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Title: Not User-Friendly Enough for Beginners
Review: There are many chess books to give someone that is just beginning, especially a young person. So why would someone choose this? The choice to describe plays and openings with algebraic notation instead of diagrams makes this - well like reading algebra! When trying to introduce someone to chess, look for writing in paragraphs, or easy-to-grasp diagrams. A few parts of this book were interesting (Heroes and History) and this book may be more appropriate for an intermediate chess player, so I give it two stars instead of one.
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