening window into a Grandmaster's thinking process.

Genres: Chess

240 pages, Paperback

First published October 28, 2005

Reviews

[Mavaddat]

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

[Ken Jensen]

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.

[Steven]

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

[Paul Doody]

A superb book explaining how to choose your next move.

[Andrew]

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]

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