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Title: Rules of thumb for winning with chess calculation.
Review: Soltis uses current, as well as classical, gamepositions to bring out his own ideas of how toplay chess. The book is veryinsightful, with plenty of ideas to add to yourpersonal array of tactical and strategic aims.His best commentary is in the 'ideas' chapter.Soltis maintains that if you do not have a generalidea of how you want your game to progress, thenyou are merely moving pieces around. You musthave a plan. But to have a plan and stick toit without regard for changes in position andserendipitous events is equally foolish.Many of his example games, however, use thefamiliar theme of attacking a castled king. Thiscould get monotonous, but if you are looking tobrush up this area of your playing, then 'TheInner Game of Chess' will teach you what youneed to get you moving in the right direction.- Barry Ball
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