Newsgroups: rec.games.chess.analysis Path: info!dregis From: dregis@exeter.ac.uk (D.Regis) Subject: Re: The Great Steinitz Message-ID: Organization: University of Exeter, UK. References: <5cmc8f$d7l$1@news.pubnix.net> Date: Mon, 3 Feb 1997 12:24:53 GMT In article <5cmc8f$d7l$1@news.pubnix.net> krunch@nash.pubnix.net writes: >Hello, > > Can anyone point me to a good book on Steinitz and it's >methods, i read a bit about his style from Reti's "modern chess ideas" >and am looking forward to read more about his philosophy or technique >of the game. >thanks, There is a cheap collection of games under the Dover imprint by Dubois, but if you're looking for instruction it leaves a lot to the reader. One of the best references on Steinitz is Lasker's Manual of Chess, although it obviously won't have much on the development of ideas since Steinitz. There's a little of the latter in Keene's "Nimzovitch: a re-appraisal". -- May your pieces harmonise with your Pawn structure and your sacrifices be sound in all variations D _ / "()/~ Dave Regis &8^D* Exeter Chess Coaching Page etc.: || \_/| = DrDave on BICS http://www.ex.ac.uk/~dregis/DR/chess.html ~\ / "...what else exists in the world but chess?" _|||__SHEU ~/sheu.html -- NABOKOV "Contribute!" -- Doug Attig From info!dregis Mon Feb 3 17:01:42 GMT 1997 Article: 5329 of rec.games.chess.analysis