How to Win at Chess: The Ultimate Guide for Beginners and Beyond

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Don't get me wrong, I think that this might be the single most comprehensible, digestible and entertaining written guide for chess beginners (take this statement with a grain of salt, since this is the *only* chess book I've actually read), but if you're already at 1000 ELO and beyond and solely want to improve effectively, there's probably better resources to spend your time on. However, I think for intermediate chess players and up who want something meatier, it might not be the best choice. Biography: Levy Rozman, more popularly known as GothamChess, is an online chess streamer who earned the International Master title in 2018.

This book is a new and refreshing guide for understanding the fundamentals of chess, and most importantly, how to study openings and develop a strategy (notice I didn't say "it outlines openings and strategy. Recently I came across Levy on YouTube and started really enjoyed his commentary on games because he explains things so well and with a great sense of fun and humor.

The first half of this unique guide introduces rising players (0-800 Elo rating) to the four key areas to consider when playing chess-openings, endings, tactics, and strategy – and the second half builds upon these core skills for more experienced players (800-1300 Elo rating). The examples enabled the author to use creative license - but the responses were not anything a sane chess player would respond with. This is a lot of ground to cover, and the book isn't very long - only around 250 pages of content with around half of this taken up by diagrams. I find it easy to flip back to the book when I encounter a permutation to a gambit and learn a better way to play. I picked up “How to Win at Chess” by Levy Rozman and am delighted by the improvement in my understanding…and ability to win!

How to Win at Chess is a thought-provoking and information dense chess monograph by Levy Rozman (GothamChess).To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. We will post your book review within a day or so as long as it meets our guidelines and terms and conditions.