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Complete Chess Player
by Fred Reinfeld
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Fireside (1992-04-09)
ISBN: 0671768956
EAN: 9780671768959
Dewey Decimal #: 794.1
Paperback: 300 pages
SKU: 20043
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: Paperback. Book pages clean and crisp with no markings. Creased cover corner.
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Customer Reviews
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Too Easy!
Rating  (3)
Date: 2007-03-18
1 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
I bought this book when I was a class B player (1600-1799) and I regret even buying it. The information is easy to understand; mostly for 1000-1500. The author keeps repeating "for the average player ya li ya li ya this is bad this is good, don't try this, I don't recommend it, etc." So I guess it's gonna end up on my bookshelve for a long, long time.
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Complete
Rating  (4)
Date: 2007-01-25
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book covers all aspects of chess. I would consider this book for beginners up to intermediate levels, which would be up to about 1600 rating. I just finished this book and I learned a lot from it even though my rating is higher. I would say this book is a little old school but still instructive.
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Complete Chess Player - Reinfeld
Rating (3)
Date: 2007-01-09
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book relies mostly on specific examples of game situations that seem frankly unlikely to occur very often. The book falls short when it comes to teaching principles and general information that can be used over and over in many situations. When I was a beginner, I learned a lot more from Fred Reinfeld's book "How To Be A Winner at Chess."
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Most helpful chess book ever
Rating  (5)
Date: 2006-10-31
4 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is a great book for a beginner who is motivated to learn. The book starts out with basic concepts such as the rules of the game, chess notation (it would be better if it used algebraic) ect.
It quickly progresses into tactical themes which will enhance the beginner's pleasure tremendously.
Once the beginner has worked his/her way through tactics the book moves into openings. Instead of listing pages and pages of notation, the author gives key strategic ideas to opening theory which will help guide one's thoughts on the board. His emphasis isn't on memorization which makes it easier and more fun.
Endings are also studied in brief but what he includes is well worth focusing on. He provides the framework in which to handle a wide variety of endings.
Some things are a bit dated in his book. Opening theory has changed some and descriptive notation is out of fashion. However, a beginner wouldn't even notice these things. This man really enjoyed the game and his joy rubs off on the reader.
Chess like love, like music, has the power to make men happy.
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Complete Chess Player
Rating (4)
Date: 2006-02-26
4 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
A very good book for the beginning chess player. Mr. Reinfeld covers all the important aspects of the game, although nobody could really become a Master overnight with just this book. It takes years and years of study and practice to become proficient in the game of chess (given that one has the aptitude and time, of course).
For kids starting out learning chess, I would say this book is an essential one in his or her chess book library.
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