Chess books thread

Chess is a waste of time.

t. defeated by fool's mate

Alexei Shirov's Fire on Board.
His game with Vassily Ivanchuk blew my mind when I first read it. Check out, user.

what's the best way to learn chess ? Books ? Videos ? Practice only ?

>Lolli Gambit
>not picking the superior Shota Gambit

>Grand masters literally see a different board. Studies of their eye movements have found
that they look at the edges of squares more than inexperienced players, suggesting that
they’re absorbing information from multiple squares at once. Their eyes also dart across
greater distances, and linger for less time at any one place. They focus on fewer different
spots on the board, and those spots are more likely to be relevant to figuring out the right
move.
>But the most striking finding of all from these early studies of chess experts was their
astounding memories. The experts could memorize entire boards after just a brief glance.
And they could reconstruct longago games from memory. In fact, later studies confirmed that
the ability to memorize board positions is one of the best overall indicators of how good a
chess player somebody is. And these chess positions are not simply encoded in transient
short-term memory. Chess experts can remember positions from games for hours, weeks,
even years afterward. Indeed, at a certain point in every chess master’s development, keeping
mental track of the pieces on the board becomes such a trivial skill that they can take on
several opponents at once, entirely in their heads.
>As impressive as the chess masters’ memories were for chess games, their memories for
everything else were notably unimpressive.
t. joshua foer

>White: Réti Opening
>Black: Pirc Defense

The best way to learn is by getting your ass handed to you by someone much better at chess, who's patient enough to teach you. Chess is very much a two-player game, so books and self-practice are a poor substitute for beginners.

Hah!

>tfw no one in your geographical region has a chance to beat you

not sure when I'd get a chance to complain about this again but
my dad LITERALLY always fucking beats me at chess, last time I was about 2 turns away from checkmating him but then he makes one fucking move and ends up beating me, he has literally done this shit since I was around 8 and I'm 21 now
reminder that chess is for FAGGOTS like my dad

Lol'd