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# Move First, Think Later: Sense and Nonsense in Improving Your Chess, 3rd Edition

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## Customer Reviews

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    Not your usual chess book—and that’s a good thing!
  

*by F***R on Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2018*

I’m rated 2000+ and thoroughly enjoyed this book. I agree with the author that patterns and knowledge gleaned from studying quality games makes a huge difference, and a good memory is essential. Many of my best games have resulted from using such knowledge and I doubt at my level I would have found the key moves without the great array of patterns I’ve learned over the years. I also liked the format of problems preceding the chapters. I am doubtful that the book is going to be useful for weaker players. I would suggest that if you’re below 1800 you should be very committed to get the most out of it. It won’t be an easy book. There’s no one way to learn chess and that’s the central message. If anyone tells you that they have the magic bullet, they don’t. That’s his final message.

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    I like the general point of this book - which is ...
  

*by M***M on Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2015*

I like the general point of this book - which is that a great deal of strategic theory is "trailing theory" -- meaning, more of an explanation after the fact than a set of inflexible rules.As a beginner, I tended to try to latch onto "hard and fast rules" everywhere I could (e.g. never move the knight to the edge).  As everyone knows, all chess "rules" come with the caveat "under most circumstances", or "usually."What Hendriks goes out to prove, pretty well, is that MOST of the theories that we hear, and the extensive books on broad strategic philosophies are usually backed by specific examples and can be countered by other games.  For example, it would seem to be the case that when the opponent's Queen is on a square directly next to your King, you must move the King.  Good rule!  Except for the times that you take the Queen.  Get it?Now, apply that same flexibility to larger theories that he challenges in his book, like "when attacked on the flank, counter-attack in the center" (he really nukes that one!).Ultimately, this is a good book about MOVING FIRST (make your tactical analysis, your pragmatic move choice) and THINKING LATER (use a theory to bolster why you did it, rather than trying to use a theory to generate your move).I gave this 3 stars for two reasons: the first is because he gives up to 10 puzzles at the beginning of each chapter.  While I love a good puzzle, I tend to sit down with a chess book (or any book) for about 15-30 minutes ... and when I hit these puzzles (which are integral to the following chapter's ideas), I am required to do them, remember them, and then be prepared to see what he's referencing in the following chapter, which may take days to read in 30 minute chunks.That, combined with the fact that SOME of his examples are intentionally difficult (even for Masters, they're all about "most people don't see that", etc.) -- it becomes draining to hit that wall of puzzles at the end of a chapter.  So each chapter ends with "yay -- that was a cool outline, arg, more puzzles ... thud"The second reason I gave this 3 stars is because -- well -- after awhile, he's telling you the same thing over and over ... use tactical and practical thinking to make your move.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Original and insightful
  

*by B***N on Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2020*

I consider IM Hendriks a bit of a provacateur in terms of the thesis he lays out, but this book is 1) well written and entertaining 2) highly original 3) great chess puzzles and love his format of alternating puzzle and prose chapters and tieing the two together. I get that not everyone loves this book, but would encourage anyone on the fence to check it out and form her own opinion. You might love it ( as I did.)

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