There are so many much more valuable opening books nowadays, that explain, rather than dump thousands of variations, with a +/=/- at the end of each. Has been a fossil for most of the last fifty years and longer. John lost his fight to cancer at the beginning of 2017, making this book (and his letter to me pasted into the front) a cherished possession.Īnd here's something else I wrote about my chess endeavours. It took me a very long time to understand the chess shorthand used in the book, but John helped me and we played it this way via SMS for some time. my father has a more modern version of it and the two of us occasionally tried out the opening moves it features. As such, there's much to learn - even from this extremely old book. It might be old, but so is the game of chess itself. John lost his fight to cancer at A good chess friend, John Creeke, decided to pass his 1952 (8th) edition on to me. A good chess friend, John Creeke, decided to pass his 1952 (8th) edition on to me.
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