Logical Chess Move by Move: Every Move Explained New Algebraic Edition

Such a awesome book

Simply superb.

Good collection of games.Lots of basic chess wisdom.

One of the best books to start with for beginners and intermediates. Even complete beginners would find the language easy and accessible. Also recommended along with this is "Chess Master vs Chess Amateur" by Max Euwe (former World Champion). For utter beginners, who barely even know the pieces and rules, Pandolfini's "Ultimate Guide to Chess" is better to start with.P.S. The book was recommended as the best book for learners by Susan Polgar, while doing commentary on the Anand vs Carlsen World Championship match in Chennai.

It is the first book of its kind i believe,and not a bad beginning.Its for the <1500 range as the ideas behind for example,1.d4 and 1.e4 are repeated at least 20 times throughout this book,so beginners know why these moves are played.A problem though ,by reading the first 5 moves of each game,you can already get a rough understanding of who is going to win and going to lose.For example in game 9,Pitschak-Flohr,Flohr destroys his opponent and the comments make you think that Pitschak is a patzer.In game 10,Flohr-Pitschak,the opposite occurs.The performance of the winner is exaggerated with almost no criticism being given.Thirdly,the lines are pretty out of date (which is not the authors fault) and you may think that the Colle is the best opening to play as white after reading the book.I can see a lot of love in the book,but there is a lot to be desired.