Originally Posted by
Berthold Chiang
I've been playing in tournaments on and off for the last 9 years without much success and the study of various chess books have been a failure.
The great Capablanca once said that the study of a book would not teach a student how to play, and that it merely acts as a guide. Wondering if there's a grain of truth in what he said.
In Capablanca's day I don't think there were too many good chess books around, let alone taking into account the lack of computers back then. I recall at least Kevin Spraggett crediting the study of Euwe and Kramer's old thick 2 volume work on the middlegame phase as allowing hime to finally beat his rival Leo Williams back in the day.
Last edited by Kevin Pacey; 08-01-2018 at 01:19 AM.
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