Originally Posted by aveumluhe
Chamaco: We might have to disagree on Chernev (his annotations annoy me), but we'll agree on everything else! I haven't seen 'Analysing to Win', but bought a Jacobs book to help my children learn the game and it definitely seemed to be the best on offer.
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aveumluhe:
I understand your feelings vs Chernev: it was the same for me at first.
Indeed, when I was only playing, Chernev's books looked to me too simplistic.
And they are indeed ! However, perhaps my judgement is biased by my coaching experience: this week, for instance, I am preparing a set of pupils (age 10-11) for the finals of the Junior Nationals Chships in Italy.
And indeed, the use of Chernev's "Logical chess move by move" and of "best lessons from a chess coach" (by Weeramantry and Eusebi) was very rewarding for the study of middlegames. (Silman's books would be way too advanced)
For the endgame, I selected for coaching Alburt's book "Just the facts"