Ok. I finished the book "Move first,think later". I do think it has some really good points. I am glad I read it.
There are some things in that are just stupid.Like him saying how some woman came to the sensational conclusion that the upbringing by the parents has hardly any influence on the character of
their children. And how she proved that a lot of research on this subject can be
thrown into the wastebasket.
So there are some stuff where he does not know what he is talking about.
But, still, when it comes to chess a lot of stuff he is saying does seem to make sense.
BUT, talking about STRANGE BOOKS, here is something very strange.
Now I am reading a book called "rapid chess improvement".
Main thing about this book is how he used a chess tactic software in order to boost his rating a lot, ending up with 2041 USCF rating and winning a 10 000$ tournament.
Quote from a review on Amazon:"Reads like an infomercial...."
I do not know about that, I do not know if he is a shill. I do now I looked up that chess program though.
Here is the author of that book winning that 10 000$ tournament:
http://oi47.tinypic.com/oszp1f.jpg
For some reason he seems the only one who is cold.
He also had some interesting to say about this moment under the picture.
Did I mention he has a PhD in computer science from MIT?
Here, if you scroll down you can see some interesting comments about him from some random people:
http://tacticstime.com/chess-players/the-problem-with-michael-de-la-mazas-rapid-chess-improvement/
It seems chess in real life is not so different from chess online.
There are some things in that are just stupid.Like him saying how some woman came to the sensational conclusion that the upbringing by the parents has hardly any influence on the character of
their children. And how she proved that a lot of research on this subject can be
thrown into the wastebasket.
So there are some stuff where he does not know what he is talking about.
But, still, when it comes to chess a lot of stuff he is saying does seem to make sense.
BUT, talking about STRANGE BOOKS, here is something very strange.
Now I am reading a book called "rapid chess improvement".
Main thing about this book is how he used a chess tactic software in order to boost his rating a lot, ending up with 2041 USCF rating and winning a 10 000$ tournament.
Quote from a review on Amazon:"Reads like an infomercial...."
I do not know about that, I do not know if he is a shill. I do now I looked up that chess program though.
Here is the author of that book winning that 10 000$ tournament:
http://oi47.tinypic.com/oszp1f.jpg
For some reason he seems the only one who is cold.
He also had some interesting to say about this moment under the picture.
Did I mention he has a PhD in computer science from MIT?
Here, if you scroll down you can see some interesting comments about him from some random people:
http://tacticstime.com/chess-players/the-problem-with-michael-de-la-mazas-rapid-chess-improvement/
It seems chess in real life is not so different from chess online.