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Welcome to another bonus book recap podcast! This month’s book of choice is one of the most popular beginner-oriented chess books of all time, Irving Chernev’s Logical Chess Move by Move. My guest co-host this month is Barry Katz. Barry is a Brooklyn-based father of four and writing instructor, who discovered chess in recent years through his son’s interest in the game. Irving Chernev has left quite a legacy as an accomplished and popular writer of 20 chess books. Of those books, Logical Chess Move by Move is probably the most popular one. It was first published way back in 1957, but Barry and I both find it to be very readable and instructive, and an excellent book for those looking to begin to understand the timeless principles of master-level chess play. Please read on for many more details, timestamps and relevant links. 0:00- Barry shares a bit about his background, and we talk about why we chose to discuss Logical Chess Move by Move by Irving Chernev Mentioned: Facebook Chess Books Collectors Group, GM Max Illingworth, GM Andy Soltis, Brian Karen, World Chess Hall of Fame, Chernev tribute: https://worldchesshof.org/hof-inductee/irving-chernev Also Mentioned: Episode 221 with Chris Callhan, Lichess Study Featuring Logical Chess Move by Move: https://lichess.org/study/Wn7aMkPy, Jen Shahade, Mike Klein, Capablanca’s Best Chess Endings, The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played The 1979 Chernev interview from the Chess Life and Review archive can be found here:http://uscf1-nyc1.aodhosting.com/CL-AND-CR-ALL/CL-ALL/1979/1979_All.pdf 12:45- Perpetual Chess is brought to you in part by Chessable.com. You can check out Chessable’s latest offerings here: Chessable.com 13:45- Is Logical Chess Move by Move secretly a good guide to openings? What other move by move chess books are available on the market? Mentioned: The Scandinavian Defense, Understanding Chess Move by Move by GM John Nunn, Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy by IM John Watson, Episode 41 with GM Judit Polgar 20:30- We share a few noteworthy quotes from Chernev’s discussion of the common early moves of chess games. Mentioned: IM Andras Toth, Girl vs. Wang Hao 2021 32:00- Perpetual Chess is brought to you in part by Aimchess.com. Check it out for free, and then, if you decide to subscribe, use the PromoCode Chess30 to save 30%. 33:30- We share a few more favorite quotes from the book. Mentioned: Dan Heisman, IM Eric Rosen, Jose Rauol Capablanca, Harry Pillsbury, GM Sam Shankland, Siegbert Tarrasch 44:30- We discuss a couple of our favorite games from the book. Mentioned: Rubinstein-Salwe 1908, Tarrasch-Mieses 1916 48:00- What are our main takeaways for chess improvement? Mentioned: GM Ben Finegold, Caruana-Vachier-Lagrave 2021, World’s Most Instructive Amateur Game Book by Dan Heisman, IM Cyrus Lakdawala 59:00- Thanks so much to Barry Katz for helping out with this month’s book recap. You can email him at: Iambarrykatz at gmail.com Mentioned: Subscribe to FM Nate Solon’s email newsletter here: Zwischenzug (substack.com), Bronstein’s Zurich 1953 book, Najdorf’s Zurich 1953 book If you would like to help support Perpetual Chess, you can do so here:Ben Johnson is creating Perpetual Chess Podcast | PatreonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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