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Date: 19 Aug 2006 15:42:46
From: Jules
Subject: Old Chess Books
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I used to play chess often when I was young, but then I stopped.
Recently, I've gotten back in to studying chess. I've accquired many
chess books. Some are new, but several are from used book stores.
Some of the used books are pretty old. Some were written as far back
as 50 years ago. My question is: how much has chess theory changed
over the past 50 years? I know it has changed somewhat, but for
someone at my level (maybe around 1700), will this make much of a
difference?
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Date: 21 Aug 2006 00:14:28
From: Jules
Subject: Re: Old Chess Books
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[email protected] wrote:
> It might be worthwhile to look at:
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> http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review315.pdf
Thanks for the reference. I found this article very helpful.
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Date: 26 Aug 2006 05:34:24
From: bellatori
Subject: Re: Old Chess Books
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You are quite right... I enjoyed the reference immensely.
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Date: 20 Aug 2006 20:04:35
From:
Subject: Re: Old Chess Books
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It might be worthwhile to look at:
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http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review315.pdf
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Date: 19 Aug 2006 20:50:28
From: gnohmon
Subject: Re: Old Chess Books
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Jules wrote:
> I used to play chess often when I was young, but then I stopped.
> Recently, I've gotten back in to studying chess. I've accquired many
> chess books. Some are new, but several are from used book stores.
> Some of the used books are pretty old. Some were written as far back
> as 50 years ago. My question is: how much has chess theory changed
> over the past 50 years? I know it has changed somewhat, but for
> someone at my level (maybe around 1700), will this make much of a
> difference?
The 7th edition of the Handbuch des Scahchspiels analyzes certain
variations of the Evans Gambit Accepted down to move 32. The 7th
edition of Modern Chess Openings (published a hundred years later, in
the 1960s) analyzes certain variations of the Queens Gambit Declined
down to move 32 (but tells little about the Evans).
Fashions change. None of today's opponents will follow the Handbuch
lines down to move 32, nor will any of them follow the MCO7 lines down
to move 32. Learn to make good moves and improvise, and have fun
winning.
Chess is fun, if you win.
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Jules wrote:
> I used to play chess often when I was young, but then I stopped.
> Recently, I've gotten back in to studying chess. I've accquired many
> chess books. Some are new, but several are from used book stores.
> Some of the used books are pretty old. Some were written as far back
> as 50 years ago. My question is: how much has chess theory changed
> over the past 50 years? I know it has changed somewhat, but for
> someone at my level (maybe around 1700), will this make much of a
> difference?
Jules, they should be fine with respect to tactics, strategy, and
endgames if you're comfortable with descriptive notation. They wouldn't
be so good for openings.
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