Comments on: Ruben Fine's Thirty Rules of Chess http://beginchess.com/2006/10/04/ruben-fines-thirty-rules-of-chess/ Chess for Beginners Sun, 15 Jan 2012 05:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: West Coast Kenny http://beginchess.com/2006/10/04/ruben-fines-thirty-rules-of-chess/comment-page-1/#comment-877 West Coast Kenny Wed, 27 Apr 2011 23:59:15 +0000 http://www.beginchess.com/2006/10/04/ruben-fines-thirty-rules-of-chess/#comment-877 These rules are taken from Reuben Fine’s “Chess the Easy Way.” Although writers such as Fine and Irving Chernev are considered passé, their writings -- particularly the most basic texts -- are timeless. I know of one former US Champion who said (off the record, so I don’t feel comfortable naming him) that even though he was already a strong master, revisiting “Chess the Easy Way” helped him become a GM. One of my main barriers to improving was my own lack of humility. It's hard to consider a C player arrogant, but I thought I knew a lot more about chess just because I was familiar with a lot of names and had played forty or fifty rated games. What might sound like beginner books (Chernev’s “Logical Chess, Move by Move" for example) are more valuable than most tournament players would believe. Good luck. WCK These rules are taken from Reuben Fine’s “Chess the Easy Way.” Although writers such as Fine and Irving Chernev are considered passé, their writings — particularly the most basic texts — are timeless. I know of one former US Champion who said (off the record, so I don’t feel comfortable naming him) that even though he was already a strong master, revisiting “Chess the Easy Way” helped him become a GM.

One of my main barriers to improving was my own lack of humility. It’s hard to consider a C player arrogant, but I thought I knew a lot more about chess just because I was familiar with a lot of names and had played forty or fifty rated games. What might sound like beginner books (Chernev’s “Logical Chess, Move by Move” for example) are more valuable than most tournament players would believe.

Good luck. WCK

]]> By: Abul Hassan http://beginchess.com/2006/10/04/ruben-fines-thirty-rules-of-chess/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Abul Hassan Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:48:43 +0000 http://www.beginchess.com/2006/10/04/ruben-fines-thirty-rules-of-chess/#comment-12 Good for beginners. Good for beginners.

]]> By: Rajmahendra http://beginchess.com/2006/10/04/ruben-fines-thirty-rules-of-chess/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Rajmahendra Wed, 11 Oct 2006 18:28:35 +0000 http://www.beginchess.com/2006/10/04/ruben-fines-thirty-rules-of-chess/#comment-11 Waav! keep posting on improving chess skills..... Cheers! Waav!

keep posting on improving chess skills…..

Cheers!

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