Basic Chess

[John Upham]

We have reviewed Basic Chess

by David Levens

from Hamlyn

Endorsed by The Daily Mail

Basic Chess, David Levens, Hamlyn, 2021, ISBN 978-0-600-63718-9

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[JustinHorton]

There's a review here which you may or may not choose entirely to believe

[John Upham]

There's a review here which you may or may not choose entirely to believe

The notation used for the 2021 edition is short-form (non-figurine) English algebraic such as

19. Rad1! Qxf3? 20.Rxe7+! Nxe7? 21.Qxd7+!! Kxd7 22.Bf5++ Ke8

and looks perfectly understandable to me. I doubt if the content of the edition referenced by the review is any different to the content of the edition reviewed by myself since nothing has been updated apart from the cover and the edition date.

The review from "Anonymous" does not appear to be reliable.

[Kevin Thurlow]

Waterstones have https://www.waterstones.com/book/9780600637189

"Basic Chess is the book you need to master the game." may be optimistic, but they are trying to sell the book. I share Justin's suspicion of the review on the Barnes and Noble site.