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

As someone who already plays the game, I found this book to be a great refresher. It reminded me of important concepts (basics actually) and helped me brush up on my skills. One thing I loved was learning new concepts, like Zwischenzug (an in-between move). I also feel that the book has helped me improve my endgame skills. For example, I now know how to calculate if my opponent’s King can catch my pawn before it promotes. This has made me more confident in close games. Top of head, Levy also talks about keeping tension in the game and not trading pieces unless it helps -something I am not good at as my old strategy was to have a good pawn structure, then trade immediately to reach end game. This tip really changed how I think during matches. Another thing I like is that his writing is friendly and easy to understand, which makes the book fun to read. In fact, I think if you watched any of his YouTube videos, it would feel like he is just right there coaching you as you read. Lastly, I appreciate that he included links to videos for extra help. The book was so good that I am playing with the idea of buying the physical version to reread it later. As for my recommendation, I am recommending this book to everyone. Whether you are new to chess or you already play. It is a fantastic guide that is easy to follow and full of useful tips! Thanks, Levy!

I am 71 years old and first played chess aboard ship on a westpac in 1974. My Chess Library is over 200 books from all the top grand masters who wrote teaching books going back to the 1970s. My only video teaching is from DVDs and Workbooks narrated by Elliott Neff. I have the Chess Genius Pro Computer that I use often. I have a small 10 inch magnetic chess set that I take with me on the road and also join my old chess master friend for lunch once a week at our favorite restaurants and play while waiting for our lunch to be served. Now the constructive criticism based on just receiving the book and not reviewing it totally cover to cover, yet. The book starts off with a five star rating because of the spiral binding advantages over all paperback and hard cover books I own. The only negative is the dark squares are too dark making it difficult to differentiate the dark chess pieces when on the dark squares. The teaching in the introduction chapters is very well written and in total agreement with the teachings in the better chess teaching books I own. The trouble with paperback and hardback books is that as you move through them it is difficult to read the pages close to the binding. With this spiral book, the spiral is heavy duty and the cover is hard and the pages are also heavier. You can easily lay the book flat and also open the book 360 degrees easily. I love it. With the more complex books, I use my 10 inch chess set to lay out the board to agree with the book for a better learning experience. The authors do not always have the best moves, and we really need to think for ourselves and not just use textbook direction. This book should be used with and without a good chessboard with the file letters and rank numbers for quickly teaching beginners. Eventually as you become an intermediate to advanced player you should play on a board without the file letters and rank numbers for serious tournament playing. As the authors recommended playing better players as I do is the best experience to advance your play. About me. I am a retired Electrical and electronic engineer and engineering manager. Engineers are by nature your better problem solvers especially after they gained some practical experience. My much younger educational years was with shops in wood, metal, and machine shop. Since I been retired, I used my hand and machine tools to make my children and grandchildren Chess Boards and Chess Pieces out of quality hardwoods. I also purchased he same small 10 inch magnetic chess sets and chess books for kids for the grandchildren who are more into playing and learning. PS: I will update my review after I reviewed the entire book at least once. After going through over 200 other books, I will be able to provide an update on the quality between the covers. The author said this is a book for beginners up to the intermediate level, so we should not expect to become a grandmaster from just reading this book. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000Z9G456?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079RKQDN3?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title https://www.amazon.com/Electronic-Chess-Board-Set-User-Friendly/dp/B0CHW3V5LS/ref=sr_1_7?crid=OA3I62YT8Z7Q&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.qOfhrsMl-3kR7Q0VBV-dDo_c_Vp5G1q3gz_HQy0t7fOPZdRrg7AXN_9BM_4OkyJdvXGOXOHYUtkULlWBBTqwd5TF_vXQLkjOMcyQH-djyNxeBbfYw18Ab5iQdl1qdyzlh55wB6ZH4KhNEyZOnwtQNh68CVLW6ixVbyJOUNAXdCOT_msilUPNDbS931UMTF9jNG2lAm6zO_tt_T3X-WrnoBPK2TT5jHl-blEkW-oeIVdzRDoe-NvkI24pOqHc-ZH5zfXE7HvrjINb2euJWRGguk9KBDHXtp6iQ85cbjoKIZY.fIDM53sZAGVS3tCrDYraHfMD4leMl2TopHOeRi2BVvc&dib_tag=se&keywords=millennium+chessgenius+pro&qid=1752176051&sprefix=Millennium+ChessGenius%2Caps%2C145&sr=8-7

Excellent practical guide. And entertaining. Big on principles. Things that are important at each ELO rating.

Really detailed intro for chess beginners. Love the content and great visuals.

This is great for those who learnt to play, or became interested in, chess through social media and online videos. That generation will navigate through the lessons just fine. For those of us who started playing before the age of the Internet, it’s a means of getting back into the game.

This review is from our nine year old son who is very fond of chess. “Great book. It really helped me learn openings, middle, end game strategy. I recommend it for beginners.”

An author that can communicate. Written to explain what the other books don't. Clear and analytical. May never open another book on chess because this writer can break it down and explain it. A rare book in the chess world. This book will be a classic.

I use this book along with Gotham's chess deck, and both have been great for me. I'm a beginner and I've slowly been improving using this book and chess.com. I needed a book that made chess simple and approachable; this book fits the bill.

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Great book. Just read 2 Chapters and got 100elo higher.

By sacrificing the ROOK

Finally bit the bullet and got Levy's book. Kid likes it so all good

This is an outstanding instructional chess book that will have a profound impact on aspiring chess players everywhere. IM Levy Rozman is best known as Gotham Chess to his 4.3 million YouTube followers and is by far the most popular chess authority in the world. Even FIDE GM Hikara Nakamura, the world's third highest ranked player behind Fabiano Caruana of the U.S. and former World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway, has only 2 million subscribers. Rozman's new book explores chess from all angles and contains up-to-date information on the latest opening theory as well as basic chess strategy that will help pre-teen chess players develop a solid foundation in the principles of chess - from openings to middle game to end game. Rozman first shot to fame following the release of The Queen's Gambit limited series starring Anya Taylor-Joy, after which he his shambolic yet charismatic personality began attracting legions of new followers from one month to the next. Adding to Rozman's mystique is his openness about his issues with anxiety that have thus far prevented him from attaining GM norms and advancing to the chess world's upper echelons. Nevertheless he seems to take great personal delight in living in a hovel in New York with his dog and simple furnishings that would suggest that his entire world revolves around chess and chess alone. This level of extraordinary dedication - he has also taught chess to schoolchidren previously - has however enabled him to produce a highly inspiring and well-written chess manual that will undoubtedly become one of the most popular chess books of all time. Long live Levy!