Re: Chess books?
Where I am as a chess player... My uneducated attempt at a description would be:
a bit better than most casual players that have never been to a chess club. my attack is generally uncoordinated and I find myself reacting instead of controling the board. I find myself in the scenerio similar to that of new holdem players when raising any two face cards UTG. No position, no control, and it's tough to know where you're at through the rest of the hand-. So I kind of shuffle the pieces around with short term tactics in mind (thinking of just a few pieces at a time with different groups of pieces working on different little plans) and don't see the broader picture of how all the pieces are affecting one another. As the board becomes less cluttered, so does my thinking... against most casual players, I can make up any lost ground... but against people that can play, I can't regain control so they just need to grind me down, create an opening, and that's "checkmate".
I'm off to pick up Simlans book. Amature Mind will be in the cart as well if it's there... Well in all honesty, I'll probably have to wait a week before reading a word as English book selection tend to be a bit limited in Bangkok. There is more than a shelf of chess books in 1 bookstore so my chances are decent. Fedex is killing my wallet.
I did have 1 magic game about 8 years ago where it seemed like my entire board was coordinated and my pieces seemed to own all 64 squares. My opponent (in an airport USO) and his friend both started talking about ratings and other things I had no clue about (except from the "Searching for Bobby Fisher" movie). Well we played again and my true colors came through.
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