Attacking Chess: Aggressive Strategies and Inside Moves from the U.S. Junior Chess Champion (Fireside Chess Library) @ richardeward.com

Attacking Chess: Aggressive Strategies and Inside Moves from the U.S. Junior Chess Champion (Fireside Chess Library)
by Josh Waitzkin
from Fireside

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Not Just For Kids
  This book is similar to Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess as far as the "no chess set needed" which makes it nice to keep on the nightstand for some late night reading. Speaking of Bobby Fischer, the book is written by Josh Waitzkin whose life was portrayed in the movie "Searching for Bobby Fischer" and a heck of a chess player in his own right, although last I heard he's retired from Chess. The book focuses on the attacking side of chess, pins, skewers, discovery checks, and my favorite the knight fork, and much... more info

• Entertaining chess book
  This was the book that I had most fun reading it.
  Although I can't say that my game has improved a lot, or even at all, it was worthy reading it just for all the stories told in it.
  The tactical elements are not analysed deep enough and there is no clear way how to achieve them.
  It may be the easiest book I've read.
  I recommend this book to all those who find other chess books boring. This is not! But it won't help you improve your game much.
  I should say that Josh Waitzkin... more info

• Wanna stay ahead of your chess-improving kids?
  I was attracted to this book after watching Searching for Bobby Fisher with my two young sons. The book turned out to be even more engaging and educational for my 13 year old and me, his old Dad, than I expected. Josh writes like I suspect he plays - with passion. I am impressed by the connections he makes between chess and life, and his humanity and lack of fanatacism - an unfortunate quality that seems to haunt many brilliant chess players. Josh's humanity and heart come across in the movie, as they do in... more info

• More than a Book About Chess
  I've played chess since I was a kid, but have never studied the game, which means I play what I call jail house chess, the kind of chess guys pick up in the joint without ever studying the game or really learning to play it well. The reason, of course, is that every chess book I picked up was dry as dust and only showed chess diagrams. Josh Waitzkin does more than that. He talks about the game. He manages to convey the joy of combat, the thrill of the attack, the terror of being on the run. He puts the... more info

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