Book-The Chess Scene

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Book-The Chess Scene

Post by Alan Ruffle » Wed Sep 11, 2019 9:32 am

The Chess Scene

“The Chess Scene”. A light-hearted look at the way the game of chess is played and organised. The principle objective is to provide a streamlined approach to improving the play of a new and enthusiastic novice chess player. A person who has learned how to move the chess pieces. A person who is starting to play chess in a constructive and thoughtful manner. A person who is becoming more aware of the more precise rules of the game of chess. A person who is probably not yet a member of a chess club. But is considering the idea.
“The Chess Scene” Touches lightly into the way chess is organised at local, international and world levels. There is a chapter which refers to the adventures of a chess coach in the classroom, entitled “Coach in the classroom”. Emphasizing the front cover statement. “There are two types of chess coach. Experienced chess players who are not teachers. Experienced teachers who are not chess players. This book is dedicated with thanks to both”.
The book provides a practical path. To becoming a competitive player in the lower levels of local league or tournament chess. It provides a learning curve across identifiable plateaux's to initially achieve a chess playing grade of about English Chess Federation 125 plateaux one. And then on to plateaux two to hopefully achieve a grade of about English Chess Federation 150.
There are more books written about chess than all other indoor games put together. There are numerous chess books written by chess players of varying strengths, about how to play chess and how the chess pieces move. There are chess books about individual openings, specific endings, and middle game techniques, chess puzzles and quizzes, chess books showing a collection of games by a single player or games from a tournament or competition.
This book is about -
Hard factual undeniable tactical circumstances that demand to be known and played correctly, the bread and butter of the serious chess player.
“The Chess Scene”, Is designed to be an easy read, with ample diagrams to assist. As such. It might be of use to the regular club player. A person who simply loves to play chess, he always turns up for matches, he never lets the team down, he does not complain about what board he is asked to play on or what colour he is required to play with, he however, for one reason or another is not an avid studier of the game. Having read this book he will be, quite simply, harder to beat.
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Re: Book-The Chess Scene

Post by NickFaulks » Wed Sep 11, 2019 9:41 am

Is this the book written fifty years ago by Levy and Reuben or a different one?
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Re: Book-The Chess Scene

Post by Roger de Coverly » Wed Sep 11, 2019 11:21 am

The cover features a BH Wood clock from the 1960s or early 1970s.

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Post by John Upham » Wed Sep 11, 2019 12:22 pm

The Chess Scene, David Levy & Stewart Reuben, published in 1974 by Faber

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Post by John Upham » Wed Sep 11, 2019 12:30 pm

You might also be interested in a series of instructional videos from Tony Corfe :

Part One

and

Part Two

and

Part Three

Enjoy ! :D
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Re: Book-The Chess Scene

Post by Adam Raoof » Thu Oct 03, 2019 2:22 pm

John Upham wrote:
Wed Sep 11, 2019 12:30 pm
You might also be interested in a series of instructional videos from Tony Corfe :

Part One

and

Part Two

and

Part Three

Enjoy ! :D
Who knew? Did you make them John?
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Re: Book-The Chess Scene

Post by John Upham » Thu Oct 03, 2019 2:57 pm

Adam Raoof wrote:
Thu Oct 03, 2019 2:22 pm
John Upham wrote:
Wed Sep 11, 2019 12:30 pm
You might also be interested in a series of instructional videos from Tony Corfe :

Part One

and

Part Two

and

Part Three

Enjoy ! :D
Who knew? Did you make them John?
I'm pleased to confirm that I had no involvement in making them.

I was asked to review the DVD however.
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Re: Book-The Chess Scene

Post by Adam Raoof » Thu Oct 03, 2019 3:04 pm

John Upham wrote:
Thu Oct 03, 2019 2:57 pm
Adam Raoof wrote:
Thu Oct 03, 2019 2:22 pm
John Upham wrote:
Wed Sep 11, 2019 12:30 pm
You might also be interested in a series of instructional videos from Tony Corfe :

Part One

and

Part Two

and

Part Three

Enjoy ! :D
Who knew? Did you make them John?
I would love to read that review.... if only Tony Miles were alive!

I'm pleased to confirm that I had no involvement in making them.

I was asked to review the DVD however.
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Re: Book-The Chess Scene

Post by Adam Raoof » Thu Oct 03, 2019 3:04 pm

Adam Raoof wrote:
Thu Oct 03, 2019 3:04 pm
John Upham wrote:
Thu Oct 03, 2019 2:57 pm
Adam Raoof wrote:
Thu Oct 03, 2019 2:22 pm


Who knew? Did you make them John?
I'm pleased to confirm that I had no involvement in making them.

I was asked to review the DVD however.
I would love to read that review.... if only Tony Miles were alive!
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Re: Book-The Chess Scene

Post by John Upham » Thu Oct 03, 2019 4:24 pm

Adam Raoof wrote:
Thu Oct 03, 2019 3:04 pm
Adam Raoof wrote:
Thu Oct 03, 2019 3:04 pm
John Upham wrote:
Thu Oct 03, 2019 2:57 pm


I'm pleased to confirm that I had no involvement in making them.

I was asked to review the DVD however.
I would love to read that review.... if only Tony Miles were alive!
As I recall we wrote that we (BCM at the time) were extremely grateful to be able to review the DVD and we wished TC with his future DVD publishing.

Eric Schiller was not mentioned.
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Re: Book-The Chess Scene

Post by Geoff Chandler » Fri Nov 22, 2019 2:02 pm

I looked at DVD One, it was OKish. It did what it said it would do. Seen a lot worse. (I've done a lot worse.)

But that awful 'dink dink dink dinky dink dink' music with the screen grab was very annoying.

Also the bit about pawn promotion (17:10) is wrong. The pawn does not go to the 8th.
I could not handle (a pun!) the 'dink dink dink dinky dink dink' music any longer so quit after that.

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Re: Book-The Chess Scene

Post by Jacques Parry » Sun Nov 24, 2019 9:28 am

Geoff Chandler wrote:
Fri Nov 22, 2019 2:02 pm
Also the bit about pawn promotion (17:10) is wrong. The pawn does not go to the 8th.
Why not?

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Re: Book-The Chess Scene

Post by Kevin Thurlow » Sun Nov 24, 2019 9:41 am

"Why not?"

You could argue that it dematerialises on its way to the 8th.

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Re: Book-The Chess Scene

Post by Jacques Parry » Sun Nov 24, 2019 11:22 am

You could, but you would need to explain why the Laws say "When a player, having the move, plays a pawn to the rank furthest from its starting position...".

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