Comprehensive Chess Course Volume II: From Beginner to Tournament Player in 12 Lessons (Comprehensive Chess Course) (Comprehensive Chess Course)

By Lev Alburt and Roman Pelts

Book Overview

Thirty years ago, Roman Pelts was my chess teacher in Odessa, Russia. Later he assembled all knowledge essential for becoming a stronger player in this Comprehensive Chess Course. The techniques used in the Course proved to be a success for me as well as for generations of chessplayers in Russia and later in Canada and the United States. Now, the Course can help you learn chess the correct way to realize your chess potential fully. - Grandmaster Lev Alburt, three-time U.S. Champion This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1889323012
• ISBN13: 9781889323015
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Chess Information and Research Center
• Length: 303 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 9.7"

Customer Reviews

Lev Alburt's materials work! TRUST ME! I KNOW!

I bought the first and second volumes of Lev Alburt's chess course. The first one, I ended up teaching my little brother, and he learned how to play chess up to the intermediate level. Oddly, I had learned most of volume I throughout playing 20 years of chess. At 34, I managed to buy volume II, and it took me a little over a month to complete the volume II. It taught me endgame knowledge I was not incorporating into my...

Buy This Book!

This book is a must for any aspiring player wanting to become better - and FAST! Lev Alburt takes you through the most important concepts of chess play, and in the process adds other concepts which no other book does. For example the emphasis on mastering the colour of the squares, although this may sound unimportant, but believe me it really is the key to chess visualisation and mastery.Each of the 12 lessons introduces a...

The best beginner's book I have read.

I have known the rules for about 20 years, and started tournament playing in Feb 2001. I thought I knew the basics and didn't need this. I read the introduction, and could not answer some very basic questions. While it took only a few weeks to run through the book, instead of the months recommened in the book, I definately learned what I was missing for the level I am at, which at the time is an 886 USCF rating.The lessons...

The Greatest Instructional Series on Earth

I would like to begin by saying that about one year ago I didn't even know what chess was, and I now find myself with the rank of chess expert thanks to this excellent series. In order to improve in chess one must have a solid foundation. This is exactly what the whole Comprehensive Chess Course gives you. The concepts expounded in the series are the most important in chess. Any beginner regardless of age should...