Messages posted by: Matt Fleury

Some of my favorites:

1. Anything by Sammy Reshevsky; Art of Positional play, Reshevsky on chess, etc.

2. Absolutely anything by David Bronstein; 200 open games, Zurich 1953, Bronstein on the King's Indian, etc.

3. Art of Sacrifice in chess by Rudolph Spielmann.

4. Art of Combination by Maxim Blokh.

5. Pawn power in chess by Hans Kmoch.

6. Practical Middlegame and Endgame tips by Edmars Mednis.

7. The Fine art of Swindling by Ali Mortizavi.

8. Any games collection of Korchnoi Fischer, Tal, Smyslov, Rubinstein, Tarrasch or any of your favorite players.

9. My System and My Praxis by Nimzovitch.

10. New in Chess Yearbooks.

11. The Middle game in Chess by Reuben Fine. (in fact anything by Fine is high quality)

12. Two knights Tango by Georgi Orlov.

13. Beating the King's Indian and Benoni by Anatoly Vaisser.

1.In the old days, development mattered above all. Nowadays, it seems piece COORDINATION is of primary importance.

2. Development is good, but developing with threats is better.

3. Not all gambits are a thing of the past.

4. Look for opportunities to play a "delay castle" strategy, it just might save your King!

1. A central move is often better than castling.
2. If you have a choice of rooks to lift, choose the one that isn't defending something.
3. If you have a choice of rooks to capture, take the one that is doing the least.
4. Be careful when a long range piece is lined up on your K or Q, even if there are several bodies in the way!
5. Doubling rooks on a file you cannot use is a waste of 3 tempi.
6. Play slower when you are winning, faster when losing.
7. Mankinds oldest defence: RUN!!
8. When in doubt, improve your King.
9. Extra pieces make excellent defenders.
10. Activate, Activate, Activate!!!!