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Title: My book did not come with instructions....
Review: ...by which I mean that there was very little instructional content in this book! The author would just show bad tactic or opening after another and never really explain why!!For a much better book in the same vein I recommend How Not to Play Chess by Eugene A. Znosko-Borovsky. Znosko-Borovsky's book was very instructional. He discussed why things did not work.A good computer program can do what Harding's book did and probably do it better.For quality instruction for the beginner/intermediate check out Chernev, Keres, Euwe, McDonald etc.I apologize if I am coming off a little harsh but I have only come across two chess books that I really did NOT want to finish and Why You Lose at Chess was one of them. The beginner/intermediate chess player needs explanations and suggestions. Harding did not supply those in this book.
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