Originally Posted by scrubber
Thanks for your prompt reply.
My copy of Timman's book also has the pages falling out. Strangely enough in my old Dover Books this does not happen.
Has nobody else got Speelman's book (Best Chess Games 1970-80) it really is a good book though similar in style to Timman's book ?
A pity that Roosevelt Park club no longer exist. It is strange the the W Cape number of clubs is increasing but the number in Gauteng is going the other way.
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Speelman's book is great, it "tells you a story": when playing through his games, you feel as you were really there, living the drama
Good choice
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I will add one more book in the list of "tactics": "Analyzing to win" by Byron Jacobs is a book with really cool exercises, which are not combinations puzzles, but rather a collection of positions that occurred over the board: you never know whether the good choice is a tactical solution or positional solution, and sometimes you even have to decide whather you have to play for the win or for the draw.
A very good exercices set, but better suited for 1800+ elo players (e.g. just imagine the tyope of difficulty that you meet in Dvorestsky books)